Terms starting with “C”

The property of a voting system by which every eligible voter is accounted for as either having voted or not voted.

Audits that evaluate the compliance with laws, procedures, or standards. E.g. evaluating the security of ballot storage or the conduct of officials on election day.

Identified, testable requirement.

Element within a larger system; a component can be hardware or software. For hardware, it is a physical part of a subsystem that can be used to compose larger systems (e.g., circui...

Two or more commercial Information Assurance (IA) products layered together to address the security requirements of an operational use case according to National Security Agency (N...

A "document signed by the members of the State Board of Elections showing the total number of votes for each candidate and ballot proposal and the number of votes in each county. A...

a US Government-wide initiative to establish a front line of cyber defense, demonstrate the resolve to secure US cyberspace and set the conditions necessary for long-term success,...

A test methodology that assumes explicit and substantial knowledge of the internal structure and implementation detail of the assessment object. Also known as white box testing. So...

1. Disclosure of information to unauthorized persons, or a violation of the security policy of a system in which unauthorized intentional or unintentional disclosure, modification,...

Indicates that a victim system has installed malware, connected to a malicious Internet Protocol address, or provided a cyber actor unauthorized access to collect data or execute c...

The set of Key Material Identification Numbers (KMIDs) of all keys in a universal that have been reported compromised. Cryptographic devices will not establish a secure connection...

Unintentional signals that, if intercepted and analyzed, would disclose the information transmitted, received, handled, or otherwise processed by telecommunications or information...

Computing Technology Industry Association

The term "means, but is not limited to, an electronic device that performs logical, arithmetic or memory functions by the manipulations of electronic or magnetic impulses and inclu...

Intentional or reckless misuse, alteration, disruption, or destruction of information processing resources.

ntentional or reckless misuse, alteration, disruption, or destruction of information processing resources. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

The "paper ballot prepared by the office of the secretary of state for use in conjunction with the optical scan precinct count system." R.I. Genl. Laws §17-19-1(1).

Use of a crypto-algorithm program by a computer to authenticate or encrypt/decrypt information.

A voting system manufacturer during the 1970s that changed its name to American Information Systems (AIS) and merged with Business Records Corporation (BRC) to form Election System...

A group of individuals, usually consisting of security analysts, organized to develop, recommend, and coordinate immediate mitigation actions for containment, eradication, and reco...

See digital forensics.

Group of individuals usually consisting of security analysts organized to develop, recommend, and coordinate immediate mitigation actions for containment, eradication, and recovery...

. An incident of unauthorized access to data or an automated information system. (JP 1-02) (Jt Pub 3-13)

Vote center election worker who checks the voter's ID and signature, and processes the voter in the electronic poll book.