Concept information
Preferred term
cybersecurity
Definition
- Cybersecurity concerns keeping the space provided by the computer and the Internet safe for the various users of the technology. Section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 clearly outlines the concerns of the U.S. government when it comes to cybersecurity in the following words: “The term ‘cybersecurity' means the prevention of damage to, the protection of, and the restoration of computers, electronic communications systems, electronic communication services, wire communication, and electronic communication, including information contained therein, to ensure its availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and nonrepudiation.” Such a concern operates on several different levels and indicates how various activities bordering on the illegal and the criminal are within the purview of what constitutes the concern of cybersecurity. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Cybersecurity]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/cybersecurity
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