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critical business processnounMWEA business process that must be restored immediately after a disruption to ensure the affected firm's ability to protect its assets, meet its critical needs, and satisfy mandatory regulations and requirements.verified
critical employeenounMWEAn employee whose skills and knowledge are vital to organization's operations.verified
Critical Financial MarketsnounMWEFinancial markets whose operations are critical to the economy. Critical financial markets provide the means for financial institutions to adjust their cash and securities positions and those of their customers in order to manage liquidity, market, and other risks to their organizations. Critical financial markets also provide support for the provision of a wide range of financial services to businesses and consumers in the United States and support the implementation of monetary policy. Examples of "critical financial markets" include: • Federal funds, foreign exchange, and commercial paper; • U.S. Government and agency securities; and • Corporate debt and equity securities.verified
critical functionnounMWEBusiness activities or information that could not be interrupted or unavailable for several business days without significantly jeopardizing operation of the organization.verified
Critical infrastructurenounMWESystem and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the U.S. that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters. [Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001, 42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)]verified
Critical Market ParticipantsnounMWEParticipants in the financial markets that perform critical operations or provide critical services. Their inability to perform these operations or services could result in major disruptions in the financial system.verified
Critical MassnounMWEthe minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reactionverified
critical operationsnounMWEAny activity, function, process, or service, the loss of which, for even a short period of time, would materially affect the continued operation of an FMI, its participants, the market it serves, and/or the broader financial system.verified
Critical PathnounMWEThe critical path represents the business processes or systems that must receive the highest priority during the recovery phase.verified
Critical PointnounMWEa crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be madeverified
critical program (or technology)nounMWEA program which significantly increases capability, mission effectiveness, or extends the expected effective life of an essential system/capability. [1]candidate
Critical ReviewnounMWEan essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)verified
Critical Security ParameternounMWESecurity-related information (e.g., secret and private cryptographic keys, and authentication data such as passwords and Personal Identification Numbers [PINs]) whose disclosure or modification can compromise the security of a cryptographic module.verified
critical servicenounMWEA service that could not be interrupted or unavailable for several business days without significantly jeopardizing operation of the organization.verified
Critical system (infrastructure)nounMWEThe systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, that are so vital that the incapacity or destruction of such may have a debilitating impact.verified
critical third partynounMWEA necessary third party that is vital to an organization's operations.verified
Criticality analysisnounMWEAn analysis to evaluate resources or business functions to identify their importance to the enterprise, and the impact if a function cannot be completed or a resource is not availableverified
Criticality LevelnounMWERefers to the (consequences of) incorrect behavior of a system. The more serious the expected direct and indirect effects of incorrect behavior, the higher the criticality level.verified
Crochet StitchnounMWEany one of a number of stitches made by pulling a loop of yarn through another loop with a crochet needleverified
Cross BunnounMWEmoderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glazeverified
Cross DressingnounMWEthe practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sexverified
cross examineverbMWEto question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing sideverified
Cross HairnounMWEeither of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibrationverified
Cross InfectionnounMWEan infection that is acquired at a hospital or other healthcare facilityverified
Cross of LorrainenounMWEa cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upperverified
cross questionverbMWEto question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing sideverified
Cross SectionnounMWE(physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particlesverified
Cross Site ScriptingnounMWEA vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious code into an otherwise benign website. These scripts acquire the permissions of scripts generated by the target website and can therefore compromise the confidentiality and integrity of data transfers between the website and client. Websites are vulnerable if they display user supplied data from requests or forms without sanitizing the data so that it is not executable.verified
Cross StreetnounMWEa street intersecting a main street and continuing on both sides of it, usually at right anglesverified
Cross WirenounMWEeither of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibrationverified
Cross-Country JumpingnounMWEriding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanshipverified
Cross-Country RidingnounMWEriding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanshipverified
Cross-Domain CapabilitiesnounMWEThe set of functions that enable the transfer of information between security domains in accordance with the policies of the security domains involved.verified
Cross-Domain SolutionnounMWEA form of controlled interface that provides the ability to manually and/or automatically access and/or transfer information between different security domains.verified
Cross-Market TestsnounMWECross-market tests are also called market-wide tests or "street tests" that are sponsored by the Securities Industry Association, Bond Market Association, and Futures Industry Association. These tests validate the connectivity from alternate sites and include transaction, settlement, and payment processes, to the extent practical.verified
Crossing OvernounMWEthe interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosisverified
Crossover CablenounMWEA crossover cable reverses the pairs of cables at the other end and can be used to connect devices directly together.verified
Crossover VoternounMWEa voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another partyverified
Crossword PuzzlenounMWEa puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzleverified
Croton OilnounMWEviscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic actionverified
Crow CornnounMWEany of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colicverified
Crown FirenounMWEa forest fire that advances with great speed jumping from crown to crown ahead of the ground fireverified
Crown GallnounMWEa bacterial disease of plants (especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses) which forms excrescences on the stem near the groundverified
Crown GlassnounMWEa glass blown into a globe which is later flattened and spun to form a diskverified
Crown ImperialnounMWEEurasian herb with a cluster of leaves and orange-red bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stemverified
Crown of ThornsnounMWEsomewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bractsverified