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Terms starting with “I

316 election security terms starting with I, with direct links to full definitions and source-backed context.

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Integrity

Guarding against improper information modification or destruction, and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity. Source: 44 U.S.C. Sec. 3542

Cybersecurity6 sources

Integrity Check Value

Verified

Checksum capable of detecting modification of an information system. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

Cybersecurity1 source

Integrity Check Value (c.f.d.)

Verified

See checksum. Rationale: The concept of an integrity check value is included in the term "checksum." As such, it is not necessary to distinguish between the two terms.

Cybersecurity1 source

Integrity Election Management System

Verified

A software product of Sequoia Voting Systems.

Voting Systems1 source

Intellectual Property

Creations of the mind such as musical, literary, and artistic works; inventions; and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce, including copyrights, trademarks, patents...

Legal & Policy2 sources

Intelligence

Verified

1. a. The product resulting from the collection, processing, integration, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of available information concerning foreign nations, hostile or p...

Cybersecurity1 source

Intelligence Activities

Verified

All activities that agencies within the Intelligence Community are authorized to conduct pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 12333, United States Intelligence Activities. Source: E....

Cybersecurity1 source

Intelligence Community (ic) Interconnection Security Agreement (isa)

Verified

Intelligence Community and elements of the Intelligence Community refers to: (1) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (2) The Central Intelligence Agency; (3) The N...

Cybersecurity1 source

Intelligence Preparation Of The Battlespace

Verified

. An analytical methodology employed to reduce uncertainties concerning the enemy, environment, and terrain for all types of operations. Intelligence preparation of the battlespace...

Cybersecurity1 source

Intelligent Device Adapter

Verified

(ES&S) A device for transmitting election data from memory devices to DATA ACQUISITION or MANAGER. Abbreviated IDA. See also MANAGER ELECTION REPORTING SMART PACK READER.

Voting Systems1 source

Intent

Verified

A state of mind or desire to achieve an objective.

Cybersecurity2 sources

Interaction Mode

Verified

Control or navigation option that enables voters to operate and interact with the voting system , used in conjunction with a display format.

Standards1 source

Interconnection Security Agreement (isa)

Verified

An agreement established between the organizations that own and operate connected IT systems to document the technical requirements of the interconnection. The ISA also supports a...

Cybersecurity1 source

Interested Party

Verified

All "persons charged with any duty under the election laws ... any manufacturer of or dealer in mechanical voting machines, voting devices or components thereof and agents of such...

Voting Systems1 source

Interface

Common boundary between independent systems or modules where interactions take place.

Standards3 sources

Interface Control Document

Verified

Technical document describing interface controls and identifying the authorities and responsibilities for ensuring the operation of such controls. This document is baselined during...

Cybersecurity1 source

Interface File

Verified

See FILE. IFC

Voting Systems1 source

Interface Specification

Verified

A document in the to "describe external interfaces (programmatic, human, and network) TDP provided by each of the computer components of the voting system (examples of components a...

Voting Systems1 source

Interfering With Political Rights

Verified

In some states, an employer may not interfere with an employee's right to run for public office. The offense consists of "an employer making, adopting, enforcing or attempting to e...

Voting Systems1 source

Interim Approval To Operate – (iato)

Verified

Temporary authorization granted by a DAA for an information system to process information based on preliminary results of a security evaluation of the system. (To be replaced by AT...

Cybersecurity1 source

Interim Approval To Operate (iato) (c.f.d.)

Verified

Temporary authorization granted by principal accrediting authority (PAA) or authorizing official (AO) for an information system to process information based on preliminary results...

Cybersecurity1 source

Interim Approval To Test (iatt)

Verified

Temporary authorization to test an information system in a specified operational information environment within the time frame and under the conditions or constraints enumerated in...

Cybersecurity1 source

Interim Authorization To Test (iatt)

Verified

Temporary authorization to test an information system in a specified operational information environment within the timeframe and under the conditions or constraints enumerated in...

Cybersecurity1 source

Intermediate Certification Authority (ca)

A CA that is signed by a superior CA (e.g., a Root CA or another Intermediate CA) and signs CAs (e.g., another Intermediate or Subordinate CA). The Intermediate CA exists in the mi...

Certification2 sources
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