Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

infosec

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables: in-fos-ec
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of information security.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The plan also emphasizes technology transfer to the infosec side of NSA […]"
"Analysis of the intersection between infosec and computer forensics."
"Information security (infosec) is "the protection of information and its critical elements, including the systems and hardware that use, store, and transmit […]"
"This was just plain deceitful and wrong, but the infosec people were too clueless ... This hampered infosec's ability to apply modern analysis techniques […]"

Etymology

A contraction.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

netsec

Questions

What does infosec mean?: Abbreviation of information security.
Where does infosec come from?: A contraction.

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