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Protection against illegal or wrongful intrusion. In the IT world, intrusion concerns mostly deal with gaining access to user and company data. See security suite, computer security, information...
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Definition: security
Protection against illegal or wrongful intrusion. In the IT world, intrusion concerns mostly deal with gaining access to user and company data. See security suite, computer security, information security, security audit and security protocol.
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