Terms starting with “U”
105 election security terms starting with U, with direct links to full definitions and source-backed context.
User Partnership Program (upp)
VerifiedPartnership between the NSA and a U.S. government agency to facilitate development of secure information system equipment incorporating NSA-approved cryptography. The result of thi...
User Registration
VerifiedA function in the life cycle of keying material; a process whereby an entity becomes a member of a security domain. (SP 800-57 Part 1) (NISTIR)
User Representative (comsec)
VerifiedIndividual authorized by an organization to order COMSEC keying material and interface with the keying system, provide information to key users, and ensure the correct type of key...
User Representative (comsec) User Representative (risk Management)
VerifiedThe key management entity (KME) authorized by an organization and registered by the Central Facility Finksburg (CFFB) to order asymmetric key (including secure data network system...
User Representative (risk Management)
VerifiedThe person that defines the system's operational and functional requirements, and who is responsible for ensuring that user operational interests are met throughout the systems aut...
User Serviceable Failure
VerifiedFunctional failure that can be remedied by a troubleshooter or election official using only knowledge found in voting equipment user documentation.
Usps
VerifiedUnited States Postal Service
Usss
VerifiedU.S. Secret Service