cyberdefense

See also: cyberdéfense

English

Alternative forms

• cyberdefence

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ defense.

Noun

cyberdefense (countable and uncountable, plural cyberdefenses)

1. Defense against internet attack.
   • 1999 July, Frank Vizard, “War.com”, in Popular Science‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Bombshelter would ultimately become the first line of cyberdefense for the US military and its NATO allies.

   • 2009 February 15, John Markoff, “Do We Need a New Internet?”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     That was driven home late last year, when a malicious software program thought to have been unleashed by a criminal gang in Eastern Europe suddenly appeared after easily sidestepping the world’s best cyberdefenses.

Antonyms

• cyberattack

Coordinate terms

• cybersafety
• cybersecurity

 

Translations

defense against internet attack

• Finnish: kyberpuolustus
• French: cyberdéfense (fr) f
• German: Cyberabwehr (de) f
• Greek: κυβερνοάμυνα (el) f (kyvernoámyna)
• Hungarian: kibervédelem
• Russian: кѝберзащи́та (ru) f (kìberzaščíta)
• Ukrainian: кіберза́хист m (kiberzáxyst)