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by Canada 4121 days ago
Government says cyber to differentiate from traditional "security", which means "establishing or maintaining control by putting people in cages or killing them". When talking with someone who can launch missiles, order soldiers to kill, or dispatch law enforcement officers to assault a crowd of students holding a protest, then saying cyber isn't ridiculous.

Computer security people just say "security" without any qualifiers, because none are required. When a salesman pitching an anti spam product says cyber, he's failing the shibboleth