Certification
Certification: Procedure by which a third party gives written assurance that a product, process, or service conforms to specified requirements.
Definition
Procedure by which a third party gives written assurance that a product, process, or service conforms to specified requirements.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
(1) Procedure by which a third party gives written assurance that a product, process or service conforms to specified requirements. (2) third-party attestation related to products, processes, systems or persons.
- Definition 3
Comprehensive evaluation of an information system component that establishes the extent to which a particular design and implementation meets a set of specified security requirements.
- Definition 4
A comprehensive assessment of the management, operational, and technical security controls in an information system, made in support of security accreditation, to determine the extent to which the controls are implemented correctly, operating as intended, and producing the desired outcome with respect to meeting the security requirements for the system. (FIPS 200) (NISTIR)
- Definition 5
The process of verifying that a voting system meets state legal requirements. Many states have procedures for reviewing proposed systems after qualification to determine whether they conform to state law or additional conditions more stringent that the FVSS. See also EAC