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Abstract
Protective measures against unauthorized access to or interference with computer operating systems, telecommunications, or accompanying data; especially the modification, deletion, destruction, or release of data in computers. It includes methods of forestalling interference by computer viruses or computer hackers aiming to compromise stored data.
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- Cyber Security
- Cybersecurity
- Security, Computer
- Security, Cyber
- Compromising of Data
- Computer Hackers
- Computer Viruses
- Computer Worms
- Data Encryption
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Information Protection
- Computer Hacker
- Computer Virus
- Computer Worm
- Data Compromising
- Data Encryptions
- Encryption, Data
- Encryptions, Data
- Hacker, Computer
- Hackers, Computer
- Protection, Data
- Protection, Information
- Security, Data
- Virus, Computer
- Viruses, Computer
- Worm, Computer
- Worms, Computer
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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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do not use for confidentiality of records (= CONFIDENTIALITY + RECORDS or specific records term)
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- Computer Systems (1987-1991)
- Confidentiality (1980-1991)
- Information Systems (1982-1991)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Computer Security. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016494. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016494
- Computer Security. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_security
- Computer Security. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521