Terms starting with “B”

Typically unauthorized hidden software or hardware mechanism used to circumvent security controls. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

An undocumented way of gaining access to computer system. A backdoor is a potential security risk. Source: NIST SP 800-82 Rev 1

Backdoored describes a system, device, or software compromised by a hidden mechanism that bypasses normal security, granting unauthorized access. These vulnerabilities can be impla...

Backtracking resistance is provided relative to time T if there is assurance that an adversary who has knowledge of the internal state of the Deterministic Random Bit Generator (DR...

A copy of files and programs made to facilitate recovery, if necessary. Source: NIST SP 800-34 Rev 1

Backup as a Service (BaaS) is a managed cloud service where a third-party provider handles an organization's data backup, storage, and recovery, replacing on-premises tape/disk bac...

A copy of files and programs made to facilitate recovery if necessary.

In Mississippi, a local election officer who keeps order at the polls.

1. The issues and offices to be voted upon in a jurisdiction or portion of a jurisdiction at a particular primary, general election, or special election. "Presentation of every CON...

The ability to mark, cast, and verify a ballot privately and independently.

The practice of tallying the number of voted, spoiled, damaged, provisional, emergency, unused and any other ballots and making sure that tally equals the number of ballots receive...

A certificate, signed by an inspector of elections, attesting to the number of received, BALLOTS voted, unused and spoiled. Ala. Admin. Code 307-X-1-.12

"Initiation of a on a or such that the voter is presented with a VOTING SESSION DRE EBP having the specified by the CREDENTIALS." BALLOT BALLOT CONFIGURATION VOTING 2007 VVSG.

A device "used to activate the ballot on a or Typically an electronic pollbook or DRE EBM. hand-held ballot DEVICE." VVSG. ACTIVATION 2007

The inability to link a ballot with the individual who cast it. Candidate

The combined apparatus consisting of the and PAGES. BALLOT TEMPLATE BALLOT

A bag equivalent to a for transporting ballots. Vt. Stat. §2499. BALLOT BOX

A group of individuals appointed, usually by local authorities and charged with control of elections and voting procedure.

In general, a container for BALLOTS, which may be deposited by the voter or an election official. A "securable container in which an election official deposits the and VOTED BALLOT...

An in the District of Columbia having custody of BOXES. When ELECTION OFFICIAL BALLOT DREs are used instead of physical ballots, the ballot box clerk is responsible for activating...

A "card or a number of cards upon which are printed, or identified by reference to the ballot, the names of candidates for nomination or election to one or more offices or the ball...

The final action a voter takes in selecting contest options and irrevocably confirming their intent to vote as selected. Examples include when a ballot has been deposited by the vo...

The ability of a voter to review and change prior to casting a on CONTEST CHOICES BALLOT both interactive and SCANNERS. For optical scanners this also includes detection and OPTICA...

The slot into which a is fed to be read or scanned. Mont. Admin. Rules BALLOT §44.3.1782(b).