The document addressed the importance of evolving threats to international security, and reemphasized the alliance's commitment to cooperation with prospective members and Russia.

The Ridgway research program analyzes the security dynamics of the 21st century global environment, concentrating on rapidly evolving and emerging threats.

We take the security of our service seriously and work on an ongoing basis to improve it against evolving threats.

The bureau insisted in a statement that it had "taken significant and unprecedented steps to adapt to a new mission and build a structure to address evolving threats."

Plug-and-fight systems can be rapidly reconfigured without interrupting operations - adding, removing, and rearranging system elements in response to evolving threats and changing defense strategies.

These competitors will evolve threats and shields in an open-ended series of microbattles.

"We take the security of the Xbox Live service seriously and work to improve it against evolving threats," a Microsoft spokesman said.

Security required continuous assessment of what it called "evolving threats," the group said, but suggested that the assessment was a government task.

Organizations evaluate the future attractiveness of a market by gaining an understanding of evolving opportunities and threats as they relate to that organization's own strengths and weaknesses.

The final bill must also guarantee that a new counterterrorism center will have real power to focus on evolving threats.