Terms starting with “D”

A systems ability to identify, monitor, and protect data in use (e.g. endpoint actions), data in motion (e.g. network actions), and data at rest (e.g. data storage) through deep pa...

An analytical process that attempts to find correlations or patterns in large data sets for the purpose of data or knowledge discovery. Source: NIST SP 800-53 Rev 4

The corroboration that the source of data received is as claimed. See also non-repudiation and peer entity authentication service Source: IETF RFC 4949 Ver 2

"The Data Processing Board will integrate the write-in results into the totals after the last precinct to arrive I the data processing area has been processed." Tenn. Rules §1360-2...

In the context of computers and law enforcement use, it is an equivalent term to chain of custody. It involves the method of generation, transmission and storage of information tha...

The practice of protecting digital information from unauthorized access, corruption, or theft throughout its entire lifecycle.

data breach

See spillage.

A non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information which helps describe an item and allows it to be found or processed automatically. Source: ISA SSA

The deliberate or intentional act of stealing of information.

Fill device designed to securely store, transport, and transfer electronically both COMSEC and TRANSEC key, designed to be backward compatible with the previous generation of COMSE...

Fill device designed to securely store, transport, and transfer electronically both COMSEC and TRANSEC key, designed to be backward compatible with the previous generation of COMSE...

Interconnect networks or information systems that operate in different security domains and transfer data between them. Source: DoDI 8540.01

Quantitative or qualitative raw material used to represent information, or from which information can be derived.

A structured collection of data that includes data and meta data (data about the data). Databases are managed by Database Management Systems. The election database stores all of th...

a collaborative data management practice focused on improving the communication, integration and automation of data flows between data managers and data consumers across an organiz...

(system) A punch-card voting system in which the cards are no prescored but the voter indicates preferences by applying a die to the card to create a clean chadless punch.

The date the contributor relinquishes control over a contribution. A contribution that is mailed is considered made on the date of the postmark. In the case of an in-kind contribut...

The date the committee (or committee agent) takes possession of the contribution. This date is used for FEC reporting. Contributions charged to credit cards are received on the dat...

DISABILITY ACCESS UNIT.

The final day for voting; ballot counting and announcement of preliminary results typically take place at the end of this day; also known as voting day or election day.

Database as a service

TEAM." Hawaii Admin. Regs. §2-51-1. DELIVERY AND COLLECTION

Distributed Denial-of-Service