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personnounThis role focuses on human individuals, partnerships, corporation, limited liability companies, trusts, estates, cooperatives, associations, sole proprietorships, joint stock companies, joint ventures, or other legal entity. Any process or activity that fits into one of these categories should be assigned to this role.Identity
Person-to-person (P2P) paymentnounMWEOnline payments using electronic mail messages to invoke a transfer of value between the parties over existing proprietary networks as on-us transactions.ProcessRegulatedPCI
Persona Non GratanounMWEa diplomat who is unacceptable to the government to which he is sentverified
Personal AppealnounMWEa personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence othersverified
Personal CarenounMWEcare for someone who is disabled or is otherwise unable to care for themselvesverified
Personal ChecknounMWEa check drawn against funds deposited in your personal checking accountverified
Personal ChequenounMWEa check drawn against funds deposited in your personal checking accountverified
Personal ComputernounMWEa small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a timeverified
Personal DatanounMWEAny information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.DataRegulatedPII
Personal Digital AssistantnounMWEa lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasksverified
Personal digital assistant (PDA)nounMWEA pocket-sized, special-purpose personal computer that lacks a conventional keyboard.PhysicalRegulated
Personal EffectsnounMWEproperty of a personal character that is portable but not used in businessverified
Personal FirewallnounMWEA utility on a computer that monitors network activity and blocks communications that are unauthorized.Network
Personal FoulnounMWEa foul that involves unnecessarily rough contact, usually in basketball or American footballverified
Personal Identification NumbernounMWEa number you choose and use to gain access to various accountsverified
personal identification number informationnounMWEInformation containing an account-holder's secret code that is used to verify the identity of their identity when trying to access a computer system, network, credit card account, ATM, etc.DataRegulatedPII
Personal Identifying Information / Personally Identifiable InformationnounMWEThe information that permits the identity of an individual to be directly or indirectly inferred.DataRegulatedPII
Personal IdentitynounMWEthe distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entityverified
Personal Identity VerificationnounMWEThe process of creating and using a governmentwide secure and reliable form of identification for federal employees and contractors, in support of HSPD 12, Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors.ProcessRegulatedCUI
Personal Identity Verification AccreditationnounMWEThe official management decision to authorize operation of a PIV Card Issuer after determining that the Issuer’s reliability has satisfactorily been established through appropriate assessment and certification processes.ProcessRegulatedCUI
Personal Identity Verification Authorizing OfficialnounMWEAn individual who can act on behalf of an agency to authorize the issuance of a credential to an applicant.RoleRegulatedCUI
Personal Identity Verification CardnounMWEPhysical artifact (e.g., identity card, “smart” card) issued to an individual that contains stored identity credentials (e.g., photograph, cryptographic keys, digitized fingerprint representation, etc.) such that a claimed identity of the cardholder may be verified against the stored credentials by another person (human-readable and verifiable) or an automated process (computer-readable and verifiable).PhysicalRegulatedCUI
Personal Identity Verification IssuernounMWEAn authorized identity card creator that procures FIPS-approved blank identity cards, initializes them with appropriate software and data elements for the requested identity verification and access control application, personalizes the cards with the identity credentials of the authorized subjects, and delivers the personalized card to the authorized subjects along with appropriate instructions for protection and use.OrganizationRegulatedCUI
Personal Identity Verification RegistrarnounMWEAn entity that establishes and vouches for the identity of an applicant to a PIV Issuer. The PIV RA authenticates the applicant’s identity by checking identity source documents and identity proofing, and that ensures a proper background check has been completed, before the credential is issued.OrganizationRegulatedPII
Personal Identity Verification SponsornounMWEAn individual who can act on behalf of a department or agency to request a PIV Card for an applicant.RoleRegulatedCUI
Personal JudgementnounMWEa judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damagesverified
Personal JudgmentnounMWEa judgment rendered against an individual or corporation for the payment of money damagesverified
Personal LoannounMWEa loan that establishes consumer credit that is granted for personal useverified
Personal MagnetismnounMWEa personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence othersverified
Personal OrganisernounMWEa lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasksverified
Personal OrganizernounMWEa lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasksverified
Personalitynounthe complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individualverified
Personality AssessmentnounMWEa questionnaire that is supposed to yield a description of a person's personality traitsverified
Personality InventorynounMWEa questionnaire that is supposed to yield a description of a person's personality traitsverified
Personally identifiable financial informationnounMWEFor purposes of the Information Security Standards, personally identifiable financial information means information (i) a consumer provides to a financial institution to obtain a financial product or service; (ii) about a consumer resulting from any transaction involving a financial product or service between the financial institution and a consumer; or (iii) that a financial institution otherwise obtains about a consumer in connection with providing a financial product or service, such as account balance information, payment history, overdraft history, and credit or debit card purchase information; or the fact that an individual is one of the financial institution’s customers.DataRegulatedPII
Personally Identifiable InformationnounMWEAny information about an individual maintained by an agency, including (1) any information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual‘s identity, such as name, social security number, date and place of birth, mother‘s maiden name, or biometric records; and (2) any other information that is linked or linkable to an individual, such as medical, educational, financial, and employment information.DataRegulatedPII
Personnel CarriernounMWEa military vehicle (usually armored) for transporting military personnel and their equipmentverified
Personnel DepartmentnounMWEthe department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel managementverified
Personnel OfficenounMWEthe department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel managementverified
personnel policynounMWEA set of rules that define the manner in which an organization deals with a human resources or personnel-related matter.RequirementInternal
Personnel Registration ManagernounMWEThe management role that is responsible for registering human users, i.e., users that are people.Role
personnel risk assessmentnounMWEThe purpose of this task is to determine the risk that personnel pose to the organization.ProcessRegulatedPII
personnel risk assessment programnounMWEA documented listing of procedures and instructions to be performed to complete a personnel risk assessment.ProcessRegulated
Perspectivenounthe appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewerverified
Perspicacitynounthe capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusionsverified
Persuasivenessnounthe power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreatyverified
Perturbationnoun(physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightlyverified