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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Over the last year, the company stopped selling all three vehicles on the home continent due to the EU’s new cybersecurity laws.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 July 2024
The Unified Government is required to pay for increases built into collective bargaining agreements and existing service contracts with third parties, like roughly $2.3 million in information technology and cybersecurity improvements.
—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2024
All are part of disinformation campaigns orchestrated out of Russia and targeting France, according to French officials and cybersecurity experts in Europe and the United States.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 4 July 2024
The hire led to a wave of the state’s top cybersecurity experts quitting.
—Christopher O'Donnell, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 July 2024
The Unified Government is required to pay for increases built into collective bargaining agreements and existing service contracts with third parties, like roughly $2.3 million in information technology and cybersecurity improvements.
—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2024
All are part of disinformation campaigns orchestrated out of Russia and targeting France, according to French officials and cybersecurity experts in Europe and the United States.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 4 July 2024
The hire led to a wave of the state’s top cybersecurity experts quitting.
—Christopher O'Donnell, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024
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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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