Terms starting with “A”

A four-digit randomly-generated number with a short lifetime that is entered by a voter to activate the Hart InterCivic DRE.

The process of granting or denying specific requests: 1) for obtaining and using information and related information processing services; and 2) to enter specific physical faciliti...

(ACL) - 1. A list of permissions associated with an object. The list specifies who or what is allowed to access the object and what operations are allowed to be performed on the ob...

A list of permissions associated with an object. The list specifies who or what is allowed to access the object and what operations are allowed to be performed on the object.

Security safeguards (i.e., hardware and software features, physical controls, operating procedures, management procedures, and various combinations of these) designed to detect and...

A policy concerning who may access various equipment and functions of a voting system, required to be established by each voting jurisdiction in Indiana. "The using jurisdiction in...

Methods by which access to specific data, procedures, and other resources is restricted or controlled. The most common access control is a username/password combination. Election o...

A type of cross domain solution (CDS) that provides access to a computing platform, application, or data residing on different security domains from a single device. Source: CNSSI...

The "device that is used by the voter to access the ballot at a direct recording electronic voting device. It may be a card or other media." Wash. Admin. Code §434-335-510.

A category within a given security classification limiting entry or system connectivity to only authorized persons.

Roster of individuals authorized admittance to a controlled area.

A device that logically connects wireless client devices operating in infrastructure to one another and provides access to a distribution system, if connected, which is typically a...

Association of a user with a list of protected objects the user may access.

Privilege to perform action on an object. Read, write, execute, append, modify, delete, and create are examples of access types.

1. A measurable characteristic that indicates the degree to which a system is available to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities. The most common disabilities include those...

The ability of a voter to verify by using paper records such as a VVPAT, CONTEST CHOICES including a readback mechanism for vision-impaired voters. A identified in HUMAN FACTOR the...

The set of laws, statutes and procedures that govern the voting process to ensure that voting is accessible to individuals with disabilities.

"[A]ccessible to and individuals for the purpose of voting or HANDICAPPED ELDERLY registration, as determined under guidelines established by the chief election officer of the Stat...

A device that enables the disabled to mark optical scan ballots for subsequent counting. The voter makes choices as if on a DRE, but the output of the device is a marked optical ba...

A location that meets all of the laws and statues to ensure that it is available and usable by individuals with disabilities.

A that is usable by the disabled without assistance. VOTER VERIFIED PAPER TRAIL Accessibility is an issue because ordinary machines produce verifiable paper records, VVPAT which ma...

A equipped for disabled individuals as required by Section 301(a)(3)(B) of VOTING STATION HAVA. Equivalent "A equipped for individuals with disabilities referred to VOTING STATION...

1. The principle that an individual is entrusted to safeguard and control equipment, keying material, and information and is answerable to proper authority for the loss or misuse o...

A numeric code used to indicate the minimum accounting controls required for items of accountable COMSEC material within the COMSEC material control system (CMCS). Source: NSA/CSS...