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The Privatization of Security

Armed Forces & Society, 2001
From ragtag bands of mercenaries to organized and well-funded private military companies, much of the responsibility for providing security for citizenry has been moving from governmental to nongovernmental hands. This article provides a comprehensive exploration of this privatization of security.
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Private Information and the Design of Securities

Journal of Economic Theory, 1995
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Demange, Gabrielle, Guy, Laroque
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Secure and Private Machine Learning

2023
In recent years, the advances of Machine Learning (ML) have led to its increased application within critical applications and on highly sensitive data. This drew attention to the aspects of ML security and privacy. ML models should operate correctly and not reveal sensitive data that they were trained on. However, assessing and implementing ML security
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Private Security Assemblage(s) and Powers of Private Security Companies

2015
In this chapter, the Bourdieu-enhanced global security assemblages framework is applied to analyze PSCs’ activities in the Czech Republic, which have until recently received relatively little attention both internationally and domestically. In the first section, it is used to explore seven key characteristics of the private security assemblage in the ...
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Social Security: Privatization and Progressivity. [PDF]

American Economic Review, 1998
This paper uses a large-scale overlapping generations model that features intragenerational heterogeneity to show that privatizing the U.S. Social Security System could be done on a progressive basis. We start with a close replica of the current system; specifically, we include Social Security's progressive linkages between taxes paid and benefits ...
Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Kent A. Smetters, Jan Walliser   +2 more
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Private Maritime Security Companies: Privatizing Ocean Security

2011
Private Maritime Security Companies: Privatizing Ocean ...
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Private Security and Private Justice

British Journal of Law and Society, 1979
Philip Stenning, Clifford Shearing
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t-Private and Secure Auctions

2007
In most of the used auction systems the values of bids are known to the auctioneer. This allows him to manipulate the outcome of the auction. Hence, one is interested in hiding these values. Some cryptographically secure protocols for electronic auctions have been presented in the last decade. Our work extends these protocols in several ways.
Markus Hinkelmann, Andreas Jakoby, Peer Stechert   +2 more
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Security of Virtual Private Networks

Information Systems Security, 2001
Abstract It is no surprise that virtual private networks (VPN) have become tremendously popular among many dissimilar business disciplines. Regardless of the vertical market or trade, VPNs can play a crucial role in communication requirements, providing flexibility and prompt return on investment when implemented and utilized properly.
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Robert Mikac - Contemporary Security and Private Security Companies: Privatization of Security and Consequences

Croatian international relations review, 2014
Robert Mikac’s work is significant for a number of reasons. The strenuous research represents a first major study on the phenomenon of private military security companies in Croatian literature and academic writing. It provides an extensive overview of the issues relevant for understanding the diversity and profundity of the change that is taking place
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