security review
- noun
- /sɪˈkjʊrɪti rɪˈvju/
- Specialized
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evaluación de seguridad
- The team conducted a thorough security review to identify any vulnerabilities in the software before its release.
Examples
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Before launching the online service, they completed a comprehensive security review to ensure protection against data breaches.
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As part of the development process, the company requires a security review to evaluate potential threats to their new application.
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Barrie is currently employed as a senior security consultant for NGSSoftware, where he is involved with vulnerability research as well as security reviews of products and services.
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Synonyms
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A careful decision about how good or valuable something is
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A careful step-by-step check of information to decide how useful or true it is
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A long article that summarises research on a topic and judges its quality
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'security review' is directly compositional: 'security' (protective measures) + 'review' (an examination) yields an examination of security. This noun+noun combination follows common English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the meaning.
Etymology
Security review comes from the idea of an inspector walking through a house and testing doors and windows for weak spots. So, when applied to software, security means keeping the system safe and review is the careful check, so the phrase means 'checking a system for weak points and saying how to fix them'.