Terms starting with “I”

A "list of ELECTORS." Mont. Code Ann. §13-1-101(15). INACTIVE

A registered voter whose address is believed to have changed and who has failed to respond to notice to confirm his address. Utah Code §20A-1-102(29). "An inactive voter must be al...

A mechanism that locks, suspends, or logs off a user after a specified period of inactivity.

Type of incident involving accidental exposure of information to an individual not authorized access.

Misleading actions to deceive others about who an individual/group is or what the individual or group is doing

A "voter who, due to incapacity, is unable to complete his ballot." N.J. Stat. Ann. §19:57-2. The definition is incorrect in that it fails to incorporate the word "absentee."

An occurrence that results in actual or potential jeopardy to the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of an information system or the information the system processes, stor...

The mitigation of violations of security policies and recommended practices. Source: NIST SP 800-61 Rev 2

The management and coordination of activities associated with an actual or potential occurrence of an event that may result in adverse consequences to information or information sy...

A "record made by election judges in the polling place on election day of unusual events that occurred in that polling place on election day." Minn. Rules §8220.0250.18a.

See incident handling.

The documentation of a predetermined set of instructions or procedures to detect, respond to, and limit consequences of a malicious cyber attacks against an organization's informat...

The "list of all of the voters in a municipality which is used by election officials at a voting place to record which voters have been issued a ballot at an election." Me. Rev. St...

The "list of all of the voters in a municipality which is used by election officials at a voting place to record which voters have been issued a ballot at an election." Me. Rev. St...

System flaw that exists when the operating system does not check all parameters fully for accuracy and consistency, thus making the system vulnerable to penetration. (CNSSI-4009) (...

An electoral outcome that differs from the outcome that would be found by a full manual tabulation of the votes on all ballots validly cast in the election. ("Outcome" refers to th...

Evidence that tends to increase the likelihood of fault or guilt. (SP 800-72) (NISTIR)

A "candidate for the same office which he or she holds at the time of filing the nomination papers, and was elected to that office by a vote of the people." Cal. Elec. Code §13107(...

The ability of a disabled voter to vote without requiring a human assistant to whom her vote would be revealed.

"Ballots voted for any person whose name does not appear on the machine as a nominated candidate for office, are referred to ... as independent ballots." Iowa Code §52.16.

1. A "person who is running for nomination or election to a public office but who does not represent a political party." Wyo. Stat. §22-1-102(a)(xvi). A "candidate in a nonpartisan...

(deprecated) A "provider of engineering, testing or evaluation services, certified by the National Association of State Election Directors as qualified to conduct QUALIFICATION on...

An Independent Testing Authority (ITA) is a laboratory that tests a vendor's voting system to make sure it follows either the Federal Election Commission's 1990 or 2002 standards....

(IVA) Entity that reviews the soundness of independent tests and system compliance with all stated security controls and risk mitigation actions. IVAs will be designated by the Aut...