"cybersecurity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /saɪbəsɪˈkjʊəɹɪtɪ/ [UK]
Etymology: cyber- + security Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|cyber|security}} cyber- + security Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cybersecurity (uncountable)
  1. Security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare or cyberterrorism. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computer security Synonyms: cyber Related terms: cyberattack, cyberextortion, cyberpower, cyberspace, cyberterrorism, cyberwar, cyberwarfare Coordinate_terms: cyberdefense, cybersafety Translations (security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare): կիբերանվտանգություն (kiberanvtangutʿyun) (Armenian), ciberseguretat [feminine] (Catalan), 網絡安全 (Chinese Mandarin), 网络安全 (wǎngluò ānquán) (Chinese Mandarin), kyberbezpečnost [feminine] (Czech), cybersikkerhed [common-gender] (Danish), cyberbeveiliging [feminine] (Dutch), kyberturvallisuus (Finnish), cybersécurité (French), ciberseguridade [feminine] (Galician), Cybersicherheit [feminine] (German), Cybersecurity [feminine] (German), κυβερνοασφάλεια (kyvernoasfáleia) [feminine] (Greek), kiberbiztonság (Hungarian), netöryggi [neuter] (Icelandic), keamanan siber (Indonesian), cybersicurezza [feminine] (Italian), サイバーセキュリティ (saibāsekyuriti) (Japanese), киберқауіпсіздік (kiberqauıpsızdık) (Kazakh), 사이버보안 (saibeoboan) (Korean), keselamatan siber (Malay), cybersikkerhet [feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), cyberbezpieczeństwo [neuter] (Polish), cibersegurança [feminine] (Portuguese), кибербезопа́сность (kiberbezopásnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), cyber sigurnost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ciberseguridad [feminine] (Spanish), usalama wa kimtandao (Swahili), cybersäkerhet [common-gender] (Swedish), ความมั่นคงปลอดภัยไซเบอร์ (Thai), siber güvenlik (Turkish), кібербезпе́ка (kiberbezpéka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kiberbezpéka",
      "sense": "security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кібербезпе́ка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cybersecurity"
}

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