Terms starting with “N”

"Verifiable Mixing (Shuffling) of ElGamal Pairs," available at http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~rivest/voting/papers/Neff-2004-04-21-ElGamalShuffles.pdf.

The total of a campaign's unpaid debts incurred with respect to an election plus estimated costs to liquidate the debts plus costs of terminating political activity (if appropriate...

A complex system of systems composed of subsystems and services that are part of a continuously evolving, complex community of people, devices, information and services interconnec...

Information system(s) implemented with a collection of interconnected components. Such components may include routers, hubs, cabling, telecommunications controllers, key distributi...

Access to an organizational information system by a user (or a process acting on behalf of a user) communicating through a network (e.g., local area network, wide area network, Int...

A feature provided by some firewalls that allows access based on a user's credentials and the results of health checks performed on the telework client device. (SP 800-41) (NISTIR)

A routing technology used by many firewalls to hide internal system addresses from an external network through use of an addressing schema. (SP 800-41) (NISTIR)

Programs, activities, and the use of tools necessary to facilitate them (including those governed by NSPD-54/HSPD-23 and NSD-42) conducted on a computer, network, or information or...

Device implementing protocols that allow attachment of a computer system to a network. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

A representation of the internal network topologies and components down to the host/device level to include but not limited to: connection, sub-network, enclave, and host informati...

A process that discovers, collects, and displays the physical and logical information required to produce a network map. Source: CNSSI No. 1012

See Reference Monitor. ((NISTIR)

A computing infrastructure that provides continuous business operation (i.e., highly resistant to disruption and able to operate in a degraded mode if damaged), rapid recovery if f...

See Information Assurance. Network Security Officer - See Information Systems Security Officer. (NISTIR)

In the NICE Framework, cybersecurity work where a person: Installs, configures, tests, operates, maintains, and manages networks and their firewalls, including hardware (e.g., hubs...

A passive technique that monitors network communication, decodes protocols, and examines headers and payloads for information of interest. It is both a review technique and a targe...

Individual or organization responsible for stating the security policy enforced by the network, designing the network security architecture to properly enforce that policy, and ens...

System implemented with a collection of interconnected components. A network system is based on a coherent security architecture and design. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

Penetration technique in which different communication networks are linked to access an information system to avoid detection and traceback. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

A network-based IDS system monitors the traffic on its network segment as a data source. This is generally accomplished by placing the network interface card in promiscuous mode to...

The emerging field that studies how the brain relates to performance in everyday settings and at work, integrating neuroscience and ergonomics to design safer and more efficient sy...

Neuromorphic computing is a method of computing that uses artificial neurons to mimic the human brain's structure and function. The word "neuromorphic" means "characteristic of the...

Any "person who meets all requirements of an of, and has established residency in, ELECTOR the State of California, except that he or she will become a United States citizen after...

Invalidating the official election and holding a second one is a very rare event, but may be justified under certain circumstances. In North Carolina, the standard is set forth by...