Something you are, such as fingerprints, voice print, retina pattern, iris pattern, face shape, palm topology, or hand geometry.

In some situations, a major application or general support system is intended for installation at multiple locations. The application or system usually consists of a common set of hardware, software, and firmware. Type accreditations are a form of interim accreditation and are used to certify and accredit multiple instances of a major application or general support system for operation at approved locations with the same type of computing environment.

The certification acceptance of replica information systems based on the comprehensive evaluation of the technical and nontechnical security features of an information system and other safeguards, made as part of and in support of the accreditation process, to establish the extent to which a particular design and implementation meet a specified set of security requirements.

The set of clusters that has been marked as available to store information but has not yet received a file, or still contains some or all of a file marked as deleted.

A form of vulnerability scan that tests the target systems without having passwords or other special information that would grant the scanner special privileges. This allows the scan to run from the perspective of an attacker but also limits the ability of the scanner to fully evaluate possible vulnerabilities.

A communications transmission to a single identified recipient.

A security device that includes traditional functions of a firewall such as packet filtering and stateful inspection. It is able to perform packet inspection techniques, allowing it to identify and block malicious traffic. It can filter malware using definition files and/or whitelists and blacklists. It also includes intrusion- detection and/or intrusion-prevention capabilities. Aka next-generation firewall.

A type of self-charging battery that can be used to supply consistent clean power to sensitive equipment. A UPS functions by taking power in from the wall outlet, storing it in a battery, pulling power out of the battery, and then feeding that power to whatever devices are connected to it. By directing current through its battery, it is able to maintain a consistent clean power supply.

An international organization dedicated to the elimination or simplification of procedural barriers to international commerce.

An operating system initially developed by Bell Labs. Used primarily on engineering workstations and computers, and networked systems. UNIX is difficult for nontechnical people to use but is becoming increasingly popular in the business environment in supporting GUI applications.