Terms starting with “W”

The "ballot used at general elections and is the ballot on which are printed the names of the candidates appearing on the presidential ballot and those candidates nominated for the...

Structural testing based on the presumed known structure of a system. In the case of software, it is based on the source code and comprises tests of accessible logic paths and bran...

A list of discrete entities, such as hosts or applications that are known to be benign and are approved for use within an organization and/or information system. Also known as "cle...

1. The group responsible for refereeing an engagement between a Red Team of mock attackers and a Blue Team of actual defenders of their enterprise's use of information systems. In...

a form of testing that is performed with knowledge of a target system's internals

A list of discrete entities, such as hosts, email addresses, network port numbers, runtime processes, or applications that are authorized to be present or active on a system accord...

1). An approved list or register of entities that are provided a particular privilege, service, mobility, access or recognition. 2). An implementation of a default deny all or allo...

An Internet service used to look up information about a domain name or IP address

U.S. government agencies working across boundaries and through interagency cooperation to achieve shared goals and/or an integrated government response.

Concerted and cooperative efforts among partners across agencies and the private sector to facilitate ease of operation and/or reach common goals.

Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that uses radio waves to provide wireless high- speed Internet and network connections. Wi-Fi is a trademarked phrase for the IEEE 802.11x...

The approved Wi-Fi Alliance interoperable implementation of the IEEE 802.11i security standard. For federal government use, the implementation must use federal information processi...

he approved Wi-Fi Alliance interoperable implementation of the IEEE 802.11i security standard. For federal government use, the implementation must use FIPS-approved encryption, suc...

Women in CyberSecurity

A network that connects computers across metropolitan, regional, and national boundaries. The internet is an example of a WAN.

Web applications or similar tools that allow identifiable users to add content (as in an Internet forum) and allow anyone to edit that content collectively. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

a novel cybersecurity attack technique that weaponizes legitimate, public-facing Windows Domain Controllers (DCs) to form a powerful, stealthy distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)...

A in which all of the state's convention delegates are allocated to the PRIMARY ELECTION winner, regardless of the percentage of vote received by other candidates. Cf. PROPORTIONAL...

A security protocol, specified in the IEEE 802.11 standard, that is designed to provide a WLAN with a level of security and privacy comparable to what is usually expected of a wire...

Communication performed without the use of electrical wires between source and destination. Wireless systems include cellphones, wireless LAN, Bluetooth, UWB, RFID and even infrare...

A device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network using wi-fi, or related standards.

A standard that defines the way in which Internet communications and other advanced services are provided on wireless mobile devices.

A commercial wireless technology that assists designated personnel with the monitoring of specific parts of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum to identify unauthorized wireless tran...

(WLAN) A group of wireless networking devices within a limited geographic area, such as an office building, that exchange data through radio communications. The security of each WL...