Terms starting with “S”

A document in the to "describe security tests performed to identify vulnerabilities and the TDP results of the testing. This also includes testing performed as part of software dev...

A document in the to "identify the threats the voting system protects against and the TDP implemented security controls on voting system and system components." VVSG.

environment, information content, functionality, Any change to a system's configuration, or users which has the potential to change the risk imposed upon its continued operations.

An occurrence (e.g., an auditable event or flag) considered to have potential security implications to the system or its environment that may require further action (noting, invest...

Any information within the information system that can potentially impact the operation of security functions in a manner that could result in failure to enforce the system securit...

Initial key used to start an updating or key generation process. Source: NSA/CSS Manual Number 3-16 (COMSEC)

A ballot chosen by a voter to be voted, as at a primary where a voter may select a PATY or a BALLOT. See, e.g., Hawaii Admin. Regs. §2-51-1. The voter's BALLOT NONPARTISAN choice o...

A in which the voter makes a choice of party affiliation while in the PRIMARY ELECTION voting booth. The voter may select a party, but then can only vote for candidates of that one...

In New Hampshire, an OFFICER. N.H. Rev. Stat. §652:14. ELECTION

A "sworn statement made in writing and signed by an individual, as though under oath." Col. Stat. §1-1-104(45.5). See also BALLOT. AFFIDAVIT

A "unit containing a voting device having curtains on not less than 3 sides and which, when assembled, creates an individual voting station." Mich. Rules §168.771(1)(x).

Data storage device with built-in cryptographic processing that may be utilized to encrypt and decrypt the stored data, occurring within the device and without dependence on a conn...

A computer program which alters its own executable instructions during execution. Self- modifying code in is prohibited under the VVSG. PROGRAMMED DEVICES 2007

Use of a set of methods, principles, or rules for assessing risk based on bins, scales, or representative numbers whose values and meanings are not maintained in other contexts. (S...

Software in a that contains configuration information for the voting system VOTING SYSTEM based on the voting equipment that is installed and the election being conducted. 2005 VVS...

The "public process of collecting, processing, and tallying ballots and, for state or statewide elections, reporting results to the Secretary of State on election night." Cal. Elec...

A deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature.

One of a fixed number of districts into which a state is divided, each district electing one member to the higher house of the state legislature.

The "county clerk for those towns within a senatorial district aggregating the largest population." Vt. Stat. §2103(31). Cf. CLERK. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

Official responsible for carrying out the chief information officer (CIO) responsibilities under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and serving as the CIO's pr...

See senior agency information security officer (SAISO).

1. A subset of Classified National Intelligence concerning or derived from intelligence sources, methods, or analytical processes, that is required to be protected within formal ac...

An area, room, group of rooms, buildings, or installation certified and accredited as meeting Director of National Intelligence security standards for the processing, storage, and/...

Information, the loss, misuse, or unauthorized access to or modification of, that could adversely affect the national interest or the conduct of federal programs, or the privacy to...