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cyberhygiene

cyberhygiene noun: the establishment and maintenance of an individual's or company's online safety.

Noun

cyberhygiene (uncountable)

  1. The establishment and maintenance of an individual's or company's online safety.
    • Simply put, practicing good cyberhygiene should be taught in elementary schools from the age of 6 onwards.2015, V.S. Subrahmanian, Michael Ovelgonne, Tudor Dumitras, B. Aditya Prakash, The Global Cyber-Vulnerability Report

Origin of cyberhygiene

From cyber- + hygiene.

Questions about cyberhygiene

What does cyberhygiene mean?
Cyberhygiene means the establishment and maintenance of an individual's or company's online safety.
What part of speech is cyberhygiene?
Cyberhygiene is a noun.

Words near cyberhygiene in the dictionary

  1. cyberholics
  2. cyberhug
  3. cyberhugs
  4. cyberhusband
  5. cyberhusbands
  6. cyberhygiene
  7. cyberhype
  8. Cyberia
  9. cyberian
  10. cyberians
  11. cyberidentities

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