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Principal Accrediting AuthoritynounMWESenior official with authority and responsibility for all intelligence systems within an agency.RoleRestrictedCUI
Principal AxisnounMWEa line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refractedverified
Principal Certification AuthoritynounMWEThe Principal Certification Authority is a CA designated by an agency to interoperate with the FBCA. An agency may designate multiple Principal CAs to interoperate with the FBCA.IdentityRegulatedCUI
Principal DiagonalnounMWEthe diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entryverified
Principlenoun(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)verified
Principle of EquivalencenounMWE(physics) the principle that an observer has no way of distinguishing whether his laboratory is in a uniform gravitational field or is in an accelerated frame of referenceverified
Principle of least privilegenounMWEThe security objective of granting users only the access needed to perform official duties.Requirement
Principle of least privilege/accessnounMWEControls used to allow the least privilege access needed to complete a taskControl
Principle of Liquid DisplacementnounMWE(hydrostatics) the volume of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the volume of the displaced fluidverified
Principle of ParsimonynounMWEthe principle that entities should not be multiplied needlesslyverified
Principle of RelativitynounMWE(physics) a universal law that states that the laws of mechanics are not affected by a uniform rectilinear motion of the system of coordinates to which they are referredverified
Principle of SuperpositionnounMWEthe displacement of any point due to the superposition of wave systems is equal to the sum of the displacements of the individual waves at that pointverified
Print SuppressionnounMWEEliminating the display of characters in order to preserve their secrecy.ControlRegulated
Prionnoun(microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acidverified
prior tonounMWEThis limits a Control or Mandate's secondary verb to be put into play before the event takes place.RequirementRegulated
prioritynounA category based on impact and urgency used to identify the relative importance of an incident, problem, or change and the required time for action to be taken. For example, the SLA may state that priority 2 incidents must be resolved within 12 hours.Metric
Priority ProcessingnounMWEAny operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated meansverified
Priorynounreligious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioressverified
Prismnouna polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces and whose lateral faces are parallelogramsverified
Prismatoidnouna polyhedron whose vertices all lie in one or the other of two parallel planesverified
Prismoidnouna prismatoid whose bases are polygons having the same number of sides and whose other faces are trapezoids or parallelogramsverified
Prisonnouna correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishmentverified
Prison HousenounMWEa correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishmentverified
Prisoner of War CensorshipnounMWEmilitary censorship of communication to and from prisoners of war and civilian internees held by the armed forcesverified
PrivacynounRestricting access to subscriber or Relying Party information in accordance with federal law and agency policy.Requirement
Privacy Impact AssessmentnounMWEAn analysis of how information is handled: 1) to ensure handling conforms to applicable legal, regulatory, and policy requirements regarding privacy; 2) to determine the risks and effects of collecting, maintaining, and disseminating information in identifiable form in an electronic information system; and 3) to examine and evaluate protections and alternative processes for handling information to mitigate potential privacy risks.ArtifactConfidentialPII
Privacy SystemnounMWECommercial encryption system that affords telecommunications limited protection to deter a casual listener, but cannot withstand a technically competent cryptanalytic attack.SystemRegulated
Privacy-By-DesignnounEmbedding privacy measures and privacy enhancing technologies directly into the design of information technologies and systems.ControlRegulated
Privacy-Enhancing TechnologynounMWEA coherent system of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) measures that protects privacy by eliminating or reducing personal data or by preventing unnecessary and/or undesired processing of personal data, all without losing the functionality of the information system.CapabilityRegulatedPII
Private AddressingnounMWEIANA has set aside three address ranges for use by private or non-Internet connected networks. This is referred to as Private Address Space and is defined in RFC 1918. The reserved address blocks are: 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255 (10/8 prefix) 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255 (172.16/12 prefix) 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255 (192.168/16 prefix)Network
Private branch exchange (PBX)nounMWEA telephone system within an enterprise that switches calls between enterprise users on local lines while allowing all users to share a certain number of external phone lines.System
Private EnterprisenounMWEan economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine pricesverified
Private FoundationnounMWEa charity that does not receive a major part of its support from the publicverified
Private InstructornounMWEa person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)verified
Private InvestigatornounMWEsomeone who can be employed as a detective to collect informationverified
private keynounMWEA cryptographic key, used with a public key cryptographic algorithm, that is uniquely associated with an entity and is not made public. In an asymmetric (public) cryptosystem, the private key is associated with a public key. Depending on the algorithm, the private key may be used, for example, to: 1) Compute the corresponding public key, 2) Compute a digital signature that may be verified by the corresponding public key, 3) Decrypt keys that were encrypted by the corresponding public key, or 4) Compute a shared secret during a key-agreement transaction.Credential
Private key infrastructure (PKI)nounMWEThe use of public key cryptography in which each customer has a key pair (e.g., a unique electronic value called a public key and a mathematically-related private key). The private key is used to encrypt (sign) a message that can only be decrypted by the cor-responding public key or to decrypt a message previously encrypted with the public key. The public key is used to decrypt a message previously encrypted (signed) using an individual's private key or to encrypt a message so that it can only be decrypted (read) using the intended recipient's private key.Credential
Private NuisancenounMWEa nuisance that interferes with your interest in and private use and enjoyment of your landverified
Private SchoolnounMWEa school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuitionverified
Private Security ForcenounMWEa privately employed group hired to protect the security of a business or industryverified
Private TreatynounMWEa sale of property at a price agreed on by the seller and buyer without an intervening agencyverified
Privateernouna privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nationverified