abstract:Soft security usually refers to security that protects something from harm in quiet and unobtrusive ways, often invisibly and after the fact, rather than with visible barriers before the fact. Soft security can refer to immediate security measures, such as silent burglar alarms or motion detectors, but often refers to more elaborate social security systems such as the "moral network" in a tightly-knit community — for example, a cluster of friends on a busy city street.
Obama had already put in so much effort to show that he was tough on illegal immigration, just like all Democratic presidents or presidential candidates have to do because they're perceived by some voters as soft on border security in the same way that in the 1970s they were seen as soft on national security.
In July and August, the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center took the rare step of warning people around the world about the impending threat of the "Code Red" worm -- named after the soft drink favored by the security team that first analyzed it.