Definition of cybersecurity
: measures taken to protect a computer or computer system (as on the Internet) against unauthorized access or attack
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Bossert had overseen the administration's response to the 2017 hurricane season and was credited by his colleagues for leading the administration's efforts to bolster cybersecurity resiliency across government and private industry.
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But no numerical measurement can capture how rigorous a company's cybersecurity policies are or how thoroughly a company performs post-crash investigations.
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Colleges and universities have been steadily expanding their course offerings and now produce roughly enough workers to fill local cybersecurity jobs, but as many as three-quarters of local graduates leave for Silicon Valley or the East Coast.
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Despite a drumbeat of data breaches in recent years, such as those at Facebook, Uber, and Equifax, the good news is that cybersecurity may be improving, at least in the United States.
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Working to improve cybersecurity protections for the U.S. electric grid.
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On the other end of the spectrum is Thomas Kilbride, a security consultant at IOActive, a cybersecurity firm that recently made headlines by hacking a personal-assistant robot and turning it into a stabbing machine.
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The company specializes in defense, civil government and cybersecurity.
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Rockefeller, 40, works in cybersecurity to pay the bills.
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First Known Use of cybersecurity
1989
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legal Definition of cybersecurity
: measures taken to protect a computer or computer system (as on the Internet) against unauthorized access or attack
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