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@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ that they can do.
 
 TUF is designed to perform the first two steps of the above update procedure,
 while guarding against the majority of attacks that malicious actors have at
-their disposable; especially those attacks that are overlooked by security-concscious
+their disposable; especially those attacks that are overlooked by security-conscious
 developers.