Terms starting with “C”

Teaching of skills relating to COMSEC accounting and the use of COMSEC aids. Source: NSA/CSS Manual Number 3-16 (COMSEC)

See security concept of operations.

In general, an oral concession by a candidate that he has lost an election has no legal effect.

Essentially distinct elections, e.g., involving different political subdivisions, held for convenience at the same time and place. "municipal primary and general elections are held...

PROVISIONAL BALLOT

Some states use this term to define the action of an individual registering and casting a provisional ballot after the statutory deadline, but whose eligibility or registration sta...

The act of managing, running, and overseeing an election.

Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information. Source: 44 U. S. Code Sec 3542

Process of controlling modifications to hardware, firmware, software, and documentation to protect the information system against improper modifications prior to, during, and after...

(CCB) A group of qualified people with responsibility for the process of regulating and approving changes to hardware, firmware, software, and documentation throughout the developm...

Establishment of and charter for a group of qualified people with responsibility for the process of controlling and approving changes throughout the development and operational lif...

"NON-EXECUTABLE input to software, firmware, or LOGIC, not including HARDWIRED VOTE DATA." 2007 VVSG

An element of configuration management, consisting of selecting the configuration items for a system and recording their functional and physical characteristics in technical docume...

An aggregation of information system components that is designated for configuration management and treated as a single entity in the configuration management process. Source: NIST...

See LOG. VOTING SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

The "discipline applying technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document functional and physical characteristics of a configuration item, control c...

A "document detailing the process for identifying, controlling and managing various released items (such as code, hardware and documentation)" GLOSSARY. 2005 VVSG

The set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the information system. Source: NIST SP 800-53...

An "element of configuration management, consisting of the recording and reporting of information needed to manage a configuration effectively. This information includes a listing...

See Covert Channel. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR) Consequence Definition: The effect of an event, incident, or occurrence. (Adapted from: DHS Risk Lexicon, National Infrastructure Protecti...

A notice mailed to a voter to confirm changes made to their information on a voter list. The notice may request that the voter take an action to confirm that the information contai...

A notice mailed to a voter to confirm changes made to their information on a voter list. The notice may request that the voter take an action to confirm that the information contai...

"Fulfillment of specified requirements by a product, process or service." 2005 VVSG GLOSSARY.

Process of testing an implementation against the requirements specified in one or more standards. The outcomes of a conformance test are generally a pass or fail result, possibly i...