01875nas a2200229   4500008004100000022001400041245002700055210002700082260004200109300001000151490000600161520129800167653001801465653001501483653001501498653002201513653001301535100001701548700002701565700001701592856003601609       2014                        eng d  a1927-032100aDefining Cybersecurity0 aDefining Cybersecurity  aOttawabTalent First Networkc10/2014  a13-210 v43 aCybersecurity is a broadly used term, whose definitions are highly variable, often subjective, and at times, uninformative. The absence of a concise, broadly acceptable definition that captures the multidimensionality of cybersecurity impedes technological and scientific advances by reinforcing the predominantly technical view of cybersecurity while separating disciplines that should be acting in concert to resolve complex cybersecurity challenges. In conjunction with an in-depth literature review, we led multiple discussions on cybersecurity with a diverse group of practitioners, academics, and graduate students to examine multiple perspectives of what should be included in a definition of cybersecurity. In this article, we propose a resulting new definition: "Cybersecurity is the organization and collection of resources, processes, and structures used to protect cyberspace and cyberspace-enabled systems from occurrences that misalign de jure from de facto property rights." Articulating a concise, inclusive, meaningful, and unifying definition will enable an enhanced and enriched focus on interdisciplinary cybersecurity dialectics and thereby will influence the approaches of academia, industry, and government and non-governmental organizations to cybersecurity challenges.10acybersecurity10acyberspace10adefinition10ainterdisciplinary10asecurity1 aCraigen, Dan1 aDiakun-Thibault, Nadia1 aPurse, Randy  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/835