Security terms starting with B

34 terms

Backup To create a copy of data as a precaution against the loss or damage of the original data.
Baseline Security The minimum security controls required for safeguarding an IT system based on its identified needs for confidentiality, integrity and/or availability…
Baselining Monitoring resources to determine typical utilization patterns so that significant deviations can be detected.
Bastion Host A bastion host is typically a firewall implemented on top of an operating system that has been specially configured and hardened to be resistant to attack.
Behavioral Biometric Characteristic A biometric characteristic that is learned and acquired over time rather than one based primarily on biology.
Behavioral Outcome What an individual who has completed the specific training module is expected to be able to accomplish in terms of IT security-related job performance.
Benchmarking To measure a process or practice according to specified standards or references
Bifurcation A split in the delivery path of an e-mail message, which is sent to multiple recipients, so that the different recipients receive different copies of the…
binding The ability of molecules to bind each other non-covalently because of the exact shape and chemical nature of parts of their surfaces.
Binning Process of parsing (examining) or classifying data in order to accelerate and/or improve biometric matching.
BioAPI (Biometrics Application Programming Interface) Defines the application programming interface and service provider interface for a standard biometric technology interface.
Biological Biometric Characteristic A biometric characteristic based primarily on an anatomical or physiological characteristic, rather than a learned behavior.
Biometric A physical or behavioral characteristic of a human being.
Biometric Consortium (BC) An open forum to share information throughout government, industry, and academia. For more information visit www.biometrics.org.
Biometric Data A catch-all phrase for computer data created during a biometric process. It encompasses raw sensor observations, biometric samples, models, templates…
Biometric Information The stored electronic information pertaining to a biometric. This information can be in terms of raw or compressed pixels or in terms of some…
Biometric Sample Information or computer data obtained from a biometric sensor device. Examples are images of a face or fingerprint.
Biometric System An automated system capable of: 1) capturing a biometric sample from an end user; 2) extracting biometric data from that sample; 3) comparing the…
Biometric Template A characteristic of biometric information (e.g. minutiae or patterns.)
Biometrics (BY-oh-MEH-triks) The science of collecting and analyzing biologic or health data using statistical methods.
Blended Attack Malicious code that uses multiple methods to spread.
block A repetition/replication of the Early, Mid and Late Seral Treatment plots and a Control plot. See Repetition/replication.
Block Cipher A symmetric key cryptographic algorithm that transforms a block of information at a time using a cryptographic key.
Block Cipher Algorithm A family of functions and their inverses that is parameterized by a cryptographic key; the function maps bit strings of a fixed length to bit strings of…
Boot Sector Virus A virus that plants itself in a systems boot sector and infects the master boot record.
Botnet (also zombies) A collection of computers subject to centralized remote control by an outside party, usually without the knowledge of the owners, using surreptitiously…
Boundary Protection Monitoring and control of communications at the external boundary between information systems completely under the management and control of the…
Boundary Router A boundary router is located at the organizations boundary to an external network.
Brute Force Password Attack A method of accessing an obstructed device through attempting multiple combinations of numeric and/or alphanumeric passwords.
Buffer Overflow A condition at an interface under which more input can be placed into a buffer or data holding area than the capacity allocated, overwriting other…
Buffer Overflow Attack A method of overloading a predefined amount of space in a buffer, which can potentially overwrite and corrupt data in memory.
Business Continuity Plan (BCP) The documentation of a predetermined set of instructions or procedures that describe how an organizations business functions will be sustained during and…
Business Impact Analysis (BIA) An analysis of an information technology (IT) systems requirements, processes, and interdependencies used to characterize system contingency requirements…
Business Recovery-Resumption Plan (BRP) The documentation of a predetermined set of instructions or procedures that describe how business processes will be restored after a significant…