cybersecurity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /saɪbəsɪˈkjʊəɹɪtɪ/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
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 security English cybersecurity From cyber- + security.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare or cyberterrorism.
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 […]
2021 September 1, Michael D. Shear, Jim Tankersley, quoting Joe Biden, “Biden Defends Afghan Pullout and Declares an End to Nation-Building”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2021: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.
2023 March 22, Christian Wolmar, “Cybersecurity concerns highlight a range of potential risks”, in RAIL, number 979, pages 32–33: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.
2014 April 6, David E. Sanger, “U.S. tries candor to assure China on cyberattacks”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020: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.
2016 November 23, Scott Shackelford, Steve Myers, “Block-by-Block: Leveraging the Power of Blockchain Technology to Build Trust and Promote Cyber Peace”, in Yale Journal of Law and Technology (2017 Forthcoming) / Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 16-85, →DOI, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2026, page 22 / 355:
Coordinates
Relateds
cyberextortion · cyberterrorism · cyberwar · cyberattack · cyberwarfare · cyberpower · cyberspace
Synonyms
Translations (37)
da cybersikkerhed (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · el κυβερνοασφάλεια (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · et küberturvalisus (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · vi an ninh mạng (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · ru кибербезопа́сность (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · uk кібербезпе́ка (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · ca ciberseguretat (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · nb cybersikkerhet (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · de Cybersicherheit (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · th ความมั่นคงปลอดภัยไซเบอร์ (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · ja サイバーセキュリティ (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · gl ciberseguridade (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · fr cybersécurité (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · hy կիբերանվտանգություն (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · it cybersicurezza (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · pl cyberbezpieczeństwo (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · cs kyberbezpečnost (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · ka კიბერუშიშროება (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · ko 사이버보안 (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · es ciberseguridad (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · is netöryggi (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · ka კიბერუსაფრთხოება (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · pt cibersegurança (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · sv cybersäkerhet (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · ms keselamatan siber (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · hu kiberbiztonság (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · de Cybersecurity (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · ru кибербе́з (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · kk киберқауіпсіздік (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · sw usalama wa kimtandao (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · fi kyberturvallisuus (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · tr siber güvenlik (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · nl cyberbeveiliging (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · id keamanan siber (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · cmn 網絡安全 /网络安全 (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · sh cyber sigurnost (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare) · cmn 網安 /网安 (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare)