Security terms starting with F

48 terms

  1. Face Recognition A biometric modality that uses an image of the visible physical structure of an individual's face for recognition purposes.
  2. Failure to Acquire (FTA) Failure of a biometric system to capture and/or extract usable information from a biometric sample.
  3. Failure to Enroll (FTE) Failure of a biometric system to form a proper enrollment reference for an end user.
  4. False Acceptance When a biometric system incorrectly identifies an individual or incorrectly verifies an impostor against a claimed identity
  5. False Acceptance Rate The probability that a biometric system will incorrectly identify an individual or will fail to reject an impostor.
  6. False Acceptance Rate (FAR) A statistic used to measure biometric performance when operating in the verification task.
  7. False Alarm Rate (FAR) A statistic used to measure biometric performance when operating in the open-set identification (sometimes referred to as watchlist) task.
  8. False Match Rate A statistic used to measure biometric performance when. Similar to the False Acceptance Rate (FAR).
  9. False Match Rate (FMR) Alternative to False Acceptance Rate. Used to avoid confusion in applications that reject the claimant if their biometric data matches that of an…
  10. False Non Match Rate (FNMR) Alternative to False Rejection Rate. Used to avoid confusion in applications that reject the claimant if their biometric data matches that of an applicant.
  11. False Non-Match Rate A statistic used to measure biometric performance. Similar to the False Reject Rate (FRR), except the FRR includes the Failure To Acquire error rate and…
  12. false positive test result that states that an analyte is present, when, in fact, it is not present or, is present in an amount less than a threshold or designated…
  13. False Rejection When a biometric system fails to identify an applicant or fails to verify the legitimate claimed identity of an applicant.
  14. False Rejection Rate (FRR) The probability that a biometric system will fail to identify an applicant, or verify the legitimate claimed identity of an applicant.
  15. Feature A large, complex artifact, or part of a site, such as a hearth, cairn, housepit, rock alignment, or activity area.
  16. Feature Extraction See extraction.
  17. Federal Agency SEE Agency.
  18. Federal Bridge Certification Authority (FBCA) The Federal Bridge Certification Authority consists of a collection of Public Key Infrastructure components (Certificate Authorities, Directories…
  19. Federal Bridge Certification Authority Membrane The Federal Bridge Certification Authority Membrane consists of a collection of Public Key Infrastructure components including a variety of Certification…
  20. Federal Bridge Certification Authority Operational Authority The Federal Bridge Certification Authority Operational Authority is the organization selected by the Federal Public Key Infrastructure Policy Authority to…
  21. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) A standard for adoption and use by Federal agencies that has been developed within the Information Technology Laboratory and published by the National…
  22. Federal Information System An information system used or operated by an executive agency, by a contractor of an executive agency, or by another organization on behalf of an…
  23. Federal Information Systems Security Educators Association (FISSEA) An organization whose members come from federal agencies, industry, and academic institutions devoted to improving the IT security awareness and knowledge…
  24. Federal Public Key Infrastructure Policy Authority (FPKI PA) The Federal PKI Policy Authority is a federal government body responsible for setting, implementing, and administering policy decisions regarding…
  25. FERET (FacE REcognition Technology program) A face recognition development and evaluation program sponsored by the U.S. Government from 1993 through 1997. For more information visit www.frvt.
  26. File Infector Virus A virus that attaches itself to a program file, such as a word processor, spreadsheet application, or game.
  27. File Integrity Checker Software that generates, stores, and compares message digests for files to detect changes to the files.
  28. File Name Anomaly 1) A mismatch between the internal file header and its external extension; 2) A file name inconsistent with the content of the file (e.g.
  29. Fingerprint Recognition A biometric modality that uses the physical structure of an individual�s fingerprint for recognition purposes.
  30. FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology after approval by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant…
  31. FIPS Approved Security Method A security method (e.g., cryptographic algorithm, cryptographic key generation algorithm or key distribution technique, random number generator…
  32. FIPS PUB An acronym for Federal Information Processing Standards Publication. FIPS publications (PUB) are issued by NIST after approval by the Secretary of…
  33. Firewall A set of related programs that protect the resources of a private network from users from other networks.
  34. Firewall Control Proxy The component that controls a firewalls handling of a call. The firewall control proxy can instruct the firewall to open specific ports that are needed by…
  35. Firewall Environment A firewall environment is a collection of systems at a point on a network that together constitute a firewall implementation.
  36. Firewall Platform A firewall platform is the system device upon which a firewall is implemented. An example of a firewall platform is a commercial operating system running…
  37. Firewall Ruleset A firewall ruleset is a table of instructions that the firewall uses for determining how packets should be routed between its interfaces.
  38. Firmware The programs and data components of a cryptographic module that are stored in hardware within the cryptographic boundary and cannot be dynamically written…
  39. FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act
  40. Forensic Copy A precise bit-by-bit copy of a computer system's hard drive, including slack and unallocated space.
  41. Forensic Specialist A professional who locates, identifies, collects, analyzes and examines data while preserving the integrity and maintaining a strict chain of custody of…
  42. Forensics, Computer The practice of gathering, retaining, and analyzing computer-related data for investigative purposes in a manner that maintains the integrity of the data.
  43. Formatting Function The function that transforms the payload, associated data, and nonce into a sequence of complete blocks.
  44. Forward Cipher One of the two functions of the block cipher algorithm that is determined by the choice of a cryptographic key.
  45. FpVTE - Fingerprint Vendor Technology Evaluation (2003) An independently administered technology evaluation of commercial fingerprint matching algorithms. For more information visit fpvte.nist.gov.
  46. FRGC (Face Recognition Grand Challenge) A face recognition development program sponsored by the U.S. Government from 2003-2005. For more information visit www.frvt.org/FRGC. See also FERET, FRVT.
  47. Friction Ridge The ridges present on the skin of the fingers and toes, and on the palms and soles of the feet, which make contact with an incident surface under normal…
  48. FRVT (Face Recognition Vendor Test) A series of large-scale independent technology evaluations of face recognition systems. The evaluations have occurred in 2000, 2002, and 2005.