[Swordmaker]

Not at all. Some things can be quite secure and repel all but the best hackers, other things can have poor security and all but the casual hacker can get in with a little effort.

You are mistaking the word "secure" for the word "protected." They are not the same. Look up the words.

[Cementjungle]

You are mistaking the word "secure" for the word "protected." They are not the same. Look up the words.

For laughs, I did... and it's a silly distinction. I'm old school... when I secured systems I also included "process" everything from password management, document protection (storage/handling/shredding/etc.), procedure, human element, and so on.

I guess nowadays they see "security" as just the technical aspects, and then put that along with the human and other "soft" aspects into "protection". Must be some IT college-speak stuff or something.

In any event... call it security or protection... they're not binary at all... it's all about level or degree of "secure" or "protected".