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.

Examples of security risk in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

China also has advanced cyber-espionage capabilities that in just the past year have allowed the country to spy on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US, the government office that reviews foreign investments for national security risk, as well as American telecom networks. —Clare Duffy, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025

Perhaps this move helps highlight how DJI voluntarily made its drones less of a national security risk by keeping them away from important facilities. —Sean Hollister, The Verge, 15 Jan. 2025

To have 170 million phones running an app that can’t be updated is a huge security risk. —Zak Doffman, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025

In a December ruling, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was sympathetic to the government's argument that TikTok poses a national security risk. —Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025