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Hasn't the field been called "cybersecurity" since... forever?

Sure, but the appropriate shortening here is "security."

Calling it cyber is like shortening email to "e".

...? There are lots and lots of fields of security that have nothing to do with cybersecurity...

Cyber as a prefix basically just means "related to a computer network."

If you're of a certain age, "cyber" primarily means cybersex. There's also cybernetics, cybercafes, and more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet-related_prefixes#%22C...

I assure you that in 1999 "cyber" meant something very different

Cyber is more of an early 1990's thing, and I have no issue with it unlike most in the tech field. I feel like it dropped off in the late 90's and early 00's but made a comeback as hacking became a mainstream security issue.

Amusingly, "cyber" comes from the word "kubernetes"!

A/S/L?

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1573/