cybersecurity
noun
cy·ber·se·cu·ri·ty
ˈsī-bər-si-ˌkyu̇r-ə-tē 
: measures taken to protect a computer or computer system (as on the Internet) against unauthorized access or attack
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Tools built for legitimate cybersecurity investigators, like Maltego, can pull together what Google, LinkedIn and public records reveal about a person and show it on a relationship map.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
The Board Must Be Involved The CRR assessment asks how often leaders brief the board on cybersecurity and its impacts on patient care.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Frontier-model oversight, critical-infrastructure cybersecurity standards, and much of workforce policy require federal action or multistate compacts.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 15 May 2026
Our cybersecurity names were big winners after the market realized AI is an accelerant to their industry, not a replacement.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 15 May 2026
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
The Board Must Be Involved The CRR assessment asks how often leaders brief the board on cybersecurity and its impacts on patient care.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Frontier-model oversight, critical-infrastructure cybersecurity standards, and much of workforce policy require federal action or multistate compacts.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 15 May 2026
Our cybersecurity names were big winners after the market realized AI is an accelerant to their industry, not a replacement.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for cybersecurity
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cybersecurity
noun
cy·ber·se·cu·ri·ty
ˈsī-bər-si-ˈkyu̇r-ə-tē
: measures taken to protect a computer or computer system (as on the Internet) against unauthorized access or attack
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