NISTIR 7298 Revision 1, Glossary of Key Information Security Terms

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NIST IR 7298 Revision 1, Glossary of Key Information Security Terms Authenticator – The means used to confirm the identity of a user, process, or device (e.g., user password or token). SOURCE: SP 800-53; CNSSI-4009 Authenticity – The property of being genuine and being able to be verified and trusted; confidence in the validity of a transmission, a message, or message originator. See Authentication. SOURCE: SP 800-53; SP 800-53A; CNSSI-4009 Authority – Person(s) or established bodies with rights and responsibilities to exert control in an administrative sphere. SOURCE: CNSSI-4009 Authorization – Access privileges granted to a user, program, or process or the act of granting those privileges. SOURCE: CNSSI-4009 Authorization (to operate) – The official management decision given by a senior organizational official to authorize operation of an information system and to explicitly accept the risk to organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organizational assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation based on the implementation of an agreed-upon set of security controls. SOURCE: SP 800-53; SP 800-53A; CNSSI-4009; SP 800-37 Authorization Boundary – All components of an information system to be authorized for operation by an authorizing official and excludes separately authorized systems, to which the information system is connected. SOURCE: CNSSI-4009; SP 800-53; SP 800-53A; SP 800-37 Authorize Processing – See Authorization (to operate). Authorized Vendor – Manufacturer of information assurance equipment authorized to produce quantities in excess of contractual requirements for direct sale to eligible buyers. Eligible buyers are typically U.S. government organizations or U.S. government contractors. SOURCE: CNSSI-4009 Pg 16
NIST IR 7298 Revision 1, Glossary of Key Information Security Terms Authorized Vendor Program(AVP) – Program in which a vendor, producing an information systems security (INFOSEC) product under contract to NSA, is authorized to produce that product in numbers exceeding the contracted requirements for direct marketing and sale to eligible buyers. Eligible buyers are typically U.S. government organizations or U.S. government contractors. Products approved for marketing and sale through the AVP are placed on the Endorsed Cryptographic Products List (ECPL). SOURCE: CNSSI-4009 Authorizing Official – Official with the authority to formally assume responsibility for operating an information system at an acceptable level of risk to agency operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), agency assets, or individuals. Synonymous with Accreditation Authority. SOURCE: FIPS 200 Authorizing Official Designated Representative – Senior federal official or executive with the authority to formally assume responsibility for operating an information system at an acceptable level of risk to organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organizational assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation. SOURCE: CNSSI-4009 A senior (federal) official or executive with the authority to formally assume responsibility for operating an information system at an acceptable level of risk to organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organizational assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation. SOURCE: SP 800-53; SP 800-53A; SP 800-37 An organizational official acting on behalf of an authorizing official in carrying out and coordinating the required activities associated with security authorization. SOURCE: CNSSI-4009; SP 800-37; SP 800-53A Automated Key Transport – The transport of cryptographic keys, usually in encrypted form, using electronic means such as a computer network (e.g., key transport/agreement protocols). SOURCE: FIPS 140-2 Automated Password Generator – An algorithm which creates random passwords that have no association with a particular user. SOURCE: FIPS 181 Pg 17
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