Terms starting with “A”

An individual, group, organization, or government that executes an attack. Extended Definition: A party acting with malicious intent to compromise an information system. Related Te...

Under continuous positive control of personnel authorized for access or use. Source: CNSSI No. 4005 (COMSEC); NSA/CSS Manual Number 3-16 (COMSEC)

Be a witness to or formally certify.

Issue of a statement, based on a decision following review, that fulfillment of specified requirements has been demonstrated. NOTE: the resulting statement, is also known as a stat...

1. In New Jersey, the N.J. Stat. Ann. §19:31-6a. CHIEF STATE ELECTION OFFICIAL. 2. In Texas, the Attorney General appoints a designee to sit with the examiners for the in voting sy...

An attribute is any distinctive feature, characteristic, or property of an object that can be identified or isolated quantitatively or qualitatively by either human or automated me...

An entity, recognized by the Federal Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Policy Authority or comparable agency body as having the authority to verify the association of attributes to a...

Access control based on attributes associated with and about subjects, objects, targets, initiators, resources, or the environment. An access control rule set defines the combinati...

Access control based on attributes associated with and about subjects, objects, targets, initiators, resources, or the environment. An access control rule set defines the combinati...

A structured process that determines when a user is authorized to access information, systems, or services based on attributes of the user and of the information, system, or servic...

Identification of technical evidence of a cyber event and/or the assignment of responsibility for a cyber event. The technical source may be different from the responsible actor.

BALLOT. AUDIO

A version of a ballot presented in audio form for use by blind and visually impaired voters. Extensive requirements for audio ballots may be found at Fla. Stat. §101.56062(1)(n). C...

An "audio representation of a ballot that can be used with other assistive voting technology to permit a voter to mark votes on a nonelectronic ballot or to securely transmit a bal...

A ballot display format in which contest options and other information are communicated through sounds and speech.

A ballot display format in which contest options and other information are communicated through sounds and speech.

A "VEDB that communicates ballot information to the voter using sound." VVSG.

An interface to a voting system that does not require visual ability but instead uses the sense of hearing and the ability to touch. Similarly, VVSG. 2005 VVSG V.1, APPENDIX A. 200...

Voter interface designed to not require visual reading of a ballot. Audio is used to convey information to the voter and sensitive tactile controls allow the voter to communicate b...

(1) Systematic, independent, documented process for determining the extent to which specified requirements are fulfilled. (2) A review of a system and its controls to determine its...

A group of individuals tasked with reviewing and tallying the selected ballots to audit in a risk-limiting audit.

A requirement under in elections for for a permanent record from HAVA FEDERAL OFFICES which an election may be audited. "Audit capacity.-- (A) In general.--The voting system shall...

Chronological record of system activities to enable the reconstruction and examination of the sequence of events and changes in an event. (SP 800-32) (NISTIR)

A "voting device dedicated exclusively to processes of verification and/or independent assessment of the performance of the voting system." VVSG.