cybersecurity
- noun
- /ˌsaɪbərsɪˈkjʊrɪti/
- Specialized
- She decided to pursue a career in cybersecurity after witnessing a major data theft incident at her workplace.
- cybersecurity expert
- cybersecurity firm
- cybersecurity threat
They might be able to reveal some deep flaws to the cybersecurity infrastructure of our world.
- They might be able to reveal some deep flaws to the cybersecurity infrastructure of our world.
- Yeah, that I'm afraid for the cybersecurity of the world.
- There's nothing mandating that they even meet a bare minimum standard of cybersecurity and that's it.
- These actions are all based on China's new cybersecurity review system, which is about a year old.
- Our job is to give the Ukrainians the military tools, the weapons, the diplomatic support, the intelligence, the cybersecurity oversight.
- I was in DC and he and Mayorkas both show up and he starts talking about the same thing, the threats, the to our elections, the the cybersecurity threats.
- Russian cybersecurity firm was the first to to find this strange piece of malware that was just causing computers to crash.
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If you need a reason to put more effort into cybersecurity, here it is:
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Baseline standards must be set for cybersecurity, and that means Congress must act, Panetta said.
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We're still waiting for any actual evidence that this new cybersecurity bill is really necessary.
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The road to full cybersecurity is long, and this regulation is just the first step.
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The cybersecurity task is mostly one focused on keeping the infrastructure up and running, and we are very vulnerable there.
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These actions are all based on China's new cybersecurity review system, which is about a year old.
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I mean, three companies providing cybersecurity services to the FBI have been hacked.
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Each of these regulations demonstrated a step forward for improved agency and contractor cybersecurity.
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One need only scan recent headlines to see that examples of cybersecurity breaches abound in both the public and the private sectors.
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After the OPM cyberattacks, it became clear the regulations governing the cybersecurity of government contractors were insufficient to counter cyber threats.
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How Secure
Surface Forms
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Etymology
Cybersecurity combines the parts cyber- and security, where cyber- comes from an old Greek word meaning 'steer' or 'control' like steering a ship, and security means 'safety'. So cybersecurity is about controlling and protecting computers and networks to keep them safe.