Terms starting with “R”

Actions necessary to restore data files of an information system and computational capability after a system failure.

The overall length of time an information system's components can be in the recovery phase before negatively impacting the organization's mission or mission/business functions. (SP...

Information or messages that contain sensitive or classified information that is not encrypted. See also BLACK. Source: CNSSI No. 4005 (COMSEC)

Date that is not protected by encryption. Also known as unencrypted data. Source: CNSSI No. 4005 (COMSEC)

A term applied to equipment that processes unencrypted national security information that requires protection during electrical/electronic processing. Source: CNSSAM TEMPEST/01-13

Key that has not been encrypted in a system approved by NSA for key encryption or encrypted key in the presence of its associated key encryption key (KEK) or transfer key encryptio...

An optical fiber or a metallic wire that carries a RED signal or that originates/terminates in a RED equipment or system. Source: CNSSAM TEMPEST/01-13

An optical fiber that carries RED signal or that originates/terminates in RED equipment or system. Source: CNSSAM TEMPEST/01-13

Any electronic emission (e.g., plain text, key, key stream, subkey stream, initial fill, or control signal) that would divulge national security information if recovered. Source: C...

A group of people authorized and organized to emulate a potential adversary's attack or exploitation capabilities against an enterprise's security posture. The Red Team's objective...

An exercise, reflecting real-world conditions, that is conducted as a simulated attempt by an adversary to attack or exploit vulnerabilities in an enterprise's information systems.

A metallic wire that carries a RED signal or that originates/terminates in a RED equipment or system. Source: CNSSAM TEMPEST/01-13

Separation of electrical and electronic circuits, components, equipment, and systems that handle national security information (RED), in electrical form, from those that handle non...

With regard to contributions made to candidates, the portion of a contribution that has been designated by the contributor, in writing, to an election other than the one for which...

The process by which seats in a legislative body are distributed among administrative divisions based on changes in population.

The process of redrawing electoral district boundaries, typically conducted every ten years following the decennial census to ensure districts remain roughly equal in population.

The drawing of a red stripe on a counted ballot by a pen in an SCANNER. See OPTICAL CANCEL.

Additional or alternative systems, sub-systems, assets, or processes that maintain a degree of overall functionality in case of loss or failure of another system, sub-system, asset...

A "verification of the original computer count of ballots by another count using compatible equipment or other means as part of a discovery recount, including a count of the perman...

Multiple copies of the same records stored in distinct locations on separate media. VVSG.

In most states, a voting system once certified remains certified. Some state provide for automatic expiration of certification, e.g. Tennessee, which requires recertification every...

A database maintained by the containing digitally NATIONAL SOFTWARE REFERENCE LIBRARY signed hashes of a large number of items of software. The hashes permit idetic comparison of a...

The security engineering term for IT functionality that-- 1) controls all access, 2) cannot be bypassed, 3) is tamper-resistant, and 4) provides confidence that the other three ite...

The plural of Referendum, which is a process whereby a state law or constitutional amendment may be referred to the voters before it goes into effect.