Ready-made software, service providers as well as in-house solutions are now providing business-grade security to a significant amount of business data.

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"CDO" is a common term for collateralized debt obligation, an investment-grade security backed by a pool of bonds, loans and other assets.

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New York lawmakers, for example, gave train and subway security a "D" grade, citing unprotected tunnels and rail yards and a lack of surveillance.

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For that, you get measures including ballistic grade doors capable to blocking bullets, hidden security cameras and a gas canister system originally designed for the prison industry, which drops temporarily debilitating blankets of chemicals.

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Nor would it make much difference were Social Security to be invested in other assets such as equities, investment-grade bonds and property.

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It is one of several devices available with Sprint Professional Grade, a new designation for select smartphones that deliver enhanced security, device management and Exchange Active Sync capabilities to business users.

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A-grade, would keep the present structure more or less unchanged but establish a Social Security Reserve Board (modelled on the Federal Reserve) empowered to diversify the Trust Funds' investments into private stocks and bonds, and with its operations removed from congressional and presidential budget presentations.

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