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cybersecurity

noun
/saɪbəsɪˈkjʊəɹɪtɪ/UK

Etymology

From cyber- + security.

  1. derived from sēcūrus — “safe, secure”
  2. derived from sēcūritās
  3. derived from securité
  4. inherited from securite
  5. prefixed as cybersecurity — “cyber- + security”

Definitions

  1. Security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare or cyberterrorism.

    • 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.
    • 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 […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cybersecurity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA