security risk

noun

1
: someone who could damage an organization by giving information to an enemy or competitor
2
: someone or something that is a risk to safety
Any package left unattended will be deemed a security risk.

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One of the three judges on the panel dissented, arguing that there was not a legitimate concern that Anthropic could manipulate its technology in order to pose a security risk. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2026 Amazon also said Muse can capture and store customer credentials, which may pose a security risk for its users. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026 At the same time, there is unlikely to be uniform agreement about what constitutes a national security risk, for example, or who gets to determine that — and the poll did not probe those distinctions further. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026 China’s Minister of State Security, Chen Yixin, published an article on Sunday calling for the acceleration of construction of an AI security risk prevention and control system. — April Roach,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for security risk

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“Security risk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20risk. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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