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''Cybersecurity.''
A cyber attack is an attack, via cyberspace, targeting an organisation'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.
A cyber attack is an attack, via cyberspace, targeting an organisation'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.


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*[[Cyberspace]]
*[[Cyberspace]]
*[[DDoS]]
*[[DDoS]]
*[[Hotspot sniffing]]
*[[Man in the middle]]
*[[National Cyber Security Centre]]
*[[National Cyber Security Centre]]
*[[Sidejacking]]
*[[Social engineering]]
*[[Social engineering]]
[[Category:Knowledge_and_information_management]]
[[Category:Financial_risk_management]]
[[Category:Technology]]

Latest revision as of 10:28, 6 February 2019

Cybersecurity.

A cyber attack is an attack, via cyberspace, targeting an organisation'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.


Sometimes written 'cyberattack'.


See also