noun Technical meaning of @stake (security, software) A computer security development group and consultancy dedicated to researching and documenting security flaws that exist in operating systems, network protocols, or software. @stake publishes information about security flaws through advisories, research reports, and tools. They release the information and tools to help system administrators, users, and software and hardware vendors better secure their systems. L0pht merged with @stake in January 2000. 1
