Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 44 > Chapter 35 > Subchapter II - Information Security

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• binding operational directive: means a compulsory direction to an agency that--

  (A) is for purposes of safeguarding Federal information and information systems from a known or reasonably suspected information security threat, vulnerability, or risk. See 44 USC 3552

• incident: means an occurrence that--

  (A) actually or imminently jeopardizes, without lawful authority, the integrity, confidentiality, or availability of information or an information system. See 44 USC 3552

• individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
• information security: means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide--

  (A) integrity, which means guarding against improper information modification or destruction, and includes ensuring information nonrepudiation and authenticity. See 44 USC 3552

• intelligence community: has the meaning given that term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U. See 44 USC 3552
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• national security system: means any information system (including any telecommunications system) used or operated by an agency or by a contractor of an agency, or other organization on behalf of an agency--

  (i) the function, operation, or use of which--

  (I) involves intelligence activities. See 44 USC 3552

• officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Homeland Security. See 44 USC 3552