Cybersecurity vs. Information Security

Protection of data assets is a hot trend topic that is attracting considerable interest worldwide. There are different concepts revolving security of data including cybersecurity and information security. Cybersecurity and information security terms are both related to the security of data aiming to defend data against different types of threats. Despite cybersecurity and information security are often used interchangeably, there are differences in each concept, and they should not be used interchangeably. Various definitions of cybersecurity and information security provided by scholars and standards are discussed in this article and differences are explained.