ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Cybersecurity

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /saɪbəsɪˈkjʊəɹɪtɪ/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Cybersecurity is a noun meaning Security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare or cyberterrorism.

Meaning

Security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare or cyberterrorism.

Example Sentences

He said he would shun ground wars with large troop deployments, instead favoring a strategy guided more by economic and cybersecurity competition with China and Russia […]
She now works for […] one of the largest of the many cybersecurity firms seeking to neutralize attacks on corporations from China and other countries, as well as criminal groups and hackers.
However, there remain many cybersecurity concerns about the railways. For example, and perhaps more pertinently, 'hacktivists' - hackers with a political rather than a financial motive - in Belarus were reported to have taken breached computers that control rail movements in the country in an effort to delay Russian supplies to their front line in the early stages of the war against Ukraine.
Examples abound regarding how firms are using blockchains to enhance cybersecurity; after all, at its most basic level, it is an open source code that can be downloaded and run by anyone, for free. Due to these exceedingly low barriers to entry, this technology has the potential to unleash coinless cybersecurity applications. Already, Marc Andreesen, a venture capitalist, has invested more than $50 million in blockchain technologies.

Synonyms for cybersecurity

Depending on context, synonyms include cyber.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cyberspace, firewall, cyber, cyberterror, cyberdefense, cyberwar.

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