Terms starting with “C”

Restrictive label applied to classified or unclassified information to limit access.

Catfishing in cybersecurity is the creation of a fake online persona to deceive, exploit, or defraud victims, often for financial gain, data theft, or romance scams. Attackers stea...

"A meeting of a political party or committee." Me. Rev. Stat. §21-A-1(6). An "open meeting held in a political subdivision to nominate the candidates of a political party for publi...

A meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention.

Rules and regulations that determine the process for a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select d...

See Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication Code.

See Counter with Cipher-Block Chaining-Message Authentication Code

central count optical scanner

compact disc read-only

Community Defense Model Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (Common) Continuous Diagnostics and Monitoring (Old)

DATA. CELLULAR DIGITAL PACKET

Cellphones equipped with cameras provide an easy vote-selling mechanism. The voter can dial a number and transmit video images of her activities within the voting booth to a remote...

A mechanism for wireless data transfer used in some voting systems for uploading precinct results for central tabulation. Abbreviated CDPD.

Centers for Academic Excellence has become the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) program is managed by NSA's National Cryptologic School. Federal pa...

A central absentee precinct (CAP) is a precinct established in the courthouse or other public building in a county or city for the receiving, counting, and recording of absentee ba...

A "precinct established by a county or city ... for the processing of absentee ballots for the county or city or any combination of precincts within the county or city." Va. Code §...

A "marksense ballot counter that reads and tabulates marksense ballots at a central location to which ballots are transported after the polls close. There may be more than one cent...

The central ballot inspection board shall: 1. Receive the ballots in sealed containers. 2. Inspect the containers, record the number indicated on each container and its seal pursua...

The organization of the central or executive committees of the political parties in a county, state, or other political subdivision.

The counting of ballots for a jurisdiction in a concentrated counting center, such as the county clerk's office, as opposed to counting at each precinct. The "counting of ballots i...

Optical scan system that utilizes one or more high-speed scanners at a central location to tabulate ballots. Central count systems are usually paired with Vote By Mail technologies...

An "OPTICAL Most machines in this class are SCANNER used as a CENTRAL TABULATOR . ... special purpose machines that use reflected light to identify marks at specific locations on t...

The rules and regulations followed when tabulating ballots from multiple precincts at a central location.

A "voting system that tabulates ballots from multiple at a central location. Voted PRECINCTS ballots are placed into secure storage at the polling place. Stored ballots are transpo...