Glossary · MWE Terms · I
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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
IA ArchitecturenounMWEA description of the structure and behavior for an enterprise’s security processes, information security systems, personnel and organizational sub-units, showing their alignment with the enterprise’s mission and strategic plans.verified
IA InfrastructurenounMWEThe underlying security framework that lies beyond an enterprise’s defined boundary, but supports its IA and IA-enabled products, its security posture and its risk management plan.verified
IA ProductnounMWEProduct whose primary purpose is to provide security services (e.g., confidentiality, authentication, integrity, access control, non-repudiation of data); correct known vulnerabilities; and/or provide layered defense against various categories of non-authorized or malicious penetrations of information systems or networks.verified
IA-Enabled Information Technology ProductnounMWEProduct or technology whose primary role is not security, but which provides security services as an associated feature of its intended operating capabilities. Examples include such products as security-enabled Web browsers, screening routers, trusted operating systems, and security-enabled messaging systems.verified
IA-Enabled ProductnounMWEProduct whose primary role is not security, but provides security services as an associated feature of its intended operating capabilities. Note: Examples include such products as security-enabled Web browsers, screening routers, trusted operating systems, and security enabling messaging systems.verified
Ibolium PrivetnounMWEfast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifoliumverified
Ibota PrivetnounMWEfast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifoliumverified
Ice AgenounMWEany period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surfaceverified
Ice BagnounMWEa waterproof bag filled with ice: applied to the body (especially the head) to cool or reduce swellingverified
Ice HockeynounMWEa game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticksverified
Ice PacknounMWEa waterproof bag filled with ice: applied to the body (especially the head) to cool or reduce swellingverified
Ice PlantnounMWEOld World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble iceverified
Ichneumon FlynounMWEhymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvaeverified
Icing the PucknounMWE(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goalverified
ICT supply chain threatnounMWEA man-made threat achieved through exploitation of the information and communications technology (ICT) system’s supply chain, including acquisition processes.verified
Ideal GasnounMWEa hypothetical gas with molecules of negligible size that exert no intermolecular forcesverified
Ideal SolidnounMWEany one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruentverified
Identical TwinnounMWEeither of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)verified
Identification and AuthenticationnounMWEThe purpose of this function is to verify the identity of an entity through the use of specific credentials as a prerequisite for granting access to resources in an IT system.verified
Identification ParticlenounMWEa tiny particle of material that can be added to a product to indicate the source of manufactureverified
identify and defineverbMWETo establish what something is and describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of it.verified
identify and documentnounMWEEstablish, indicate, or verify who or what someone or something is and record that in detail through photography, writing, or other form.verified
Identify FunctionnounMWEDevelop the organizational understanding to manage cybersecurity risk to systems, assets, data, and capabilities.verified
identity and access managementnounMWEThe methods and processes used to manage subjects and their authentication and authorizations to access specific objects.verified
Identity BindingnounMWEBinding of the vetted claimed identity to the individual (through biometrics) according to the issuing authority.verified
Identity CrisisnounMWEdistress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and one's role in societyverified
identity managementnounMWEThe purpose of this task is to implement a set of functions and capabilities used for assurance of identity information (e.g., identifiers, credentials, attributes).verified
Identity ProofingnounMWEThe process by which a Credentials Service Provider (CSP) and a Registration Authority (RA) collect and verify information about a person for the purpose of issuing credentials to that person.verified
Identity RegistrationnounMWEThe process of making a person’s identity known to the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) system, associating a unique identifier with that identity, and collecting and recording the person’s relevant attributes into the system.verified
Identity TheftnounMWEthe co-option of another person's personal information, such as their name, Social Security number, credit card number, or passport, without that person's knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledgeverified
Identity TokennounMWESmart card, metal key, or other physical object used to authenticate identity.verified
Identity ValidationnounMWETests enabling an information system to authenticate users or resources.verified
Identity VerificationnounMWEThe process of confirming or denying that a claimed identity is correct by comparing the credentials (something you know, something you have, something you are) of a person requesting access with those previously proven and stored in the PIV Card of system and associated with the identity being claimed.candidate
Identity-Based Access ControlnounMWEAccess control based on the identity of the user (typically relayed as a characteristic of the process acting on behalf of that user) where access authorizations to specific objects are assigned based on user identity.verified
Identity-Based Security PolicynounMWEA security policy based on the identities and/or attributes of the object (system resource) being accessed and of the subject (user, group of users, process, or device) requesting access.verified
Ideological BarriernounMWEa barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologiesverified
Idiomatic ExpressionnounMWEan expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it upverified
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic PurpuranounMWEpurpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factorsverified
Idiot BoxnounMWEan electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screenverified
Idiot SavantnounMWEperson who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory)verified
Idle PulleynounMWEa pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten itverified