Terms starting with “E”

A "coding system that allows data being read or transmitted to be checked for errors and, when detected, corrects those errors." GLOSSARY. 2005 VVSG

Coding system that allows data being read or transmitted to be checked for errors and, when detected, corrects those errors.

A code computed from data and comprised of redundant bits of information designed to detect, but not correct, unintentional changes in the data. Source: FIPS PUB 140-2

The capability to alert a voter that a has been improperly voted (e.g. DOCUMENT BALLOT contains an OVERVOTE), before she leaves the polling place. This is done by inserting the bal...

The "ratio of the number of errors that occur to the volume of data processed. The specific ... error rate used in the for voting system accuracy is BENCHMARK REPORT TOTAL ERROR RA...

The maximum allowable number of errors that can occur to the volume of data processed, as established by an official authority.

ELECTION SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE.

An attack on a system where the attacker is using some means to bypass security controls in order to attain a higher privilege level on the target system.

The act of placing a copy of a vendor's voting system source code in the hands of an independent agent, who is obligated to release the source code to a jurisdiction upon the occur...

A form of in Massachusetts that is not counted unless an election is PROVISIONAL BALLOT contested.

Any "business certified by the Secretary of State to store source code." Cal. Regs. §20625.

The "physical location in which the source code may be stored. No election jurisdiction may act as an escrow facility to store its own source code." Cal. Regs. §20624.

A which holds software it receives until formal requests for the software are REPOSITORY received and approved." VVSG.

KEY. ELECTION SIGNATURE

A DRE product of Hart Intercivic.

A physical USB device containing a cryptographic key used in the Hart InterCivic eSlate system for controlling access to administrative functions. Abbreviated ECM.

A "political party which, at either of the last two general elections, polled for its candidate for any statewide office, more than two percent of the entire vote cast for the offi...

An "unincorporated community that is in (1) the unorganized borough and that has 25 or more permanent residents; or (2) an organized borough, has 25 or more permanent residents, an...

A network protocol (IEEE 802.n) that is used to permit local area network devices to communicate with each other. Ethernet connections use a Cat 5e connector cable. Many of the dev...

ETS refers to a program developed by FVAP in 2007 to expand the use of e-mail and fax voting for military and overseas voters after the cancellation of the SERVE Project in 2004. S...

List of validated products that have been successfully evaluated under the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS...

The official responsible for evaluating a reported COMSEC incident for the possibility of compromise. Source: CNSSI No. 4006

Set of assurance requirements that represent a point on the Common Criteria predefined assurance scale. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

Set of assurance requirements that represent a point on the Common Criteria predefined assurance scale. Rationale: NIAP has switched to a "protection profile" program to secure dev...