internal security
Guarding from within
Internal security refers to measures protecting a nation, organization, or system from threats originating within its own borders or membership—espionage, sabotage, subversion, or insider threats.
Government agencies handle internal security through surveillance, counterintelligence, and vetting procedures: The ministry of internal security monitored dissident groups.
In corporate contexts, internal security covers protection against employee theft, data breaches, and unauthorized access.
Ongoing observation of something
- CCTVSurveillance camera network
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- wiretappingCovert phone surveillance
- eavesdroppingSecretly listening to others
informants · undercover · watchlist · tracking · counterintelligence · vetting · background check · drones
Inspection station on route
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- policeCivil law enforcement
- paramilitaryUnofficial armed organization
crackdown · detention · interrogation · curfew · martial law · riot control · counterterrorism · border control
Network access control system
- encryptionConverting data into code
- malwareHarmful computer programs
- antivirusMalware detection program
- phishingFraudulent credential harvesting
ransomware · cyberattack · hackers · intrusion detection · two-factor authentication · penetration test · zero-day · spyware
Methodical arrangement or request
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- national unityShared identity across citizenry
- civil orderMaintained societal stability
public safety · social cohesion · continuity · governance · rule of law · legitimacy · unrest · insurrection
monitoring
Ongoing observation of something
- CCTVSurveillance camera network
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- wiretappingCovert phone surveillance
eavesdropping · informants · undercover · watchlist · tracking · counterintelligence · vetting · background check · drones · sensors
checkpoint
Inspection station on route
paramilitary · crackdown · detention · interrogation · curfew · martial law · riot control · counterterrorism · border control · customs
firewall
Network access control system
- encryptionConverting data into code
- malwareHarmful computer programs
- antivirusMalware detection program
phishing · ransomware · cyberattack · hackers · intrusion detection · two-factor authentication · penetration test · zero-day · spyware · DDoS
order
Methodical arrangement or request
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- national unityShared identity across citizenry
civil order · public safety · social cohesion · continuity · governance · rule of law · legitimacy · unrest · insurrection
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- North KoreaPyongyang, Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-il
- DDR PoliceStasi, border guards, secret police, political police, watchtowers
- military forcesarmy, allied forces, soldiers, troops, coalition forces
- East GermanyStasi, GDR, DDR, Berlin Wall, East Germany
- Soviet InstitutionsPolitburo, KGB, Kremlin, Central Committee, GRU
internal securityforeign intelligence
Secrets from other nations
foreign affairs · external affairs · international security · foreign policy · border defense
internal securityinsurrection
Violent uprising against authority
sedition · civil unrest · civil disorder · civil strife · anarchy
internal securitycivil liberties
Rights limiting government power
individual freedom · personal privacy · open society · civil rights · freedom of assembly
security, internal, internalize, internalized, internalizing, internalization, internals