Terms starting with “S”

Subject Matter Expert

the fraudulent practice of sending text messages purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information

a technique which masks the origin of an SMS text message by replacing the originating mobile number (Sender ID) with alphanumeric text. It may be used legitimately by a sender to...

Am early canvass for certain offices or ballot measures to be voted on that "are of more than ordinary public interest and require an early tabulation and announcement." Cal. Elec....

See packet sniffer and passive wiretapping.

Supervisory Office / NICCS Development Team

Security Operations Center

An attempt to trick someone into revealing information (e.g., a password) that can be used to attack systems or networks. Source: NIST SP 800-61 Rev 2

Websites or apps that allow users to interact and share content

A false online identity meant to deceive

Segregation of Duties

Computer programs (which are stored in and executed by computer hardware) and associated data (which also is stored in the hardware) that may be dynamically written or modified dur...

The level of confidence that software is free from vulnerabilities, either intentionally designed into the software or accidentally inserted at any time during its lifecycle, and t...

1. The level of confidence that software functions as intended and is free of vulnerabilities, either intentionally or unintentionally designed or inserted as part of the software...

In the NICE Framework, cybersecurity work where a person: Develops and writes/codes new (or modifies existing) computer applications, software, or specialized utility programs foll...

A set of structured data elements containing authoritative identification information about a software component. Source: ISO/IEC 19770-2

A LOG, optional under the VVSG, capturing for a the "time and date of the 2007 VOTING DEVICE [software identification verification] inspection; information that uniquely identifies...

The "quality of a voting system or voting device such that a previously undetected change or in software cannot cause an undetectable change or error in election outcome." FAULT 20...

The software actually running in a may differ from the software that was VOTING DEVICE certified for that device or which was originally installed in the device. An important compo...

A LOG, optional under the VVSG, capturing for a the "time and date of the 2007 VOTING DEVICE verification; information that uniquely identifies the software (such as software name,...

A legal document governing how software and source code can be used, distributed, modified, inspected and repurposed. Software licenses are usually located alongside a piece of sou...

Also called fixes or bug fixes. Corrections to existing programs, designed to be integrated into the pro- grams without major release changes. Patches or fixes to voting systems mu...

Process that plans, develops, and documents the qualitative/quantitative demonstration of the fulfillment of all baseline functional performance, operational, and interface require...

A method of isolating application modules into distinct fault domains enforced by software. The technique allows untrusted programs written in an unsafe language, such as C, to be...