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cyberdefense en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- English defense English cyberdefense From cyber- + defense.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Defense against internet attack.
   • Bombshelter would ultimately become the first line of cyberdefense for the US military and its NATO allies. 1999 July 14, Frank Vizard, “War.com”, in Popular Science, →ISSN:
   • That was driven home late last year, when a malicious software program thought to have been unleashed by a criminal gang in Eastern Europe suddenly appeared after easily sidestepping the world’s best cyberdefenses. 2009 February 15, John Markoff, “Do We Need a New Internet?”, in New York Times:

Forms

Antonyms

cyberattack

Coordinates

cybersafety · cybersecurity

Translations (10)

id pertahanan siber (defense against internet attack) · de Cyberabwehr (defense against internet attack) · fr cyberdéfense (defense against internet attack) · el κυβερνοάμυνα (defense against internet attack) · hu kibervédelem (defense against internet attack) · uk кіберза́хист (defense against internet attack) · fi kyberpuolustus (defense against internet attack) · ka კიბერთავდაცვა (defense against internet attack) · kk киберқорғаныс (defense against internet attack) · ru кѝберзащи́та (defense against internet attack)