Capterra Glossary
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is the combination of people, policies, processes, and technologies employed by an enterprise to protect its cyber assets from being illegally accessed or accidentally breached. It includes hardware, software, cloud computing, and user education as well. The field of cybersecurity continues to grow each year due to society’s growing dependence on the internet. It contains the following elements:
Data security
Network security
Disaster recovery
Physical security
Cloud security
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About Cybersecurity
Any business that relies on computer/internet use needs a strong cybersecurity program. Cybersecurity is another element that small to midsize businesses may choose to outsource for financial savings.
Related Terms
- Synchronous
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Intranet
- Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Haptics
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Scalability
- Data Center
- Authorization
- Multitenancy