Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about science, technology, and security. At a time of increasing concern over prospective cyber threats, it is not ...

The floppy disk version of "The Computer Glossary," the origin of this encyclopedia. Long gone with the demise of floppies, Electronic Computer Glossary came out first for DOS in 1990 and then Windows ...

A Cyber Attack is an attack initiated from a computer against another computer or a website to compromise the integrity, confidentiality, or availability of the target and the information stored in it ...

There appears to be two glaring trends in cyber policy today—the lack of defined terms and the lack of deterrence. Government and military officials say that operating in and defining the cyber realm ...

Military people talk about five domains of warfare. The first domain of warfare is the land, directed by the Army. The second domain of warfare is the sea, directed by the Navy. The third domain of ...

Cybersecurity regulation is expanding rapidly across the globe, but many organizations are struggling to keep pace—not because they oppose stronger security, but because the rules are increasingly ...

Cyber risk is undeniably one of the most critical emerging risks to the financial industry. However, even though cyber risk is recognized as a significant threat to financial institutions and, more ...

In an earlier article, I wrote about the importance of cyber hygiene and offered up a specific definition of basic cyber hygiene based on CIS Controls Implementation Group 1. I’d like to expand a bit ...

The first title of this encyclopedia, which is the longest-running tech reference on the market. First published in 1981, the 9th Edition in 2001 was the last book with the glossary title. The book ...