[clebio]

I didn't realize people actually use the term "Cyber".

[tim58]

The word cyber is almost exclusively used when discussing security of computer systems. It's used very heavily by government and academic circles and it propagates to other industries from there.

In the 90s I used the word to describe an instant messenger version of "phone sex" and I haven't been able to take anyone that uses the term seriously after that, but I never really took the goverment or academia seriously to begin with.

[_delirium]

Even in academia, at least in my corner of it, "Cyber" as a term has a very government/military/suit connotation. Academics will sometimes use it when writing grant proposals or presenting in a DARPA-ish context, but most researchers prefer to call what they do "cybersecurity" (or even just "security", if a CS context is clear).

[auiya]

Thankfully, the field of study listed on my degree is Information Security. I would almost be embarrassed to tell anyone it was in "cyber" security.

[biztos]

Yeah, not only is "Cybersecurity" a "Thing" (I work in s/w security and hear it all the time) but people still talk about "Artificial Intelligence" when they mean image filters and classifiers, and have been doing so since the 1980's.

Language fires the imagination. This is mostly a good thing. Sometimes it's also stupid, but not necessarily bad for it.

[lawnchair_larry]

It’s usually used by either people working with the government, or by people who are tech-illiterate (marketing etc). The rest of the security industry is likely to snicker if they hear that word.

[staticassertion]

It's a term that's been adopted out of necessity.

[Thorrez]

Why isn't "computer security" or "infosec" good enough?