Cyberresilience

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Resilience to cyberthreats. rare, uncountable

    "In contrast to cyberprotection, cyberresilience anticipates that a cyberattack will succeed. It has in place methods for rapid detection, cushioning the effects and quickly restoring systems to their pre-attack state. […] Any additional regulation should incentivize organizations to increase their focus on cyberresilience and recovery."

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"In contrast to cyberprotection, cyberresilience anticipates that a cyberattack will succeed. It has in place methods for rapid detection, cushioning the effects and quickly restoring systems to their pre-attack state. […] Any additional regulation should incentivize organizations to increase their focus on cyberresilience and recovery."

Etymology

From cyber- + resilience.

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