Terms starting with “P”

a malicious technique where an attacker gains control over a target's proxy server, allowing them to intercept and manipulate the targets internet traffic

1. A subscriber name that has been chosen by the subscriber that is not verified as meaningful by identity proofing. 2. An assigned identity that is used to protect an individual's...

A pseudorandom number generator (PRNG), also known as a deterministic random bit generator (DRBG), is an algorithm for generating a sequence of numbers whose properties approximate...

A deterministic computational process that has one or more inputs called "seeds", and it outputs a sequence of values that appears to be random according to specified statistical t...

Planned operations to convey selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence their emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of fore...

Pentest as a Service

A "public test conducted prior to election day for the purpose of demonstrating the accuracy of the computer program and voting system which will be used to count the ballots and t...

A communication by means of any broadcast, cable or satellite communication, newspaper, magazine, outdoor advertising facility, mass mailing or telephone bank to the general public...

Cf. COUNTER. PROTECTIVE

Software not protected by copyright laws of any nation that may be freely used without permission of or payment to the creator, and that carries no warranties from or liabilities t...

"After the delivery of the examiners' reports and before the determination of whether the voting system or voting system equipment for which an application has been submitted satis...

A package of information releasable to the public concerning the testing and certification of a voting system. It "shall consist of the manufacturer's application form, the IMPLEME...

A package of information releasable to the pub lic concerning the testing and certification of a voting system. It "shall consist of the manufacturer's application form, the IMPLEM...

The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.

1. A cryptographic key used with a public key cryptographic algorithm, uniquely associated with an entity, and which may be made public; it is used to verify a digital signature; t...

A cryptographic algorithm that uses two related keys, a public key and a private key. The two keys have the property that deriving the private key from the public key is computatio...

See certificate.

A branch of cryptography in which a cryptographic system or algorithms use two uniquely linked keys: a public key and a private key (a key pair).

Encryption system that uses a public-private key pair for encryption and/or digital signature.

The incorporation of the use of certificates for security services such as authentication, confidentiality, data integrity, and non-repudiation.

public key cryptography

The architecture, organization, techniques, practices, and procedures that collectively support the implementation and operation of a certificate-based public key cryptographic sys...

QUESTION. Any "question authorized or required by law to be submitted to the voters at an election." Iowa Code §39.3(10).

A DRE that transmits vote counts to a central location over a public telecommunication network.