Difference between revisions of "Cyber Attack"

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{{definition|Cyber attack is an attack, via cyberspace, targeting an enterprise’s use of [[Cyberspace|cyberspace]] for the purpose of disrupting, disabling, destroying, or maliciously controlling a computing environment/infrastructure; or destroying the [[integrity]] of the data or stealing controlled information. <ref>[http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-53r4.pdf NIST Special Publication 800-53 Rev 4: Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations (April 2013)]</ref>}}
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{{definition|Cyber attack is an attack, via cyberspace, targeting an enterprise’s use of [[Cyberspace|cyberspace]] for the purpose of disrupting, disabling, destroying, or maliciously controlling a computing environment/infrastructure; or destroying the [[integrity]] of the data or stealing controlled information. <ref>[http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-53r4.pdf NIST Special Publication 800-53 Rev 4: Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations (April 2013)]</ref>}}<br/><br />
Synonymous with security controls and safeguards.<br/>
 
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Revision as of 23:29, 14 March 2016


Definitions

National Definitions

United States

NIST
Cyber attack is an attack, via cyberspace, targeting an enterprise’s use of cyberspace for the purpose of disrupting, disabling, destroying, or maliciously controlling a computing environment/infrastructure; or destroying the integrity of the data or stealing controlled information. [1]



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