Terms starting with “O”

An umbrella term for software that is licensed with some combination of characteristics. The universal feature of open source software is that the source code is available for anyo...

A general term for source code and software that is licensed under an Open Source license.

A composite of a which includes the VOTING STATE VOTE-CAPTURE DEVICE ACTIVATED and the STATE. VVSG. STATE SUSPENDED 2007

1. Any storage of classified national security information outside of approved containers. This includes classified information that is resident on information systems media and ou...

A method of voting in which the voter's ballot is voluntarily exposed. W. Va. Code §3-4-8(1).

SCAP language for specifying low-level testing procedures used by checklists. (SP 800-128) (NISTIR)

A language for representing system configuration information, assessing machine state, and reporting assessment results. Source: NIST SP 800-126 Rev 2

An unstructured set of tests "to discover architecture, design and implementation flaws in the system which may not be detected using systematic functional, reliability, and securi...

Open Indicators of Compromise

A NICE Framework category consisting of specialty areas responsible for providing the support, administration, and maintenance necessary to ensure effective and efficient IT system...

A collection of programs that controls the hardware of a computer system and provides utilities and services to application software that is installed on the device. Operating syst...

Analyzing characteristics of packets sent by a target, such as packet headers or listening ports, to identify the operating system in use on the target. (SP 800-115) (NISTIR)

The documentation by which an organization provides guidance for members and employees to perform their functions correctly and reasonably efficiently. It documents the approved st...

The security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that primarily are implemented and executed by people (as opposed to systems). (SP 800-53; SP...

The security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that are primarily implemented and executed by people (as opposed to systems). Rationale: NIST...

The collection of "all software, hardware (including facilities, furnishings and fixtures), materials, documentation, and the interface used by the election personnel, maintenance...

An action-based exercise where personnel rehearse reactions to an incident scenario, drawing on their understanding of plans and procedures, roles, and responsibilities.

Key intended for use over-the-air for protection of operational information or for the production or secure electrical transmission of key streams. Source: NSA/CSS Manual Number 3-...

The ability of systems to resist, absorb, and recover from or adapt to an adverse occurrence during operation that may cause harm, destruction, or loss of ability to perform missio...

Hardware and software that detects or causes a change through the direct monitoring and/or control of physical devices, processes, and events in the enterprise.

A "test conducted on voting equipment in an active (operational) state." VVSG.

Information that describes the presence of an information vulnerability within a specific operational setting or network. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

Authority for continued use of unmodified COMSEC end-items pending the completion of a mandatory modification.

Code composed largely of words and phrases suitable for general communications use. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)