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Assassinnouna murderer, especially one who kills a prominent political figure, who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deedverified
Assassinatornouna murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deedverified
Assault GunnounMWEany of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military useverified
Assault RiflenounMWEany of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military useverified
Assembly LinenounMWEmechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on itverified
Assembly PlantnounMWEa factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished productverified
Assertionnouna declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)verified
Assertiveness TrainingnounMWEa method of psychotherapy that reinforces you for stating negative and positive feelings directlyverified
assessed risknounMWEA detected and evaluated risk. An assessed risk of material misstatement at the assertion level is a significant risk.FindingRegulated
assessmentnounThe purpose of this task is to estimate or determine the nature, value, ability, or quality of someone or something.Process
Assessment FindingsnounMWEAssessment results produced by the application of an assessment procedure to a security control or control enhancement to achieve an assessment objective; the execution of a determination statement within an assessment procedure by an assessor that results in either a satisfied or other than satisfied condition.FindingRestrictedCUI
Assessment MethodnounMWEOne of three types of actions (i.e., examine, interview, test) taken by assessors in obtaining evidence during an assessment.Process
Assessment ObjectnounMWEThe item (i.e., specifications, mechanisms, activities, individuals) upon which an assessment method is applied during an assessment.Artifact
Assessment ObjectivenounMWEA set of determination statements that expresses the desired outcome for the assessment of a security control or control enhancement.RequirementRegulated
Assessment ProcedurenounMWEA set of assessment objectives and an associated set of assessment methods and assessment objects.Requirement
assetnounA major application, general support system, high impact program, physical plant, mission critical system, personnel, equipment, or a logically related group of systems.Data
Asset IdentificationnounMWESecurity Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) constructs to uniquely identify assets (components) based on known identifiers and/or known information about the assets.Process
asset inventorynounMWEA complete list of all the resources owned by an organization that is used in operations or used to support operations.ArtifactInternal
asset physical securitynounMWEThe protection of assets from theft, vandalism, natural disasters, and accidental damage.ControlRegulated
Asset Reporting FormatnounMWESCAP data model for expressing the transport format of information about assets (components) and the relationships between assets and reports.ArtifactRegulatedCUI
asset vulnerabilitynounMWEA weakness in any of the organization's property of material value or usefulness or physical layout that could be accidentally triggered or intentionally exploited by a threat in order to gain unauthorized access to information or disrupt processing.Vulnerability
Asseverationnouna declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)verified
Assigneenoun(law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)verified
Assimilationnounin the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instanceverified
Assimilatornounsomeone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefsverified
assistancenounThe activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.Process
Assisted SuicidenounMWEsuicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possibleverified
Assizenounan ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of propertyverified
Associabilitynounthe capability of being easily associated or joined or connected in thoughtverified
Associablenessnounthe capability of being easily associated or joined or connected in thoughtverified
Associate DegreenounMWEa degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studiesverified
Associate ProfessornounMWEa teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professorverified
Associated StatenounMWEa state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairsverified
Associationnoun(ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant speciesverified
Association AreanounMWEcortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of informationverified
Association CortexnounMWEcortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of informationverified
Association FootballnounMWEa football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goalverified
Association TheorynounMWE(psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activityverified
Associationismnoun(psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activityverified
Associative AphasianounMWEaphasia in which the lesion is assumed to be in the association tracts connecting the various language centers in the brainverified
Assortative MatingnounMWEmating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random matingverified
Assumed NamenounMWE(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporationverified
AssurancenounGrounds for confidence that the other four security goals (integrity, availability, confidentiality, and accountability) have been adequately met by a specific implementation. “Adequately met” includes (1) functionality that performs correctly, (2) sufficient protection against unintentional errors (by users or software), and (3) sufficient resistance to intentional penetration or by-pass.Capability
Assurance CasenounMWEA structured set of arguments and a body of evidence showing that an information system satisfies specific claims with respect to a given quality attribute.ArtifactConfidential
Assured Information SharingnounMWEThe ability to confidently share information with those who need it, when and where they need it, as determined by operational need and an acceptable level of security risk.CapabilityRegulatedCUI
Assured SoftwarenounMWEComputer application that has been designed, developed, analyzed, and tested using processes, tools, and techniques that establish a level of confidence in it.System
Astatic GalvanometernounMWEhas a moving magnet and astatic coils arranged to cancel the effect of the Earth's magnetic fieldverified
Asternounstar-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosisverified
Asterid Dicot FamilynounMWEfamily of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsverified
Asterid Dicot GenusnounMWEgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsverified
Asterionnounthe craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid sutureverified
Asterismnoun(mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted lightverified