Cybersecurity
Date of Publication:
8/12/2015
Definition:
The prevention of damage to, protection of, and restoration of computers, electronic communications systems, electronic communications services, wire communication, and electronic communication. This includes information contained therein, to ensure its availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and nonrepudiation. DOD Instruction 8500.01 establishes that the term “cybersecurity” replaces the term “information assurance (IA)” within the DOD.
Source of Definition:
Security of Individually Identifiable Health Information in DoD Health Care Programs