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Security - The security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that are primarily implemented and executed by the information system through mechanisms contained in the hardware, software, or firmware components of the system.
NIST - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: Baseline Security, Compensating Controls, Compensating Security Controls, Countermeasures, Management Controls, Operational Controls, Protective Distribution System, Safeguards, Security Controls
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Security - A name referring to the investigation, study, and control of unintentional compromising emanations from telecommunications and automated information systems equipment.
NIST - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: Assessment Method, Configuration Control, Control Information, Controlled Interface, Scoping Guidance, Security Control Baseline, Security Control Enhancements, Security Service, System Security Plan, System-specific Security Control
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Security - Any circumstance or event with the potential to adversely impact organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organizational assets, or individuals through an information system via unauthorized access, destruction, disclosure, modification of information, and/or denial of service. Also, the potential for a threat-source to successfully exploit a particular information system vulnerability.
NIST - Cite This Source - This Definition - Any circumstance or event with the potential to adversely impact agency operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), agency assets, or individuals through an information system via unauthorized access, destruction, disclosure, modification of information, and/or denial of service.
NIST - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: Graduated Security, IT-Related Risk, Residual Risk, Sensitivity Levels, Threat Agent/Source, Threat Analysis, Threat Assessment, Threat Source, Total Risk, Vulnerability
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Biometrics - A user setting for biometric systems operating in the verification or open-set identification (watchlist) tasks. The acceptance or rejection of biometric data is dependent on the match score falling above or below the threshold. The threshold is adjustable so that the biometric system can be more or less strict, depending on the requirements of any given biometric application. See also comparison, match, matching.
NSTC Subcommittee on Biometrics - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: Accuracy, Crossover Error Rate (CER), Detection and Identification Rate, Detection Error Trade-off (DET) Curve, Equal Error Rate (EER), Identification Rate, Performance, Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC), Throughput Rate
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Security - The potential for the occurrence of an adverse event if no mitigating action is taken (i.e., the potential for any applicable threat to exploit a system vulnerability).
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Security - Information collected to assist employees and their supervisors in assessing individual students subsequent on-the-job performance, to provide trend data to assist trainers in improving both learning and teaching, and to be used in return-on-investment statistics to enable responsible officials to allocate limited resources in a thoughtful, strategic manner among the spectrum of IT security awareness, security literacy, training, and education options for optimal results among the workforce as a whole.
NIST - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: Behavioral Outcome, IT Security Awareness and Training Program, Needs Assessment (IT Security Awareness and Training), Training Assessment, Training Effectiveness, Training (Information Security)