information security

[in-fer-mey-shuhn si-kyoor-i-tee]

noun

1. the design and implementation of protocols used to guard against unauthorized access to, modification of, or destruction of confidential data, whether in digital or nondigital format. IS

Word History and Origins

Origin of information security¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

OpenAI chief information security officer Dane Stuckey has referred to it as "an unresolved security issue."

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And Cybernews information security researcher Aras Nazarovas told the BBC people in the UK "can and do" use VPNs.

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“For reasons relating to safeguarding information security and sources, it is understood that classified intelligence information cannot be provided to the detainee,” the military said in a statement.

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Burnout is a "major issue" for the sector, ISC2's chief information security officer Jon France says.

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At this point I had been talking to Syn for three days and I decided I had taken it far enough and needed some extra advice from the BBC's information security experts.

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