In this essay I analyze the concepts Security and Security policy from a critical, feministic point of view. The traditional way of thinking Security is state-centred and narrow with its military oriented threatening pictures and solutions.I advocate that the two concepts need a more feministic and holistic approach to be able to cope with the threats of our time and include the Security for women explicitly.To suggest how this can be done I introduce a model; Security-sphere, which should be seen as a way to constructively connect my objections to the existing research with a new approach to Security problems. The Security-sphere is based on two analytical parts; the private Security sub-sphere and the public Security sub-sphere, in order to make new images of Security problems visible.It is a fact that most of the threats against women specifically, take place in the private sphere where no traditional analytical tools reach in - these threats have not been seen as 'real' Security problems. My aim is therefore to integrate these issues into the agenda of Security policy..

This bachelor thesis looks at developers knowledge about web Security both regarding their own view on their knowledge and their actual knowledge about vulnerabilities and how you mitigate against them. Web developers knowledge regarding web Security are becoming more and more important as more applications and services moves to the web and more and more items become connected to the internet. We are doing this by conducting a survey among developers that are currently studying in the field or are working in the field to get a grip on how the knowledge is regarding the most common Security concepts. What we saw was that the result varies between the different concepts and many lack much of the knowledge in web Security that is getting increasingly more important to have..

This bachelor thesis looks at developers knowledge about web Security both regarding their own view on their knowledge and their actual knowledge about vulnerabilities and how you mitigate against them. Web developers knowledge regarding web Security are becoming more and more important as more applications and services moves to the web and more and more items become connected to the internet. We are doing this by conducting a survey among developers that are currently studying in the field or are working in the field to get a grip on how the knowledge is regarding the most common Security concepts. What we saw was that the result varies between the different concepts and many lack much of the knowledge in web Security that is getting increasingly more important to have..

ABSTRACTThe aim of this study is to analyse if the UN today constructs the water issue as a Security issue and to argue about in which way the organization in that case does so alternatively why it can be said that the UN doesn?t construct the water issue as a Security issue.In order to reach this purpose the following questions will be answered:?Does the UN construct the water issue as a Security issue today?-If yes, in which way?-If no, why can it be said that the organisation doesn?t?The methods used are qualitative literature studies of policy documents on water from the UN. The focus is to analyze the ideas about water and to apply my theory on the concept of Security, which is Barry Buzan?s framework on Security, to these ideas.The main results showed that the UN strongly constructs the water issue as an environmental Security issue for environments and species and in relatively strong terms also constructs it as an environmental Security issue for civilisations. In rare cases the organisation constructs it as a societal Security issue, but the UN doesn?t construct the water issue as a military, political or economic Security issue..

Big dangerous Russia, environmental thief or house warmer? The Nord Stream pipelines are a highly debated theme in Europe and the EU. A number of different countries will be subject to the pipelines direct or indirect. This paper aims to figure out what kind of threats and possibilities Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Germany consider to be the consequences with the pipelines.The study takes as a standpoint the area of Security studies and the widened of the same. The three standpoints within the Security study that will be used are military Security, environmental Security and energy Security.

In this paper we examine what Security is to the individual and how the individual creates and maintains Security in their work. The purpose of this paper is to study how the creating of Security in working life is performed. We conduct six semi-structured qualitative interviews with permanent employees in the private sector and we encode our material using thematic analysis. We analyze our material and illustrate our problem area on the basis of Anthony Giddens's theory of ontological Security and give examples of how Security and creating of Security is performed at the empirical field with previous studies in the research area. Our survey shows that Security for the individual at work seems to be about having continuity in everyday life, financial stability, a permanent employment, a challenging and fun job and a family in good health and good living.

This thesis suggests an explanation for how it is possible for individuals living in an unsafe neighborhood to expressa highlevel of Security. Araby is the district in Växjö municipality withthe highest level of inSecurity. Within the district, there is acategory of individuals in Security-measurements showing a high degree of Security. Inhabitants living in house in Araby also seem to show a higher level of Security than inhabitants in the same accommodation in other neighborhoods in the municipality.The study's purpose is to understand how individuals belonging to an unsafe neighborhood can experience a high degree of Security.Qualitative data were collected from an observation in Araby and from interviews with individuals living in house in the district.Previous research has shown that Security in the surrounding area depends on several factors, such as disorders, the degree of social control and personal opinions. Thestudy shows how a distinction to places and people in the district can explain the degree of Security.

The aim of this study is to explore howEuropean changes in the view on Securityrelates to the view on immigration and viceversa. The answer to that question is basedupon collected data from three separatetime periods; the 1950s, 1970s and 1990s.These time periods are seen as importanthistoric decades when political changes,assumed to have affected the views onSecurity and immigration, have occurred.According to certain criteria each timeperiod has been labelled in terms ofnarrowed/widened view on Security as wellas restrictive/open view on immigration.The hypothesis of the study is that, whencompared, a constant pattern can be seenbetween the historical labels of eachphenomenon, where a narrow view onSecurity goes hand in hand with an openview on immigration and similarly a wideSecurity view relates to a restrictive viewon immigration.The conclusion of the study gives supportto the hypothesis. During all three periodsstudied a restrictive view on immigrationrelates to a wider view on Security while anopen view on immigration relates to anarrower view on Security. Thisrelationship goes both ways..

The Security Council?s resolution 1325 addressed the major negative impact that armed conflict has on women and children. This in turn complicates the Council?s work on maintaining international peace and Security. The resolution therefore highlights women?s rights as participants in peace- and conflict processes.

This study is called When the ice of the Arctic melts is the world defrosting? and written by Rebecca Fröling.The purpose of the study is to investigate how the concept ?Security? is used in the Swedish arctic strategy and why the concept is described in that way. The debate of the concept ?Security? has been going on for years, but the debate is still present today. What we put in to the concept is operative for how we regard and discuss Security and Security politics.To analyze the strategy I used two theories, one with a traditional approach and one with a critical approach to Security: Realism and Copenhagen School.The method that has been applied to the study is qualitative content analysis, to be able to analyze the text on the depth.

In our world, more than two billion people are living under insecure food conditions and more than eight hundred million people are estimated to be starving. The majority of these people live in developing counties which are poor and often subject of civil war. The past fifty years the main subject of Security analysis has been the sovereign and rational state and the threats have been viewed in terms of military and weapons of mass destruction. This has come to change over the last decades and Security as a concept has broadened, which better represents the reality of today. Within this broader conceptualization of Security the main referent of Security is the individual, rather than the state, and threats are not only analyzed from a military point of view, but also seen as threats against human rights and freedoms.

For organizations that handle sensitive information, IT governance and information Security are necessities in order to maintain credibility and to conduct its business efficiently. There are several known processes to increase Security governance ? which is a fusion of information Security and IT governance.This master thesis examines if organizations use recognized processes and if it in that case would lead to higher Security. The study is qualitative and conducted in the financial sector and based on Best Practice frameworks of the Security governance in Swedish banks. Data collection was done through interviews and surveys that were triangulated to get a gathered picture of the quality of the Security governance activities.

The aim of this study was twofold; firstly it sought to describe the human Security situation of Roma IDPs and IDPs living in collective centers, secondly it tried to create an understanding for how the human Security situation can affect IDPs capabilities to develop. The findings of the study were mainly based on a field study conducted in Belgrade, Serbia for two months. The results of the study were that IDPs in collective centers have a poor human Security situation regarding basic income, employment, adequate housing and experienced personal Security. Roma IDPs suffer from the same insecurities, but in addition also has poor human Security in basic education and personal safety. Their stagnant human Security situation proved to be the result of the inability to help IDPs by the actors involved in the relief work.

The Security solutions used in wireless home networks are examined in this report. Thegrowing number of wireless units have increased the need for reliable Security solutions.This report aims to enlighten the reader about the fundamental technology used inwireless Security solutions and inform about the existing flaws. A recommendationabout how to achieve a high level of Security in the home network is also given to thereader.Several flaws in the Security solutions in use have been reported. Of these the mostsevere has been examined in a test network using highly accessible tools to get aperception of how vulnerable the user is.The tests showed that several attacks were efficient and easily carried out. We have alsoseen that several of the home networks in our sample are susceptible to these attacks.Our survey revealed that the Internet service provider's technical support in many caseslacked the knowledge necessary to inform the user about reliable Security solutions..

Are icehockey supporters a big problem in todays society? Is Security required during icehockey events, and how is it implemented? This study was aimed to investigate the people at Security positions and their view on fan behavior and it?s impact on icehockey events. It was a qualitative study were six interviews were made with people in charge of the Security at different hockey clubs. The results showed that Security managers overall saw a good fan culture, and that it created a wonderful atmosphere. Security managers worked a lot with dialogue with the supporters and they thought it had a good effect.