Terms starting with “U”

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the federal agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. It p...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest federal law enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), charged with managing, controlling, and pro...

(EAC) Election Assistance Commission was created by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) to assist the states regarding HAVA compliance and to distribute HAVA funds to the states. The...

Election Assistance Commission was created by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) to assist the states regarding HAVA compliance and to distribute HAVA funds to the states. The EAC is...

USGCB) The United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) provides security configuration baselines for Information Technology products widely deployed across the federal...

Matters of vital interest to the United States to include national security, public safety, national economic security, the safe and reliable functioning of "critical infrastructur...

U.S. person means a person (as defined in 22 CFR 120.14) who is a lawful permanent resident as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1101(a) (20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S...

A base or building, access to which is physically controlled by U.S. citizens or resident aliens who are authorized U.S. Government or U.S. Government contractor employees. Source:...

A space (e.g., room or floor) within a facility other than a U.S.-controlled facility, access to which is physically controlled by U.S. citizens or resident aliens who are authoriz...

See User Datagram Protocol

U.K. Government, National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021, Nov. 1, 2016 Cyberspace Solarium Commission - Final Report, March 2020 National Security Archive Suite 700, Gelman Libr...

An that is that is not processed beyond the step of signature verification. ABSENTEE BALLOT

A registered voter who is not with a political party." Col. Stat. §1-1-104(49.5). AFFILIATED

Any "individual who files a declaration as a candidate for any office to be decided at the and who is not affiliated with any political party and has not been thus GENERAL ELECTION...

A facility is unattended when there is no human presence. Use of roaming guards and/or an intrusion detection system is not enough to consider a facility attended. Having a trusted...

Unauthorized Access - Occurs when a user, legitimate or unauthorized, accesses a resource that the user is not permitted to use. SOURCE: FIPS 191 Any access that violates the state...

An event involving the exposure of information to entities not authorized access to the information. Source: NIST SP 800-57 Part 3

Use of technology or data for unapproved or illegal activities.

Parameter, associated with the result of a measurement that characterizes the dispersion of the values that could reasonably be attributed to that which is being measures.

Information that does not require safeguarding or dissemination controls pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13556 (Controlled Unclassified Information) and has not been determined...

The property of a voting method that prevents a person from influencing the vote of another.

Not in accordance with a political constitution, especially the U.S. Constitution, or with procedural rules.

An "office where, as of the final date for filing primary nomination petitions, either: A. Only members of one party have filed as candidates for nomination for that office; or B....

A ballot that was validly cast by an eligible voter but whose contents were not counted in determining the final tally.