Terms starting with “A”

the principle of implementing security measures to strengthen the security of a network or system to make it more robust against attack. (UK 2016)

Synchronized, real-time capability to discover, detect, analyze, and mitigate threats and vulnerabilities. Source: DSOC 2011

An "ELECTOR who voted in the previous federal and whose name is on GENERAL ELECTION the active list." Mont. Code Ann. §13-1-101(1).

The "span of time during which a either is ready to begin a VOTE-CAPTURE DEVICE VOTING or is in use in a voting session." The time during which a vote-capture device is in SESSION...

A voter whose record is current with the appropriate election authority and is eligible to vote.

Security testing that involves direct interaction with a target, such as sending packets to a target. (SP 800-115) (NICCS)

A term used by election officials when a voter's record shows that the voter is eligible to vote. Active status may not be accurate if the facts have changed since a voter last upd...

A "voter who ... has registered or voted in any election during the preceding four (4) years at the address indicated on the voter's registration record; [or] has not voted in any...

A format for executable code that is downloaded to a client computer from a web page.

An assessment object that includes specific protection-related pursuits or actions supporting an information system that involve people (e.g., conducting system backup operations,...

An assessment object that includes specific protection related pursuits or actions supporting an information system that involve people (e.g., conducting system backup operations,...

A wireless network that dynamically connects wireless client devices to each other without the use of an infrastructure device, such as an access point or a base station. (SP 800-1...

Americans with Disabilities Act

A set of principles for laying out physical facilities to be accessible to the disabled, codified at 36 C.F.R. §1191. Abbreviated ADAAG. Many requirements of the have been 2007 VVS...

FACILITIES. ADA ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR BUILDINGS AND

Incorporation of new hardware, software, or firmware safeguards in an operational information system. (CNSSI-4009) (NICCS)

Incorporation of new or additional hardware, software, or firmware safeguards in an operational information system.

Another term for Mixed Member Proportional System .

Used in request messages. Class for specifying information not addressed in this model by other attributes, e.g. state-specific information that does not “fit” in any other attribu...

A program of the state of Washington to protect the addresses of crime victims, which creates difficulties in VOTING. See ABSENTEE ONGOING ABSENTEE BALLOT.

Security commensurate with the risk and the magnitude of harm resulting from the loss, misuse, or unauthorized access to or modification of information. OMB A130.

A voted ballot that contains contest selections that required adjudication.

Process of resolving cast ballots to reflect voter intent. Common reasons that ballots require adjudication include: write-ins, overvotes, marginal machine-readable mark, having no...

A ballot that contains contest selections that require adjudication .