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infosec

infosec is the abbreviation of information security.

Meaning of information security

Noun

information security (uncountable)

  1. (computer security) The protection of information and information systems from unauthorized access and disruption.

Origin of infosec

A contraction.

Questions about infosec

What is infosec the abbreviation of?
Infosec is the abbreviation of information security.

Words near infosec in the dictionary

  1. infortune
  2. infortunes
  3. infortunity
  4. infoscape
  5. infoscapes
  6. infosec
  7. infoset
  8. infosets
  9. infosheet
  10. infosheets
  11. infoshop

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Adapted from Wiktionary: infosec (page history and authors); information security (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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