Terms starting with “W”

The legal ability to request an exemption to a rule or regulation.

The voluntary relinquishment or surrender of some known right or privilege. Regulatory agencies of state departments or the federal government may issue waivers to exempt companies...

NETWORK. WIDE-AREA

A "compact and contiguous geographic area within a political subdivision created by the political subdivision for election purposes." Neb. Stat. §32-120. "'Ward' means a town, vill...

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

An election official charged with enforcing the election law on Election Day. "The presiding officer at a voting place." Me. Rev. Stat. §21-A-1(50). = MODERATOR. R.I. Gen. Laws §17...

attackers searching for wireless networks with vulnerabilities while moving around an area in a moving vehicle

an interactive technique that immerses potential cyber incident responders in a simulated cyber scenario

An environmentally conditioned work space that is partially equipped with information systems and telecommunications equipment to support relocated operations in the event of a sig...

Valid votes which no not ultimately count towards the election of any candidate or party.

A person who observes election procedures to ensure that any irregularity is noticed. "A watcher shall be admitted within all parts of the polling place during the election and the...

A geographical unit of local government given the task of supplying water and sewer needs to a community.

In a watering hole attack, the attacker compromises a site likely to be visited by a particular target group, rather than attacking the target group directly.

A shortcoming or imperfection in software code, design, architecture, or deployment that, under proper conditions, could become a vulnerability or contribute to the introduction of...

a term borrowed from military doctrine that refers to the process of analyzing target vulnerabilities and matching them with specific cyber capabilities (weapons) to achieve a desi...

an attacker creates malware or malicious payloads to use against the target by designing new forms of malware. Modifying existing programs to better match the vulnerabilities they'...

to develop an exploit against a vulnerability into an attack tool that can be deployed against a target

Malicious code, invisible to a user, placed on web sites in such a way that it allows third parties to track use of web servers and collect information about the user, including in...

A program that prevents access to undesirable Web sites, typically by comparing a requested Web site address to a list of known bad Web sites. (SP 800-69) (NISTIR)

In the context of elections, web portal refers to a gateway available on an election division's webpage that enables voters to have access to services such as obtaining or download...

Processes for ensuring Web sites are in compliance with applicable policies. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

A specific kind of phishing that targets high-ranking members of organizations.

Building features that allow for the free movement of individuals using wheelchairs. Accessible doors should provide at least inches of clear width. Door hardware must not require...

A voter who desires to vote while sitting in a wheelchair. A must "accommodate a DRE wheelchair voter without intervention of the poll worker other than a minor adjustment such as...