What Is Cybersecurity?

Cy·ber·se·cur·i·ty. The practice of being protected against the criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data, or the measures taken to achieve this.

At least, that’s what the dictionary says. Do you agree?

Over the years the term cybersecurity has been thrown around to the point where it is almost synonymous with terms like IT security or information security. It’s kind of like saying every square is a rectangle, but not every rectangle is a square.

Confused? Let’s break it down.