Terms starting with “B”

A town, village, or part of a large city that has its own government.

An election for officials of a borough in states have such an administrative subdivision, such as Alaska, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

The a product of used to BALLOT ORIGINATION SOFTWARE SYSTEM, HART INTERCIVIC, construct and manage an election database.

A computer that has been compromised with malware to perform activities under the remote command and control of an administrator.

Comes from the Slavic word "robota" meaning work. Refers to a program that automatically carries out certain actions upon receiving the command. So-called malicious bots can contro...

A bot herder (or botmaster) is a cybercriminal who controls a botnet--a network of compromised internet-connected devices (computers, smartphones, IoT gadgets). These devices, know...

The controller of a botnet that, from a remote location, provides direction to the compromised computers in the botnet. (NICCS) Synonym(s): bot herder

A botmaster is a cybercriminal who controls a botnet--a network of compromised internet-connected devices (computers, smartphones, IoT gadgets). These devices, known as "bots" or "...

A botnet is a network of hijacked, internet-connected devices (computers, smartphones, IoT) infected with malware and controlled by a "bot-herder" to perform malicious tasks remote...

Physical or logical perimeter of a system.

The process by which a country, local authority area or area of a supranational institution is divided into electoral districts.

The line that divides a precinct, city, or other political unit from another.

Monitoring and control of communications at the external boundary of an information system to prevent and detect malicious and other unauthorized communications, through the use of...

A device with appropriate mechanisms that: (i) facilitates the adjudication of different interconnected system security policies (e.g., controlling the flow of information into or...

"At each regular or special state, municipal or ward election the registrars of each town or voting district, as the case may be, shall appoint a suitable elector residing therein,...

Braille on accessible devices is required in West Virginia. W.V. Code §3-4A-9a(J).

Voting instructions written in characters that are represented by patterns of raised dots which are read through touch.

Compromise of security that leads to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, protected information.

The crime of offering money or compensation to "influence any elector in giving his vote, or deter him from giving the same, or to disturb, or to hinder him in the free exercise of...

Software program installed on a computer, that permits the user to access the Internet, download files, print files, and perform other operations. Common browsers are Microsoft's I...

Act of searching through information system storage or active content to locate or acquire information, without necessarily knowing the existence or format of information being sou...

A brute force attack is a cryptographic hacking method where attackers use automated software to systematically guess all possible combinations of passwords, PINs, or encryption ke...

A method of accessing an obstructed device through attempting multiple combinations of numeric and/or alphanumeric passwords. (SP 800-72) (NISTIR)

(colloq.) A form of switch for disabled voters. Also SWITCH. TACTILE INPUT JELLY