Requires agencies to integrate IT security into their capital planning and enterprise architecture processes at the agency

The process of transforming ciphertext into plaintext using a cryptographic algorithm and key.

Information elements collated on a number of individuals, typically used for the purposes of making comparisons or identifying patterns.

A trusted entity that provides on-line verification to a Relying Party of a subject certificate’s trustworthiness

Process of formally evaluating the degree of threat to an information system or enterprise and describing the nature of the threat.

Set of assurance requirements that represent a point on the Common Criteria predefined assurance scale.

Point at which an enclave’s internal network service layer connects to an external network’s service layer

Process that removes the association between the identifying dataset and the data subject.

A uniform resource identifier, or URI, is a short string containing a name or address which refers to an object in the “web.”

Resident computer program that triggers an unauthorized act at a predefined time.

A feature provided by some firewalls that allows access based on a user’s credentials

A language for representing system configuration information, assessing machine state, and reporting assessment results.

The process of preparing National Security System equipment for disposal by extracting all CCI

A certificate containing a public key that can encrypt or decrypt electronic messages, files, documents

Security incident that occurs whenever classified data is spilled either onto an unclassified information system

To combine several more-specific prefixes into a less-specific prefix.

A generic term encompassing decoding and deciphering.

See Credential Service Provider.

A list of revoked public key certificates created and digitally signed by a Certification Authority.

Convert encoded data back to its original form of representation.

An assessment object that includes people applying specifications, mechanisms, or activities.

A routing technology used by many firewalls to hide internal system addresses from an external network through use of an addressing schema.

Output Block.

Encompasses all those components of the system that are to be accredited by the DAA.

A specialized form of administrative policy tuned to electronic transactions performed during certificate management.

A host-based IPS program that monitors and analyzes activity and performs preventive actions.

Set of mathematically expressed rules for rendering data unintelligible by executing a series of conversions controlled by a key.