Index for glossary F
Faraday Cage
Faraday Cage is a container made of metal mesh or foil that can shield an RFID tag.
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Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publication Series of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an official series of publications relating to standards and guidelines adopted and made available under the provisions of the FISMA.
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Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)
FISMA is a part of the US E-Government Act (Public Law 107-347) that became legislation in 2002. It requires US federal agencies to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide programme to provide information security for the information (and information systems) that support the operations and assets of the agency.
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Federated Identity Management
Federated identity management is a model of identity management in which a group of service providers recognise user identifiers from one another. A customer of one particular service provider could access all services provided by another service provider in the group with only a single identifier.
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File Infector Virus
It is a virus that infects executable files. Usually, the virus will get control when the program is first executed. In most cases, the virus will return control to the original program after it has completed its own execution.
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Filtering Router
A router or system that selectively permits or denies passage of data packets according to security policies.
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Firewall
A firewall is a system or combination of systems that helps to prevent outsiders from obtaining unauthorised access to internal information resources. The firewall enforces the access control policy, i.e. permit or deny, between two networks. It provides a single point where access control and audit can be imposed.
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