Cyber Security

Definitions Cyber Security

European Definitions

EU

Cybersecurity comprises all activities necessary to protect network and information systems, their users, and affected persons from cyber threats.

Cyber-security commonly refers to the safeguards and actions that can be used to protect the cyber domain, both in the civilian and military fields, from those threats that are associated with or that may harm its interdependent networks and information infrastructure. Cyber-security strives to preserve the availability and integrity of the networks and infrastructure and the confidentiality of the information contained therein.

Cybersecurity means the activities necessary to protect network and information systems, the users of such systems, and other persons affected by cyber threats.

(NIS2) ‘cybersecurity’ means cybersecurity within the meaning of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/881 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

ECA

Cybersecurity: All the safeguards and measures adopted to defend IT systems and their data against unauthorised access, attack and damage to ensure their availability, confidentiality and integrity.

[BG] Киберсигурност: Всички приети предпазни мерки за защита на ИТ системите и техните данни от неразрешен достъп, атаки и вреди, за да се гарантира тяхната достъпност, поверителност и цялост.

[CS] Kybernetická bezpečnost: Veškerá ochranná a bezpečnostní opatření přijatá na obranu informačních systémů a jejich údajů před neoprávněným přístupem, útokem a poškozením za účelem zajištění jejich dostupnosti, důvěrné povahy a integrity.

[DE] Cybersicherheit: Alle Vorkehrungen und Maßnahmen zum Schutz von IT-Systemen und ihren Daten vor unbefugten Zugriffen, vor Angriffen und vor Schaden, um ihre Verfügbarkeit, Vertraulichkeit und Integrität zu gewährleisten.

[DK] Cybersikkerhed: Alle desikkerhedsforanstaltninger, der er truffet for at beskytte IT systemer og deres data mod uautoriseret adgang, angreb og skader for at sikre deres tilgængelighed, fortrolighed og integritet.

[ES] Ciberseguridad: Conjunto de salvaguardias y medidas adoptadas para defender los sistemas informáticos y sus datos frente a accesos no autorizados, ataques y daños para garantizar su disponibilidad, confidencialidad e integridad.

[NE] Cyberbeveiliging: Alle waarborgen en maatregelen die worden ingevoerd om IT-systemen en hun gegevens te beschermen tegen onbevoegde toegang, aanvallen en schade, teneinde hun beschikbaarheid, vertrouwelijkheid en integriteit te garanderen.

Other International Definitions

United Nations (Regulation No. 155)

"Cyber security" means the condition in which road vehicles and their functions are protected from cyber threats to electrical or electronic components.

« Cybersécurité », la protection des véhicules routiers et de leurs fonctions contre les cyberattaques visant les composants électriques ou électroniques.

«Кибербезопасность» означает состояние, в котором транспортные средства и их функции защищены от киберугроз, которым могут подвергаться электрические или электронные компоненты.

World Bank

Cybersecurity is the body of technologies, processes and practices designed to protect networks, computers, programs and data from attack, damage or unauthorized access.

In a computing context, the term security implies cybersecurity.

National Definitions

Albania

Siguria kibernetike: do të thotë tërësia e mjeteve ligjore, organizative, teknike dhe edukative me qëllim mbrojtjen e hapësirës kibernetike.

“Cyber Security” - means all legal, organizational, technical and legal remedies educational, in order to protect the cyber space.

Australia

Cyber Security: Measures relating to the confidentiality, availability and integrity of information that is processed, stored and communicated by electronic or similar means.

Cyber Security: A range of preventative measures used to protect information from being stolen, compromised or attacked.

Cyber security strategies include identity management, risk management and incident management.

New South Wales

Cyber Security: actions required to preclude unauthorised use of, denial of service to, modifications to, disclosure of, loss of revenue from, or destruction of critical systems or informational assets. (derived from International Standard: IEC/TS 62443-1-1 ed. 1.0 )

Austria

Cybersicherheit“ bezeichnet alle Tätigkeiten, die notwendig sind, um Netz- und Informationssysteme, die Nutzer solcher Systeme und andere von Cyberbedrohungen betroffene Personen zu schützen.

Cyber security describes the protection of a key legal asset through constitutional means against actor-related, technical, organisational and natural dangers posing a risk to the security of cyberspace (including infrastructure and data security) as well as the security of the users in cyberspace. Cyber security helps to identify, assess and follow up on threats as well as to strengthen the ability to cope with interferences in or from cyber space, to minimise the effects as well as to restore the capacity to act and functional capabilities of the respective stakeholders, infrastructures and services.

Cyber Sicherheit beschreibt den Schutz eines zentralen Rechtsgutes mit rechtsstaatlichen Mitteln vor akteursbezogenen,technischen, organisations- und naturbedingten Gefahren, die die Sicherheit des Cyber Space (inklusive Infrastruktur- und Datensicherheit) und die Sicherheit der Nutzer im Cyber Space gefährden. Cyber Sicherheit trägt dazu bei, die Gefährdungen zu erkennen, zu bewerten und zu verfolgen sowie die Fähigkeit zu stärken, Störungen im und aus dem Cyberspace zu bewältigen, die damit verbundenen Folgen zu mindern sowie die Handlungs- und Funktionsfähigkeit der davon betroffenen Akteure, Infrastrukturen und Dienste wieder herzustellen.

Barbados

Cyber Security refers to the vulnerability of cyber technologies to digital attack.

Belgium

Cyberbeveiliging: de activiteiten die nodig zijn om netwerk- en informatiesystemen, de gebruikers van dergelijke systemen, en andere personen die getroffen worden door cyberdreigingen, te beschermen.

Cybersécurité, les actions nécessaires pour protéger les réseaux et les systèmes d’information, les utilisateurs de ces systèmes et les autres personnes exposées aux cybermenaces.

Cybersicherheit“ bezeichnet alle Tätigkeiten, die notwendig sind, um Netz- und Informationssysteme, die Nutzer solcher Systeme und andere von Cyberbedrohungen betroffene Personen zu schützen.

Cyber security is het vrij zijn van gevaar of schade veroorzaakt door verstoring of uitval van ICT of door misbruik van ICT (be free from danger or damage caused by disturbance or disruption of ICT or misuse of ICT).

Cybersécurité est la situation où la protection du cyberespace est proportionelle à la cybermenace et aux conséquences possibles de cyberattaques.

Nucleaire cyberbeveiliging: de beveiliging van netwerk- en informatiesystemen van nucleaire installaties en inrichtingen waar radioactieve stoffen worden geproduceerd, vervaardigd, gehouden of gebruikt, of waar zich toestellen of installaties bevinden die ioniserende straling uitzenden die niet van radioactieve stoffen afkomstig is.

Cybersécurité nucléaire: la sécurité des réseaux et systèmes d’information des installations nucléaires et des établissements où des substances radioactives sont produites, fabriquées, détenues ou utilisées, ou où se trouvent des appareils ou installations émettant des rayonnements ionisants ne provenant pas de substances radioactives .

Belize

Cybersecurity: Takes into account the continuous and planned activities at the political, legal, economic, educational, awareness raising and technical levels to manage risks in cyberspace to ensure the ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of digital assets.

Benin

Cybersécurité : Ensemble des mesures et des actions destinées à protéger les moyens numériques et à prévenir les dommages face aux cybermenaces. La cybersécurité vise à préserver la disponibilité et l’intégrité des réseaux et de l’infrastructure ainsi que la confidentialité des informations qui y sont contenues.

Bermuda

Cybersecurity: measures taken to protect a computer or computer system (as on the Internet) against unauthorized access or attack.

Botswana

Cyber Security is a term that describes the protection of ICT systems from damage, theft or disruption of the processes they run. It encompasses the combination of people, process and technology.

Brazil

Segurança Cibernética (SegCiber): a arte de assegurar a existência e a continuidade da Sociedade da Informação de uma Nação, garantindo e protegendo, no Espaço Cibernético, seus ativos de informação e suas infra-estruturas críticas.
Cybersecurity is the art to ensure the existence and continuity of the information society of a nation, ensuring and protecting in Cyberspace, their information assets and their critical infrastructure.

Bulgaria

киберсигурност означава дейностите, необходими за защита от киберзаплахи на мрежите и информационните системи, на ползвателите на такива мрежи и системи и други лица, засегнати от киберзаплахи.

Кибер сигурност: състояние определено и измерено чрез нивото на конфиденциалност, интегритет, достъпност, автентичност и отказоустойчивост на информационните ресурси, системи и услуги. Кибер сигурността се основава на ефективно изграждане и поддръжка на активни и превантивни мерки.

Burkina-Faso

Etat recherché pour un système d’information lui permettant de resister à des évènements issus du cyberespace susceptibles de compromettre la disponibilité, l’intégrité ou la confidentialité des données stockées, traitées ou transmises à des services connexes que ces systèmes offrent ou qu’ils rendent accessibles.

Cameroon (Cameroun)

Cybersécurité: ensemble de mesures de prévention, de protection et de dissuasion d’ordre technique, organisationnel, juridique, financier, humain, procédural et autres actions permettant d’atteindre les objectifs de sécurité fixés à travers les réseaux de communications électroniques, les systèmes d’information et pour la protection de la vie privée des personnes.

Canada

Cyber Security: The protection of digital information, as well as the integrity of the infrastructure housing and transmitting digital information. More specifically, cyber security includes the body of technologies, processes, practices and response and mitigation measures designed to protect networks, computers, programs and data from attack, damage or unauthorized access so as to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability.

Cybersécurité: Protection de données numériques et préservation de l'intégrité de l'infrastructure servant à stocker et à transmettre des données numériques. Plus particulièrement, la cybersécurité englobe l'ensemble des technologies, des processus, des pratiques, des mesures d'intervention et d'atténuation dont la raison d'être est d'empêcher que les réseaux, ordinateurs, programmes et données soient attaqués ou endommagés, ou qu'on y accède sans autorisation, afin d'en assurer la confidentialité, l'intégrité et la disponibilité.

The body of technologies, processes, practices and response and mitigation measures designed to protect networks, computers, programs and data from attack, damage or unauthorized access so as to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability.

Ensemble des technologies, des processus, des pratiques et des mesures d’atténuation et d’intervention conçus pour protéger les réseaux, les ordinateurs, les programmes et les données contre les attaques, les dommages ou les accès non autorisés afin d’assurer la confidentialité, l’intégrité et la disponibilité.

Chile

Ciberseguridad: es tanto una condición caracterizada por un mínimo de riesgos y amenazas a las infraestructuras tecnológicas, los componentes lógicos de la información y las interacciones que se verifican en el ciberespacio, como el conjunto de políticas y técnicas destinadas a lograr dicha condición.

Cybersecurity is described as a condition presenting the least risk for cyberspace –understood as a set of physical and logical infrastructure, and the human interactions taking place in the same.

Within this set, the main feature to be protected is information confidentiality, integrity and availability which, in turn, create a robust and resilient cyberspace.

Colombia

Ciberseguridad: Es el conjunto de herramientas, políticas, conceptos de seguridad, salvaguarda de seguridad, directrices, métodos de gestión de riesgos, acciones, formación, prácticas idóneas, seguros y tecnologías que pueden utilizarse para proteger los activos de la organización y los usuarios en el ciberespacio.

Ciberseguridad: Capacidad del Estado para minimizar el nivel de riesgo al que están expuestos sus ciudadanos, ante amenazas o incidentes de naturaleza cibernética.

Cyber security is the ability of the state to minimise the level of risk their citizens from threats or incidents of cyber nature are exposed to.

Ciberseguridad: es el conjunto de recursos, políticas, conceptos de seguridad, salvaguardas de seguridad, directrices, métodos de gestión del riesgo, acciones, investigación y desarrollo, formación, prácticas idóneas, seguros y tecnologías que pueden utilizarse buscando la disponibilidad, integridad, autenticación, confidencialidad y no repudio, con el fin de proteger a los usuarios y los activos de la organización en el Ciberespacio.

Congo

Cybersécurité : l’ensemble des mesures et des actions destinées à protéger le cyberespace des menaces associées à ses réseaux et à son infrastructure informatique ou susceptibles de leur porter atteinte. La cybersécurité vise à préserver la disponibilité et l'intégrité des réseaux et de l'infrastructure ainsi que la confidentialité des informations qui y sont contenues. Donnée numérique : toute représentation de faits, d’informations ou de concepts sous une forme qui se prête à un traitement informatique

Costa Rica

Ciberseguridad: Es la capacidad de proteger o defender el uso del ciberespacio de los ataques cibernéticos.

Ciberseguridad: Conjunto de herramientas, políticas, conceptos de seguridad, salvaguardas de seguridad, directrices, métodos de gestión de riesgos, acciones, formación, prácticas idóneas, seguros y tecnologías que pueden utilizarse para proteger los activos de la organización y los usuarios en el ciberespacio.

Seguridad cibernética: Conservación, a través de políticas, tecnología y educación, de la disponibilidad, confidencialidad e integridad de la información y su infraestructura subyacente a fin de preservar la seguridad de las personas tanto en línea como fuera de línea.

Croatia

Kibersigurnost znači sve aktivnosti koje su nužne za zaštitu od kiberprijetnji mrežnih i informacijskih sustava, korisnika tih sustava i drugih osoba na koje one utječu.

Kibernetička sigurnost: obuhvaća aktivnosti i mjere kojima se postiže povjerljivost, cjelovitost i dostupnost podataka i sustava u kibernetičkom prostoru.

Cyber security includes activities and measures to achieve confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and systems in cyberspace.

Cuba

Ciberseguridad: Conjunto de procedimientos de seguridad, medidas organizativas, técnicas y operativas aplicadas para la gestión y protección del uso, procesamiento, almacenamiento y transmisión de datos e información a través de las TIC que interactúan en el ciberespacio.

Cyprus

«κυβερνοασφάλεια»: οι δραστηριότητες που απαιτούνται για την προστασία των συστημάτων δικτύου και πληροφοριών, των χρηστών των εν λόγω συστημάτων και άλλων επηρεαζόμενων από κυβερνοαπειλές προσώπων.

Η ‘κυβερνοασφάλεια’ αναφέρεται στην ευρύτερη ασφάλεια των δικτυωμένων συστημάτων που λειτουργούν στον κυβερνοχώρο, ως επί το πλείστον δηλαδή συνδεδεμένων στο Διαδίκτυο, και ο όρος αυτός συμπεριλαμβάνει και την ασφαλή χρήση των συστημάτων αυτών από τελικούς χρήστες.

Cybersecurity is the broader security of networked systems that operate in cyberspace.

I.e. in most cases connected to the Internet, and this term also covers the safe and secure usage of these systems by end users.

Czech Republic

„kybernetickou bezpečností“ činnosti nezbytné k ochraně sítí a informačních systémů, jejich uživatelů a dalších osob dotčených kybernetickými hrozbami.

Kybernetická bezpečnost: Souhrn právních, organizačních, technických a vzdělávacích prostředků směřujících k zajištění ochrany kybernetického prostoru.

Cyber security: Collection of legal, organizational, technological and educational means aimed at providing protection of cyberspace.

Denmark

Cybersikkerhed: de aktiviteter, der er nødvendige for at beskytte net- og informationssystemer, brugerne af sådanne systemer og andre personer berørt af cybertrusler.

Cybersikkerhed omfatter beskyttelse imod de sikkerhedsbrud, der opstår som følge af angreb mod data eller systemer via en for - bindelse til et eksternt net eller system. Arbejdet med cybersikker - hed fokuserer således på sårbarheder ved sammenkoblingen mellem systemer, herunder forbindelser til internettet.

Egypt

Cybersecurity is information security applied to computers and computer networks.

El Salvador

Ciberseguridad: Conjunto de herramientas, políticas, conceptos de seguridad, salvaguardas de seguridad, directrices, métodos de gestión de riesgos, acciones, formación, prácticas idóneas, seguros y tecnologías que pueden utilizarse para proteger los activos de la organización y los usuarios en el ciberespacio.

Estonia

Küberturvalisus– tegevused, mis on vajalikud, et kaitsta võrgu- ja infosüsteeme, nende kasutajaid ja teisi isikuid küberohtude ees.

Cyber Security is an essential precondition for the securing of cyberspace that every operator of a computer, computer network or information system realises the personal responsibility of using the data and instruments of communication at his or her disposal in a purposeful and appropriate manner.

Eswatini

Cyber security: The protection of internet connected systems (to include hardware, software and associated infrastructure), the data on them, and the services they provide, from unauthorised access, harm or misuse. This includes harm caused intentionally by the operator of the system, or accidentally, as a result of failing to follow security procedures or being manipulated into doing so.

Finland

’kyberturvallisuudella’ toimia, joita tarvitaan verkko- ja tietojärjestelmien, tällaisten järjestelmien käyttäjien ja muiden asianosaisten henkilöiden suojaamiseksi kyberuhilta.

Cyber security means the desired end state in which the cyber domain is reliable and in which its functioning is ensured.

Kyberturvallisuus: tila, jossa kybertoimintaympäristöstä yhteiskunnan elintärkeille toiminnoille tai muille kybertoimintaympäristöstä riippuvaisille toiminnoille koituvat uhkat ja riskit ovat hallinnassa.

Cyber security is a condition in which the threats and risks caused by cyber operating environment to the vital operations of society or other operations dependent on cyber operating environment are in control. -unofficial translation-

France

Cybersécurité, les actions nécessaires pour protéger les réseaux et les systèmes d’information, les utilisateurs de ces systèmes et les autres personnes exposées aux cybermenaces.

Cybersécurité: État recherché pour un système d’information lui permettant de résister à des événements d’origine malveillante susceptibles de compromettre la disponibilité, l’intégrité ou la confidentialité des données stockées, traitées ou transmises et des services rendus par ce système.

Cybersecurity: A desired condition for an information system, allowing it to withstand events of malicious origin that are likely to compromise the availability, integrity or confidentiality of data stored, processed or transferred or the services provided by the system.

Cyber Security: The desired state of an information system in which it can resist events from cyberspace likely to compromise the availability, integrity or confidentiality of the data stored, processed or transmitted and of the related services that these systems offer or make accessible.

Cybersécurité: état recherché pour un système d’information lui permettant de résister à des événements issus du cyberespace susceptibles de compromettre la disponibilité, l’intégrité ou la confidentialité des données stockées, traitées ou transmises et des services connexes que ces systèmes offrent ou qu’ils rendent accessibles.

Germany

Cybersicherheit befasst sich mit allen Aspekten der Sicherheit in der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik. Das Aktionsfeld der Informationssicherheit wird dabei auf den gesamten Cyberraum ausgeweitet.

Cybersicherheit“ bezeichnet alle Tätigkeiten, die notwendig sind, um Netz- und Informationssysteme, die Nutzer solcher Systeme und andere von Cyberbedrohungen betroffene Personen zu schützen.

Cyber-Sicherheit ist die IT-Sicherheit der im Cyber-Raum auf Datenebene vernetzten bzw. vernetzbaren informationstechnischen Systeme. (2016)

(Globale) Cyber-Sicherheit ist der anzustrebende Zustand der IT-Sicherheitslage, in welchem die Risiken des globalen Cyber-Raums auf ein tragbares Maß reduziert sind. Cyber-Sicherheit in Deutschland ist demnach der anzustrebende Zustand der IT-Sicherheitslage, in welchem die Risiken des deutschen Cyber-Raums auf ein tragbares Maß reduziert sind. Cyber Sicherheit (in Deutschland) entsteht durch die Summe von geeigneten und angemessenen Maßnahmen.

(Global) cyber security is the desired condition of the IT security situation, in which the risks of the global cyberspace have been reduced to an acceptable minimum. Cyber security in Germany is thus the desired condition of the IT security situation, in which the risks of the German cyberspace have been reduced to an acceptable minimum. Cyber security (in Germany) is developed through the sum of suitable and adequate safeguards.

Cyber-Sicherheit befasst sich mit allen Aspekten der Sicherheit in der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik. Das Aktionsfeld der Informationssicherheit wird dabei auf den gesamten Cyber-Raum ausgeweitet. Dieser umfasst sämtliche mit dem Internet und vergleichbaren Netzen verbundene Informationstechnik und schließt darauf basierende Kommunikation, Anwendungen, Prozesse und verarbeitete Informationen mit ein.

Häufig wird bei der Betrachtung von Cyber-Sicherheit auch ein spezieller Fokus auf Angriffe aus dem Cyber-Raum gelegt.

Ghana

Cybersecurity is the state in which a computer or computer system is protected from unauthorized access or attack for the purpose of ensuring that
a. the computer or computer system continuses to be available and operational,
b. the integrity of the computer or computer system is maintained, and
c. the integrity and confidentiality of information stored in, prrocessed by or transmitted through the computer or computer system is maintained.

Greece

«κυβερνοασφάλεια»: οι δραστηριότητες που απαιτούνται για την προστασία των συστημάτων δικτύου και πληροφοριών, των χρηστών των εν λόγω συστημάτων και άλλων επηρεαζόμενων από κυβερνοαπειλές προσώπων.

Guatemala

Ciberseguridad: Es la capacidad para minimizar el nivel de riesgo al que está expuesta la información ante amenazas o incidentes de naturaleza cibernética, teniendo como objetivo la protección de la información digital. (Fuente: Adaptación de LISA Institute)

Seguridad Cibernética o Ciberseguridad: El conjunto de herramientas, políticas, conceptos de seguridad, salvaguardas de seguridad, directrices, métodos de gestión de riesgos, acciones, formación, prácticas idóneas, seguros y tecnologías que pueden utilizarse para proteger los activos de la organización y los usuarios en el ciberentorno. Fuente: UIT-T X.1205.

Los activos de la organización y los usuarios son los dispositivos informáticos conectados, los usuarios, los servicios/aplicaciones, los sistemas de comunicaciones, las comunicaciones multimedios, y la totalidad de la información transmitida y/o almacenada en el ciberentorno. La ciberseguridad garantiza que se alcancen y mantengan las propiedades de seguridad de los activos de la organización y los usuarios contra los riesgos de seguridad correspondientes en el ciberentorno. Las propiedades de seguridad incluyen una o más de las siguientes: -disponibilidad; - integridad, que puede incluir la autenticidad y el no repudio; - confidencialidad

Hungary

Kiberbiztonság: azok a tevékenységek, amelyek a kiberfenyegetésekkel érintett hálózati és információs rendszereknek, az ilyen rendszerek felhasználóinak és más személyeknek a védelméhez szükségesek.

Cyber security is the continuous and planned taking of political, legal, economic, educational, awareness-raising and technical measures to manage risks in cyberspace that transforms the cyberspace into a reliable environment for the smooth functioning and operation of societal and economic processes by ensuring an acceptable level of risks in cyberspace.

Iceland

Cybersecurity relates to the security of digital services and solutions and their secure application in cyberspace. Solutions and methodologies in cybersecurity are used to combat cybersecurity threats which can become cybersecurity incidents if they are realised.

India

Cyber Security means protecting information, equipment, devices, computer, computer resource, communication device and information stored therein from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification or destruction.

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Protection of information systems that protect the cyber space from attacks, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and accessibility of the information being processed in this space, detection of attacks and cyber security incidents; putting into force the countermeasures against these incidents and then putting these systems back to their original states prior to the cyber security incident.

Indonesia

Keamanan Siber adalah upaya adaptif dan inovatif untuk melindungi seluruh lapisan ruang siber, termasuk aset informasi yang ada di dalamnya, dari ancaman dan serangan siber, baik yang bersifat teknis maupun sosial.

Cyber Security means an adaptive and innovative effort in order to protect all layers of cyberspace, including the information assets contained therein, from both technical and social cyber threats and attacks.

Cybersecurity: adalah upaya untuk menjaga kerahasiaan, keutuhan, dan ketersediaan informasi pada pada dunia siber, yang juga termasuk otentikasi, nirsangkal, dan akuntabilitas.

Ireland

Ciallaíonn “cibearshlándáil” na gníomhaíochtaí go léir is gá chun córais gréasán agus faisnéise, úsáideoirí na gcóras sin, agus daoine eile dá ndéantar difear a chosaint ar chibearbhagairtí.

Israel

Cybersecurity are policies, security arrangements, actions, guidelines, risk management protocols and technological tools designated to protect cyberspace and allow action to be taken therein.

Italy

«cibersicurezza»: l’insieme delle attività necessarie per proteggere la rete e i sistemi informativi, gli utenti di tali sistemi e altre persone interessate dalle minacce informatiche.

Cyber-Security: Condizione in cui il cyber-space risulti protetto rispetto adeventi, di natura volontaria od accidentale, consistenti nell’acquisizione e nel trasferimento indebiti di dati, nella loro modifica o distruzione illegittime ovvero nel blocco dei sistemi informativi, grazie ad idonee misure di sicurezza fisica, logica e procedurale.

Queste misure includono: audit di sicurezza, gestione di aggiornamenti (patches) di sicurezza, procedure di autenticazione, gestione degli accessi, analisi del rischio, rilevazione e reazione ad incidenti/attacchi, mitigazione degli impatti, recupero delle componenti oggetto di attacco, addestramento e formazione del personale, nonché verifica e potenziamento della sicurezza fisica dei locali dove sono collocati i sistemi informativi e di comunicazione.

Ivory Coast

Cybersécurité : l’ensemble des mesures et des actions destinées à protéger le cyberespace des menaces associées à ses réseaux et à son infrastructure informatique ou susceptibles de leur porter atteinte. La cybersécurité vise à préserver la disponibilité et l'intégrité des réseaux et de l'infrastructure ainsi que la confidentialité des informations qui y sont contenues ; on parle alors de la triade CID (confidentialité, intégrité et disponibilité), à laquelle l’on peut ajouter comme quatrième élément la traçabilité.

Jamaica

Cyber Security is the implementation of measures to protect ICT infrastructure including critical infrastructure from intrusion, unauthorized access and includes the adoption of policies, protocols and good practices to better govern the use of cyberspace.

Japan

サイバーセキュリティ : 攻撃を防止、検知し、攻撃に対応することにより情報を保護するプロ セス。

Cyber Security is a process that protects information by preventing, detecting, and responding to attacks.

Jordan

The protection of connected systems (to include hardware, software and associated infrastructure), the data on them, and the services they provide, from unauthorised access, harm or misuse.

األِٓ اٌغُجشأٍ --- كٔخ٣ش ر٤جش حُلؼخء حُغ٤زشح٢ٗ )حُظ٢ طظٌٕٞ ٖٓ حألؿٜضس ٝحُزشٓـ٤خص ٝحُز٠٘ حُظلظ٤ش حُٔشطزطش رٜخ( ًٝخكش حُز٤خٗخص حُٞٔؿٞدس كٜ٤خ ٝحُخذٓخص حُظ٢ طوذٜٓخ ٖٓ حُٞطٍٞ اٜ٤ُخ رشٌَ ؿ٤ش هخ،٢ٗٞٗ أٝ ٖٓ عٞء حالعظخذحّ أٝ حُؼشس، عٞحء ُؼشس حُٔظؼٔذ حُز١ ٣غززٚ ٓشـَ حُ٘ظخ،ّ أٝ حُؼشس حُلخطَ رطش٣ن حُخطؤ ٗظ٤ـش ػذّ حطزخع حإلؿشحءحص حأل٤٘ٓش أٝ ر٘ظ٤ـش حُظؼشع ُِخذحع روظذ حُظغزذ رخُؼشس حُٔزًٞس

This includes harm caused intentionally by the operator of the system, or accidentally, as a result of failing to follow security procedures or being manipulated into doing so.

Kenya

Cyber Security is defined as the processes and mechanisms by which computer-based equipment, information and services are protected from unintended or unauthorized access, change or destruction.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Cybersecurity is the ability to protect or defend the use of cyberspace from cyber-attacks.

Cyber security is defined as the collection of tools, policies, security concepts, security safeguards, guidelines, risk management approaches, actions, training, best practices, assurance, and technologies that can be used to protect the member organization's information assets against internal and external threats.

Kosovo

Cyber Security: Means necessary activities to protect network and information systems, users of such systems and other persons affected by a cyber-incident.

Siguria kibernetike përgjithësisht iu referohet masave mbrojtëse dhe veprimeve që mund të ndërmerren për të mbrojtur domenin kibernetik, edhe në fushën civile edhe atë ushtarake, nga ato kërcënime që ndërlidhen me to apo që mund të dëmtojnë rrjetet dhe infrastrukturën komunikuese të ndërvarura. Siguria kibernetike përpiqet të ruajë disponueshmërinë dhe integritetin e rrjeteve dhe infrastrukturës,si dhe fshehtësinë e informatave që mbahen në to." [derived from EU definition]

Kuwait

Arab definition - see doc

Cyber security: is the collection of tools, policies, security concepts, security safeguards, guidelines, risk management approaches, actions, training, best practices, assurance and technologies that can be used to protect the cyber environment and organization and user’s assets.

Kyrgyztan

кибербезопасность - сохранение свойств целостности (которая может включать аутентичность и отказоустойчивость), доступности и конфиденциальности информации объектов информационной инфраструктуры, обеспечиваемое за счет использования совокупности средств, стратегий, принципов обеспечения безопасности, гарантий безопасности, подходов к управлению рисками и страхования, профессиональной подготовки, практического опыта и технологий.

Latvia

“kiberdrošība” ir darbības, kas jāveic, lai aizsargātu tīklu un informācijas sistēmas, to lietotājus un citas personas, kuras skar kiberdraudi.

Cyber security is the collection of tools, policies, security concepts, security safeguards, guidelines, risk management approaches, actions, training, best practices, assurance and technologies that can be used to protect the cyber environment and organization and user’s assets.

Organisation and user’s assets include connected computing devices, personnel, infrastructure, applications, services, telecommunications systems, and the totality of transmitted and/or stored information in the cyber environment.

Lebanon

Cybersecurity: Cyber Security is the practice of defending computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from malicious attacks. It's also known as information technology security or electronic information security. There is no universally accepted nor straightforward definition of cyber security. When comparing it to 'information security' some people regard it as overlapping, being the same thing. Or they may view information security as focused on protecting specific individual systems and the information within organizations, while cyber security is seen as being focused on protecting the infrastructure and networks of Computer Information Infrastructure

Liberia

Cybersecurity: Measures taken to protect computers or critical infrastructure, although some experts suggest that it is about protecting everything of value.

Lithuania

Kibernetinis saugumas– visa veikla, būtina tinklų ir informacinėms sistemoms, tokių sistemų naudotojams ir kitiems susijusiems asmenims apsaugoti nuo kibernetinių grėsmių.

Cyber ​​security is a set of legal, information dissemination, organizational and technical measures to prevent cyber as well as conventional electronic communications networks, information systems and industrial process control systems operating incidents to occur as well as detect, analyze, respond and recover in the event of such incidents.

Kibernetinis saugumas: visuma teisinių, informacijos sklaidos, organizacinių ir techninių priemonių, skirtų kibernetiniams incidentams išvengti, aptikti, analizuoti ir reaguoti į juos, taip pat įprastinei elektroninių ryšių tinklų, informacinių sistemų ar pramoninių procesų valdymo sistemų veiklai, įvykus šiems incidentams, atkurti.

Luxembourg

Cybersécurité, les actions nécessaires pour protéger les réseaux et les systèmes d’information, les utilisateurs de ces systèmes et les autres personnes exposées aux cybermenaces.

On entend par cybersécurité l’ensemble des outils, politiques, concepts de sécurité, mécanismes de sécurité, lignes directrices, méthodes de gestion des risques, actions, formations, bonnes pratiques, garanties et technologies qui peuvent être utilisés pour protéger le cyberenvironnement et les actifs des organisations et des utilisateurs.

Cybersecurity is the collection of tools, policies, security concepts, security safeguards, guidelines, risk management approaches, actions, training, best practices, assurance and technologies that can be used to protect the cyber environment and organisation and user assets.

Les actifs des organisations et des utilisateurs comprennent les dispositifs informatiques connectés, le personnel, l’infrastructure, les applications, les services, les systèmes de télécommunication, et la totalité des informations transmises et/ou stockées dans le cyberenvironnement. La cybersécurité cherche à garantir que les propriétés de sécurité des actifs des organisations et des utilisateurs sont assurées et maintenues par rapport aux risques affectant la sécurité dans le cyberenvironnement. Les objectifs généraux en matière de sécurité sont les suivants: disponibilité; intégrité, qui peut englober l’authenticité et la non-répudiation; confidentialité.
Organisation and user assets include connected computing devices, personnel, infrastructure, applications, services, telecommunications systems, and the totality of transmitted and/or stored information in the cyber environment. Cybersecurity strives to ensure the attainment and maintenance of the security properties of the organisation and user assets against relevant security risks in the cyber environment. The general security objectives comprise the following: availability;integrity, which may include authenticity and non-repudiation; and confidentiality.

Lybia

إتلافها أو ابتزاز المال من المستخدمين أو مقاطعة العمليات التجارية الأمن السيبراني هو ممارسة حماية الأنظمة والشبكات والبرامج من الهجمات الرقمية. التي تهدف عادةً إلى الوصول إلى المعلومات الحساسة أو تغييرها أو الأمن السيبراني

Malta

Cyber Security: All activities necessary to protect cyber space and its users from cyber threats.

“ċibersigurtà” tfisser l-attivitajiet meħtieġa biex jiġu mħarsa n-netwerks u s-sistemi tal-informazzjoni, l-utenti ta’ tali sistemi, u persuni oħra milquta minn theddid ċibernetiku.

Cyber ​​security is the safeguards and actions that can be used to protect cyber domain from those threats that are associated with or that may harm its interdependent networks and information infrastructure.

Cyber security strives to preserve the availability and integrity of the networks and infrastructure and the confidentiality of the information contained therein.

Marocco

« Cybersécurité » : l’ensemble de mesures, procédures, concepts de sécurité, méthodes de gestion des risques, actions, formations, bonnes pratiques, et technologies permettant à un système d’information de résister à des évènements issus du cyberespace, susceptibles de compromettre la disponibilité, l’intégrité ou la confidentialité des données stockées, traitées ou transmises et des services connexes que ce système offre ou qu’il rend accessibles

Mauritania/Mauritanie

Cybersécurité : l’ensemble des mesures et des actions destinées à protéger les moyens numériques et à prévenir les dommages face aux cyber menaces. La cybersécurité vise à préserver la disponibilité et l'intégrité des réseaux et de l'infrastructure ainsi que la confidentialité des informations qui y sont contenues.

Mexico

Ciberseguridad: ​Conjunto de políticas, controles, procedimientos, métodos de gestión de riesgos y normas asociadas con la protección de la sociedad, gobierno, economía y seguridad​ ​nacional​ ​en​ ​el​ ​ciberespacio​ ​y​ ​las​ ​redes​ ​públicas​ ​de​ ​telecomunicación.

Moldova

Cyber security means the state of normality resulted from application of a set of proactive and reactive measures that ensure confidentiality, integrity, availability, authenticity and nonrepudiation of e-information, public and private resources and services in cyberspace.

Montenegro

Cyber security refers to the ISO, Netherlands and ITU-T definitions.

Sajber bezbjednost – zaštita sistema, povezanih na internetu (uključujući hardver, softver i povezanu infrastrukturu), podataka na njima i usluga koje oni pružaju, od neovlašćenog pristupa, štete ili zloupotrebe. Ovo uključuje štetu prouzrokovanu namjerno od strane operatora sistema, ili slučajno, kao rezultat neizvršenja bezbjednosnih procedura ili štete koja je proizvod manipulacije.

Morocco

Cybersécurité: Situation recherchée pour un système d’information lui permettant de résister à des événements issus du cyberspace susceptibles de compromettre la disponibilité, l’intégrité ou la confidentialité des données stockées, traitées ou transmises.

Cybersecurity: Desired situation for an information system enabling it to withstand events arising from cyberspace that may compromise the availability, integrity or confidentiality of the data stored, processed or transmitted.

Mozambique

Segurança Cibernética: Protecção dos sistemas de TIC contra danos, roubo ou interrupção dos processos por estes executados. Abrange a combinação de pessoas, processos e tecnologia.

Netherlands

Cybersecurity: het geheel aan maatregelen om relevante digitale risico’s tot een aanvaardbaar niveau te reduceren. Dit omvat ook het omgaan met risico’s op schade of uitval van digitale systemen en de beschikbaarheid, integriteit en vertrouwelijkheid van gegevens. De maatregelen kunnen zijn gericht op het voorkomen van cyberincidenten en - wanneer cyberincidenten zich hebben voorgedaan - deze te ontdekken, schade te beperken en herstel eenvoudiger te maken. Wat een aanvaardbaar niveau is, is de uitkomst van een risico-afweging.

Cybersecurity: the full spectrum of measures designed to reduce relevant cyber risks to an acceptable level. This also includes dealing with risks of damage to or failure of digital systems and the availability, integrity and confidentiality of data. Measures may focus on the prevention of cyber incidents and – if a cyber incident does occur – on detection, damage limitation and recovery. What constitutes an acceptable level of risk will be determined in a risk assessment.

Cyberbeveiliging: de activiteiten die nodig zijn om netwerk- en informatiesystemen, de gebruikers van dergelijke systemen, en andere personen die getroffen worden door cyberdreigingen, te beschermen.

Cybersecurity is het geheel aan maatregelen om schade door verstoring, uitval of misbruik van ICT te voorkomen en, indien er toch schade is ontstaan, het herstellen hiervan. Die schade kan bestaan uit de aantasting van de beschikbaarheid, integriteit of vertrouwelijkheid van informatiesystemen en informatiediensten en de daarin opgeslagen informatie.

Cybersecurity is het geheel aan maatregelen om schade door verstoring, uitval of misbruik van ICT te voorkomen en, indien er toch schade is ontstaan, het herstellen hiervan.

Cybersecurity is the entirety of measures to prevent damage caused by disruption, failure or misuse of ICT and to recover should damage occur.

Cybersecurity is het streven naar het voorkomen van schade door verstoring, uitval of misbruik van ICT en, indien er toch schade is ontstaan, het herstellen hiervan.

Cyber security refers to efforts to prevent damage caused by disruptions to, breakdowns in or misuse of ICT and to repair damage if and when it has occurred.

Such damage may consist of any or all of the following: reduced reliability of ICT, limited availability and violation of the confidentiality and/or integrity of information stored in the ICT systems.

Cyber security is het vrij zijn van gevaar of schade veroorzaakt door verstoring of uitval van ICT of door misbruik van ICT.

New Zealand/AOTEAROA

Cyber security: Protecting people and their computers, networks, programs and data from unauthorised access, exploitation, or modification.

Cyber Security is the practice of making the networks that constitute cyber space as secure as possible against intrusions, maintaining confidentiality, availability and integrity of information, detecting intrusions and incidents that do occur, and responding to and recovering from them.

Nicaragua

Ciberseguridad: El conjunto de herramientas, políticas, conceptos de seguridad, salvaguardas de seguridad, directrices, métodos de gestión de riesgos, acciones, formación, prácticas idóneas, seguros y tecnologías que pueden utilizarse para proteger los activos de la organización y los usuarios en el ciberentorno.

Nigeria

Cyber security provides security for the critical information infrastructure and other critical components of information system within the current state of affairs.

Cybersecurity: Cyber security includes information and technical security applied to hardware, software and systems that make up networks.

North Macedonia

Сајбер безбедност - активности и мерки за заштита н Сајбер безбедност а информациските системи кои го формираат сајбер просторот од напади, обезбедување доверливост, интегритет и достапност на информации и системи, откривање на напади и сајбер безбедносни инциденти, активирање на механизми за контра-одговор и обновување на системите до состојба во која се наоѓале пред сајбер инцидентот.

Norway

Cyber security has to do with protecting “everything” that is vulnerable because it is connected to or otherwise dependent on information and communication technology. The term is used synonymously with the terms “ICT security” and “digital security”.

Digital sikkerhet handler om beskyttelse av «alt» som er sårbart fordi det er koblet til eller på annen måte avhengig av informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi. Brukes synonymt med begrepene IKT-sikkerhet og cybersikkerhet.

Cyber Security is the protection of data and systems which are coupled to the Internet.
Cybersikkerhet: Beskyttelse av data og systemer som er koblet til internettet.

Pakistan

“Cyber Security” means the definition as may be developed by the National Cyber Security Council from time to time, given the fast moving dynamism in the subject fields and the need to respond with equivalent enhanced capacity, speed and effectiveness, to the emerging threats to Cyber Security, provided that at all times the definition so developed shall not be over reaching, arbitrary, inconsistent, unique or conflicting in any manner with the globally accepted international best practices, adopted by the leading developed nation states.

Cyber Security [Telecom sector]: It means proactive and reactive measures for the protection of critical data and infrastructure from attack, damage and unauthorized access.

Cyber Security - Preservation of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information in Cyberspace.

Papua New Guinea

Cybersecurity: The prevention of damage to, protection of, and restoration of computers, electronic communications systems, electronic communications services, wire communication, and electronic communication, including information contained therein, to ensure its availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and nonrepudiation. Cybersecurity is the process of protecting information by preventing, detecting, and responding to attacks. It takes into account the continuous and planned activities at the political, legal, economic, educational, awareness raising and technical levels to manage risks in cyberspace to ensure the ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of digital assets.

Cyber security is the collection of tools, policies, security concepts, security safeguards, guidelines, risk management approaches, actions, training, best practices, assurance and technologies that can be used to protect the cyber environment and organization and user’s assets.

Paraguay

Seguridad Cibernética, Ciberseguridad o Seguridad Informática: es el conjunto de medidas preventivas y reactivas de las organizaciones y de los sistemas tecnológicos que permiten resguardar y proteger la información en el medio informático, buscando asegurar la confidencialidad, la disponibilidad e integridad de la misma.

Philippines

Cybersecurity ay tumutukoy sa koleksyon ng mga kagamitan, mga patakaran, mga plano sa pamamahala ng panganib, mga pagkilos, pagsasanay, pinakamahusay na kasanayan, katiyakan at mga teknolohiya na maaaring magamit upang maprotektahan ang kapaligirang cyber at organisasyon, at ang mga asset ng gumagamit.

Cybersecurity refers to the protection of information systems (hardware and software including associated and support infrastructures), the data within these systems and the services that are provided by these systems from any unauthorized access, harm or misuse whether it includes intentional or accidental or from natural disasters.

Cybersecurity refers to the collection of tools, policies, risk management approaches, actions, training, best practices, assurance and technologies that can be used to protect the cyber environment and organization and user’s assets.

Cybersecurity - The ability to protect or defend the use of cyberspace from cyberattacks. The collection of tools, policies, security concepts, security safeguards, guidelines, risk management approaches, actions, training, best practices, assurance and technologies that can be used to protect the cyber environment, organization and users‘ assets.

Cyber Security: The body of technologies, processes and practices designed to protect networks, computers, programmes and data from attack, damage or unauthorised access.

Poland

Cyberbezpieczeństwo: oznacza działania niezbędne do ochrony sieci i systemów informatycznych, użytkowników takich systemów oraz innych osób przed cyberzagrożeniami.

Cyberbezpieczeństwo – odporność systemów informacyjnych na wszelkie działania naruszające poufność, integralność, dostępność i autentyczność przetwarzanych danych lub związanych z nimi usług oferowanych przez te systemy.

Cyberbezpieczeństwo RP (bezpieczeństwo RP w cyberprzestrzeni) – proces zapewniania bezpiecznego funkcjonowania w cyberprzestrzeni państwa jako całości, jego struktur, osób fizycznych i osób prawnych, w tym przedsiębiorców i innych podmiotów nieposiadających osobowości prawnej, a także będących w ich dyspozycji systemów teleinformatycznych oraz zasobów informacyjnych w globalnej cyberprzestrzeni.

Cyber RP (RP security in cyberspace) is the process of ensuring the safe operation of in cyberspace state as a whole, its structure, individuals and legal persons, including companies and other entities without legal personality, as well as at their disposal ICT systems and information resources in the global cyberspace.

Bezpieczeństwo cyberprzestrzeni - proces obejmujący zespół przedsięwzięć organizacyjno-prawnych, technicznych, fizycznych i edukacyjnych mający na celu zapewnienie niezakłóconego funkcjonowania cyberprzestrzeni; część cyberbezpieczeństwa państwa obejmująca zapewnienie bezpiecznego funkcjonowania pozostającej pod jego kontrolą teleinformatycznej infrastruktury krytycznej I wykorzystania strategicznych zasobów informacyjnych państwa.

Portugal

Cibersegurança, todas as atividades necessárias para proteger de ciberameaças as redes e os sistemas de informação, os seus utilizadores e outras pessoas afetadas.

Cibersegurança: Conjunto de medidas e ações de prevenção, monitorização, deteção, reação, análise e correção que visam manter o estado de segurança desejado e garantir a confidencialidade, integridade, disponibilidade e não repúdio da informação, das redes e sistemas de informação no ciberespaço, e das pessoas que nele interagem.

Qatar

The collection of tools, policies, security concepts, security safeguards, guidelines, risk management approaches, actions, training, best practices, assurance, and technologies that can be used to protect the cyber environment and organization and user’s assets.

مجموعة ا أ لدوات والسياسات والمفاهيم وا إ لجراءات ا أ لمنية والمبادئ التوجيهية ومنهجيات إدارة المخاطر وا إ لجراءات والتدريب وأفضل الممارسات وسبل التأمي ن والتقنيات ال ت ي يمكن استخدامها لحماية بيئة الفضاء ا إ للك ترو ني وأصول

Organization and user’s assets include connected computing devices, personnel, infrastructure, applications, services, telecommunications systems, and the totality of transmitted and/or stored information in the cyber environment. Cyber security strives to ensure the attainment and maintenance of the security properties of the organization and user’s assets against relevant security risks in the cyber environment. The general security objectives comprise the following: confidentiality, integrity (which may include authenticity and non-repudiation), and availability.

Republic of Trinidad & Tobago

See ITU-T definition below

La ciberseguridad es el conjunto de herramientas, políticas, conceptos de seguridad, salvaguardas de seguridad, directrices, métodos de gestión de riesgos, acciones, formación, prácticas idóneas, seguros y tecnologías que pueden utilizarse para proteger los activos de la organización y los usuarios en el ciberentorno.

Romania

„Securitate cibernetică” înseamnă activitățile necesare pentru protejarea rețelelor și a sistemelor informatice, a utilizatorilor unor astfel de sisteme și a altor persoane afectate de amenințări cibernetice.

Cyber security is a normality resulting from the application of a set of proactive and reactive measures that ensure the confidentiality, integrity, availability, authenticity and non-repudiation in electronic information, resources and services, public or private, in cyberspace.

Starea de normalitate rezultată în urma aplicării unui ansamblu de măsuri proactive şi reactive prin care se asigură confidenţialitatea, integritatea, disponibilitatea, autenticitatea şi nonrepudierea informaţiilor în format electronic, a resurselor şi serviciilor publice sau private, din spaţiul cybernetic. Măsurile proactive şi reactive pot include politici, concepte, standarde şi ghiduri de securitate, managementul riscului, activităţi de instruire şi conştientizare, implementarea de soluţii tehnice de protejare a infrastructurilor cibernetice, managementul identităţii, managementul consecinţelor.

Russian Federation

кибербезопасность – совокупность условий, при которых все составляющие киберпространства защищены от максимально возможного числа угроз и воздействий с нежелательными последствиями.
Cyber security (RAW TRANDLATION): a set of conditions in which all the components are protected from maximum possible number of cyber threats and impacts of unwanted consequences.

информационная инфраструктура: совокупность технических средств и систем формирования, преобразования, передачи, использования и хранения информации.

Rwanda

Umutekano w’urusobe koranabuhanga: kurinda imikorere ya mudasobwa ubujura, kwangiza ibikoresho byayo, uburyo bw’imikorere bwayo cyangwa amakuru kimwe no kurogoya cyangwa kuyobya serivisi zatanzwe.

Cyber security: protection of computer systems from theft of, damage to their hardware, software or information as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.

Cyber sécurité: protection des systèmes informatiques contre le vol de leurs matériel, logiciels ou informations ou dommages à leur encontre ainsi que contre la perturbation ou la mauvaise orientation des services qu’ils fournissent.

Samoa

Cyber Security The protection of computer systems from the theft and damage to their hardware, software or information, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.

Saudi Arabia

Cyber Security is the ability to protect or defend the use of cyberspace from cyber-attacks.

Senegal

Cybersécurité: l'ensemble des lois, politiques, outils, dispositifs, concepts et mécanismes de sécurité, méthodes de gestion des risques, actions, formations, bonnes pratiques et technologies qui peuvent être utilisés pour protéger les personnes et les actifs informatiques connectés directement ou indirectement à un réseau des états et des organisations (avec un objectif de disponibilité, intégrité & authenticité, confidentialité, preuve & non-répudiation).

Sierra Leone

Cybersecurity – The Protection of information systems forming cyberspace from attacks, assuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of information/data processed in this environment, detection of attacks and cyber incidents, activation of counter-response mechanisms and recovering systems to conditions before the cybersecurity incident.

Singapore

“cybersecurity” means the security of a computer or computer system against unauthorised access or attack, to preserve the availability and integrity of the computer or computer system, or the confidentiality of information stored or processed therein.

Slovenia

Kibernetska varnost“ pomeni dejavnosti, ki so potrebne za zaščito omrežij in informacijskih sistemov, uporabnikov takih sistemov in drugih oseb, na katere vplivajo kibernetske grožnje;.

Kibernetska varnost je v splošnem smislu opredeljena kot: (a) skupek aktivnosti in drugih ukrepov, tehničnih in ne-tehničnih, katerih namen je zaščititi računalnike, računalniška omrežja, strojno in programsko opremo ter informacije, ki jih le-ta vsebuje in obravnava, kar vključuje programsko opremo in podatke kot tudi druge elemente kibernetskega prostora, pred vsemi grožnjami, vključno z grožnjami nacionalni varnosti; (b) stopnja zaščite, ki jo aktivnosti in ukrepi lahko zagotovijo; (c) združena področja profesionalnih naporov, vključno z raziskavami in razvojem na področju implementiranja in izboljševanja ukrepov ter dvigovanja kakovosti le-teh.

South Africa

Cyber Security is the practice of making the networks that constitute cyberspace secure against intrusions, maintaining confidentiality, availability and integrity of information, detecting intrusions and incidentsthat do occur, and responding and recovering from them.

[old] Cyber Security is the collection of tools, policies, security concepts, security safeguards, guidelines,risk management approaches, actions, training, best practices, assurance and technologies that can be used to protect the cyber environment and organization and user assets.

Spain

Ciberseguridad: todas las actividades necesarias para la protección de las redes y sistemas de información, de los usuarios de tales sistemas y de otras personas afectadas por las ciberamenazas.

Ciberseguridad: Protección de los componentes de las infraestructuras de los sistemas de información y comunicaciones ante amenazas cibernéticas.

Sri Lanka

Cyber security means a set of activities intended to make cyber space safe and secure.

Sweden

Cybersäkerhet: all verksamhet som är nödvändig för att skydda nätverks- och informationssystem, användare av dessa system och andra berörda personer mot cyberhot.

See ITU-T definition below.

Switzerland

Cyber security: Desirable state within cyberspace in which communication and data exchange between information and communication infrastructures function as originally intended. This state is achieved with measures of information security and cyber defence.

Cyber-Sicherheit: Anzustrebender Zustand innerhalb des Cyber-Raums, bei dem die Kommunikation und der Datenaustausch zwischen Informations- und Kommunikationsinfrastrukturen wie ursprünglich beabsichtigt funktionieren. Dieser Zustand wird mit Massnahmen der Informationssicherheit und der Cyber-Defence erreicht.

Cybersécurité: Situation visée au sein du cyberespace dans laquelle la communication et l’échange de données entre les infrastructures d’information et de communication fonctionnent comme prévu. Cette situation est atteinte grâce aux mesures en matière de sécurité de l’information et à la cyberdéfense.

Cyber sicurezza: Stato auspicabile nel cyberspazio in cui le comunicazioni e lo scambio di dati tra le infrastrutture TIC funzionano come previsto originariamente. Questo stato si consegue adottando misure di sicurezza delle informazioni e di cyber difesa.

Thailand

Cybersecurity means measures and operations that are conceived in order to maintain national Cybersecurity, enabling it to protect, prevent or tackle circumstances of cyber threats which may affect or pose risks to the service or application of computer network, internet, telecommunications network, or the regular service of satellites in ways that affect national security, which includes military security, domestic peace and order, and economic stability.

Togo

Cybersécurité: capacité des réseaux de communications électroniques et des systèmes d'information à résister, à un niveau de confiance donné, à des actions qui compromettent la disponibilité, l'authenticité, l'intégrité ou la confidentialité de données stockées, transmises ou traitées, et des services connexes que lesdits réseaux ou systèmes d'information offrent ou rendent accessibles. La cybersécurité est assurée par la mise en œuvre d'un ensemble de mesures de prévention, de protection et de dissuasion d'ordre technique, organisationnel, juridique, financier, humain, procédural et autres actions.

Tunisia

Cybersécurité: La cybersécurité signifie l’apport des ressources requises à la protection du |cyberespace contre les menaces qui pourraient affecter la confidentialité, la sécurité et la disponibilité des données et des services.

Türkiye

Siber güvenlik: Siber ortamı oluşturan bilişim sistemlerinin saldırılardan korunmasını, bu ortamda işlenen bilginin gizlilik, bütünlük ve erişilebilirliğinin güvence altına alınmasını, saldırıların ve siber güvenlik olaylarının tespit edilmesini, bu tespitlere karşı tepki mekanizmalarının devreye alınmasını ve sonrasında ise sistemlerin yaşanan siber güvenlik olayı öncesi durumlarına geri döndürülmesini.

Cyber security: Protection of information systems forming cyber space from attacks, assuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of information/data processed in this environment, detection of attacks and cyber security incidents, activation of counter-response mechanisms and recovering systems to conditions prior the cyber security incident.

Cyber Security is the protection of information systems that make up the cyber space from attacks, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and accessibility of the information being processed in this space, detection of attacks and cyber security incidents, putting into force the countermeasures against these incidents and then putting these systems back to their states previous to the cyber security incident.

Ukraine

кібербезпека - захищеність життєво важливих інтересів людини і громадянина, суспільства та держави під час використання кіберпростору, за якої забезпечуються сталий розвиток інформаційного суспільства та цифрового комунікативного середовища, своєчасне виявлення, запобігання і нейтралізація реальних і потенційних загроз національній безпеці України у кіберпросторі.

{machine translation} cybersecurity - the protection of the vital interests of man and citizen, the society and the state during the use of cyberspace, which ensures the sustainable development of the information society and the digital communicative environment, timely detection, prevention and neutralisation of real and potential threats to the national security of Ukraine in cyberspace.

United Kingdom (UK)

Cybersecurity means the activities necessary to protect network and information systems, the users of such systems, and other persons affected by cyber threats.

Cyber security is the protection of internetconnected systems (to include hardware,software and associated infrastructure), the data on them, and the services they provide, from unauthorised access, harm or misuse. This includes harm caused intentionally by the operator of the system, or accidentally, as a result of failing to follow security procedures or being manipulated into doing so.

United States

DHS

Cybersecurity is the activity or process, ability or capability, or state whereby information and communications systems and the information contained therein are protected from and/or defended against damage, unauthorized use or modification, or exploitation.

Cybersecurity is the strategy, policy, and standards regarding the security of and operations in cyberspace, and encompass[ing] the full range of threat reduction, vulnerability reduction, deterrence, international engagement, incident response, resiliency, and recovery policies and activities, including computer network operations, information assurance, law enforcement, diplomacy, military, and intelligence missions as they relate to the security and stability of the global information and communications infrastructure.

Financial Stability Board

Cyber Security Preservation of confidentiality, integrity and availability of information and/or information systems through the cyber medium. In addition, other properties, such as authenticity, accountability, non-repudiation and reliability can also be involved. Source: Adapted from ISO/IEC 27032:2012.

NIA

The ability to protect or defend the use of cyberspace from cyber attacks.

NIPP

The prevention of damage to, unauthorized use of, or exploitation of, and, if needed, the restoration of electronic information and communications systems and the information contained therein to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability; includes protection and restoration, when needed, of information networks and wireline, wireless, satellite, public safety answering points, and 911 communications systems and control systems.

NIST

The ability to protect or defend the use of cyberspace from cyber attacks.

Synonymous with security controls and safeguards.

DoD

Cybersecurity: Prevention of damage to, protection of, and restoration of computers, electronic communications systems, electronic communications services, wire communication, and electronic communication, including information contained therein, to ensure its availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and nonrepudiation. (DODI 8500.01).

Uzbekistan

Muhim axborot infratuzilmasining kiberxavfsizligi — muhim axborot infratuzilmasi obyektida kiberxavfsizlik hodisasini keltirib chiqarishi mumkin bo‘lgan buzilishdan muhim axborot infratuzilmasi obyekti barqaror ishlashini ta’minlovchi himoyalanganlik holati

кибербезопасность (объектов) критической информационной инфраструктуры — состояние защищенности, обеспечивающее устойчивое функционирование объекта критической информационной инфраструктуры и защиту от нарушения, которое может привести к возникновению инцидента кибербезопасности на объекте критической информационной инфраструктуры.

(Cybersecurity (objects) of critical information infrastructure is a state of security that ensures the stable operation of a critical information infrastructure facility and protection against a breach that may lead to a cybersecurity incident at a critical information infrastructure facility)

Kiberhimoya — kiberxavfsizlik hodisalarining oldini olishga, kiberhujumlarni aniqlashga va ulardan himoya qilishga, kiberhujumlarning oqibatlarini bartaraf etishga, telekommunikatsiya tarmoqlari, axborot tizimlari hamda resurslari faoliyatining barqarorligini va ishonchliligini tiklashga qaratilgan huquqiy, tashkiliy, moliyaviy-iqtisodiy, muhandislik-texnik chora-tadbirlar, shuningdek, ma’lumotlarni kriptografik va texnik jihatdan himoya qilish chora-tadbirlari majmui.

киберҳимоя — киберхавфсизлик ҳодисаларининг олдини олишга, киберҳужумларни аниқлашга ва улардан ҳимоя қилишга, киберҳужумларнинг оқибатларини бартараф этишга, телекоммуникация тармоқлари, ахборот тизимлари ҳамда ресурслари фаолиятининг барқарорлигини ва ишончлилигини тиклашга қаратилган ҳуқуқий, ташкилий, молиявий-иқтисодий, муҳандислик-техник чора-тадбирлар, шунингдек, маълумотларни криптографик ва техник жиҳатдан ҳимоя қилиш чора-тадбирлари мажмуи.

(Cyber protection - a set of legal, organizational, financial, economic, engineering and technical measures, as well as measures of cryptographic and technical data protection aimed at preventing cybersecurity incidents, detecting cyber attacks and protecting against them, eliminating the consequences of cyber attacks, restoring stability and reliability of telecommunication networks, information systems and resources)

Vanuatu

Cyber Security: is the practice of defending computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from malicious attacks.

Zambia

Cybersecurity means the collection of tools, policies, security concepts, security safeguards, guidelines, risk management approaches, actions, training, best practices, assurance and technologies that can be used to protect the cyber environment and organisation and user assets.

International organisations

World Economic Forum

The analysis, warning, information sharing, vulnerability reduction, risk mitigation and recovery efforts for networked information systems.

International standards

ISO/IEC

“Cybersecurity” or “Cyberspace security” is defined as the “preservation of confidentiality, integrity and availability of information in the Cyberspace.

ITU-T

Cyber security is the collection of tools, policies, security concepts, security safeguards, guidelines, risk management approaches, actions, training, best practices, assurance and technologies that can be used to protect the cyber environment and organization and user’s assets.

Organization and user’s assets include connected computing devices,personnel, infrastructure, applications, services, telecommunications systems, and the totality of transmitted and/or stored information in the cyber environment. Cyber security strives to ensure the attainment and maintenance of the security properties of the organization and user’s assets against relevant security risks in the cyber environment.

网络安全：网络安全涉及用以保护网络环境和机构及用户资产的各种工具、政策、安全理念、安全保障、指导原则、风险管理方式、行动、培训、最佳做法、保证和技术。

Ciberseguridad: El conjunto de herramientas, políticas, conceptos de seguridad, salvaguardas de seguridad, directrices, métodos de gestión de riesgos, acciones, formación, prácticas idóneas, seguros y tecnologías que pueden utilizarse para proteger los activos de la organización y los usuarios en el ciberentorno.

Cybersécurité: ensemble des outils, politiques, concepts de sécurité, mécanismes de sécurité, lignes directrices, méthodes de gestion des risques, actions, formations, bonnes pratiques, garanties et technologies qui peuvent être utilisés pour protéger le cyberenvironnement et les actifs des organisations et des utilisateurs.

кибербезопасность: Кибербезопасность – это набор средств, стратегии, принципы обеспечения безопасности, гарантии безопасности, руководящие принципы, подходы к управлению рисками, действия, профессиональная подготовка, практический опыт, страхование и технологии, которые могут быть использованы для защиты киберсреды, ресурсов организации и пользователя.

IETF

Cyber Security: The vulnerability of any computing system, software program, or critical infrastructure, or their ability to resist, intentional interference, compromise, or incapacitation through the misuse of, or by unauthorized means of, the Internet, public or private telecommunications systems.

Regional Definitions

Isle of Man

Cyber security - Protecting people and their computers, networks, programs and data from unauthorised access, exploitation, or modification.

Scotland

Cyber security is the collection of tools, policies, security concepts, security safeguards, guidelines, risk management approaches, actions, training, best practices, assurance and technologies that can be used to protect the cyber environment and organization and user’s assets.

Cymru/Wales

Seiberddiogelwch: Amddiffyn systemau a gysylltwyd â’r rhyngrwyd (yn cynnwys caledwedd, meddalwedd a seilwaith cysylltiedig), y data sydd arnynt, a’r gwasanaethau a ddarparant, rhag mynediad nas awdurdodwyd, niwed neu gamddefnydd. Mae hyn yn cynnwys niwed a achoswyd yn anfwriadol, neu’n ddamweiniol, gan weithredwr y system o ganlyniad i fethu â dilyn gweithdrefnau diogelwch neu gael ei ysgogi i wneud hynny.

Victoria (Australia)

Cyber security refers to measures relating to the confidentiality, availability and integrity of information and data that is processed, stored and communicated by electronic or similar means, protecting it and associated systems from external or internal threat.

East-West Institute (Russia-US)

Cybersecurity is a property of cyber space that is an ability to resist intentional and unintentional threats and respond and recover.

Кибербезопасность: свойство (киберпространства, киберсистемы), противостоять, намеренным и/или, ненамеренным угрозам, а также, реагировать на них и, восстанавливаться после воздействия этих угроз.

Academic

Cyber security is a broad concept which encompasses the technologies, processes, and policies that help to prevent and/or reduce the negative impact of events in cyberspace that can happen as the result of deliberate actions against information technology by a hostile or malevolent actor.

Dictionary

Cybersecurity Alle beveiligingsmaatregelen die men neemt om schade te voorkomen door een storing, uitval of misbruik van een informatiesysteem of computer. Ook worden maatregelen genomen om schade te beperken en/of herstellen als die toch is ontstaan. Voorbeelden van schade zijn dat men niet meer in een computersysteem kan komen wanneer men dat wil. Of dat de opgeslagen informatie bij anderen terecht komt of niet meer klopt. De maatregelen hebben te maken met processen in de organisatie, technologie en gedrag van mensen.

Definitions Science of Cyber Security

Academic

Science of cyber security is the study of relations -- preferably expressed as theoretically-grounded models -- between attributes, structures and dynamics of: violations of cyber security policy; the network of computing devices under attack; the defenders' tools and techniques; and the attackers' tools and techniques where malicious software plays the central role.

See also

• Cyber Resilience
• Information Security