Terms starting with “F”

An alert that incorrectly indicates that malicious activity is occurring. (SP 800-61) (NISTIR)

"A on a ballot that does not meet the legal definition of an but that MARK ACCEPTABBLE MARK is, on some occasion, detected by a vote tabulating machine as a vote. False positive ma...

Proportion of verification transactions with truthful claims of identity that are incorrectly denied. Source: ISO/IEC 19795-1:2006

The failure of a biometric system to identify a biometric subject or to verify the legitimate claimed identity of a biometric subject. Source: NIAP 7298 (adapted); DoD Biometrics E...

The probability that a biometric system will fail to identify an applicant, or verify the legitimate claimed identity of an applicant. (SP 800-76) (NISTIR) The measure of the likel...

"False swearing consists of taking an oath required by the Election Code with the knowledge that the thing or matter sworn to is not true and correct." Wyo. Stat. §22-26-108.

False voting consists of: (i) Voting, or offering to vote, with the knowledge of not being a qualified elector entitled to vote at the election; (ii) Voting, or offering to vote, i...

Real news stories that are subtly altered in order to provoke outrage, often includes the plagiarization of complete articles with only the date of publication changed so that read...

The crime of falsifying election documents "consists of performing any of the following acts with the intent to deceive or mislead an elector or an election official:(i) Printing,...

Russian cyberespionage group, also known as APT 28

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Flaw in design or implementation that may result in the qualities or behavior of the voting system deviating from the qualities or behavior that are anticipated, including those sp...

A top-down, deductive failure analysis in which an undesired state of a system (top event) is analyzed using Boolean logic to combine a series of lower-level events. An analytical...

A system that continues to operate after the failure of a computer or network component.

An "ABSENTEE processed by facsimile transmission." Hawaii Admin. Regs. §2-53-1. BALLOT Faxed ballots are permitted in several states, including Alaska.

FUNCTIONAL CONFIGURATION AUDIT.

Federal Election Commission

Number assigned to a committee upon registration with the FEC. Used for identification purposes with the FEC only, this number is not a taxpayer identification number.

Voluntary voting system performance and testing standards developed by the Now FEC. known as the FEDERAL VOTING SYSTEM STANDARDS.

See executive agency. Source: NIST SP 800-37 Rev 1

A ballot restricted to Federal offices provided to an VOTER. Texas Elec. Code. OVERSEAS §114.001.

The Federal Bridge certification authority (CA) consists of a collection of public key infrastructure (PKI) components (Certificate Authorities, Directories, Certificate Policies a...

The Federal Bridge Certification Authority Membrane consists of a collection of Public Key Infrastructure components including a variety of Certification Authority PKI products, Da...

The Federal Bridge Certification Authority Operational Authority is the organization selected by the Federal Public Key Infrastructure Policy Authority to be responsible for operat...