Terms starting with “I”

The process of monitoring the events occurring in a computer system or network and analyzing them for signs of possible incidents. Source: NIST SP 800-94

Software that automates the process of monitoring the events occurring in a computer system or network and analyzing them for signs of possible incidents and attempting to stop det...

A hardware or software application that detects and reports a suspected security breach, policy violation, or other compromise that may adversely affect the network. Synonyms: IDS

Software that automates the intrusion detection process. Source: NIST SP 800-94

Hardware or software product that gathers and analyzes information from various areas within a computer or a network to identify possible security breaches, which include both intr...

IDSs which detect attacks by capturing and analyzing network packets. Listening on a network segment or switch, one network-based IDS can monitor the network traffic affecting mult...

The process of monitoring the events occurring in a computer system or network, analyzing them for signs of possible incidents, and attempting to stop detected possible incidents....

Intrusion Prevention System: Software that has all the capabilities of an intrusion detection system and can also attempt to stop possible incidents. Source: NIST SP 800-94

System(s) which can detect an intrusive activity and can also attempt to stop the activity, ideally before it reaches its targets. (SP 800-36; CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

A group of cyber security incidents that share similar cyber actors, methods, or signatures.

A ballot that is not to be counted for any of a number of specified reasons. An "official cast ballot discovered at the time the votes are counted which does not comply with the re...

A that is cast but is not in compliance with law, e.g. an OVERVOTE." 21-A Maine Rev Stat. §21-A-696-2.

Votes which cannot be counted in favour of any participant in an election due to accidental or deliberate errors of marking by the voter.

An error, mistake, or omission that results in your vote not counting towards the final election result.

Series of transformations that converts ciphertext to plaintext using the Cipher Key. (FIPS 197) (NISTIR)

a NICE Framework category consisting of specialty areas responsible for the investigation of cyber events and/or crimes of IT systems, networks, and digital evidence

A systematic and formal inquiry into a qualified threat or incident using digital forensics and perhaps other traditional criminal inquiry techniques to determine the events that t...

Indicators of Attack

Indicators of attack

Indicators of Compromise

See Indicators of Compromise

Internet Protocol, which is a numerical label that identifies a device and location

Internet Protocol Address. An IP Address is numeric value (nnn.nnn.nn.nn) used to uniquely identify a device within a network. The address can also be used for local networks. Many...

Provide(s) interoperable, high quality, cryptographically-based security for IPv4 and IPv6. The set of security services offered includes access control, connectionless integrity,...