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CERTIFICACION TEMPEST [2 records]

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Record 1 2021-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Government Programs (Non-Canadian)
  • IT Security
  • Telecommunications Transmission
OBS

Tempest was the name of a classified (secret) U.S. government project to study ... the susceptibility of some computer and telecommunications devices to emit electromagnetic radiation (EMR) in a manner that can be used to reconstruct intelligible data.

OBS

[Tempest] is believed to have been a code ... used during development by the U. S. government in the late 1960s, but at a somewhat later stage, it became an acronym for Telecommunications Electronics Material Protected from Emanating Spurious Transmissions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes gouvernementaux non canadiens
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
DEF

Ancien programme du gouvernement des États-Unis, qui avait pour but l'étude et le contrôle des signaux (rayonnements) suspects ou compromettants émis par des équipements de traitements ou de transmission d'information.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas gubernamentales no canadienses
  • Seguridad de IT
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
CONT

Los sistemas que traten información clasificada [como confidencial] o de nivel superior estarán protegidos de tal modo que su seguridad no pueda estar amenazada por radiaciones comprometedoras, cuyo examen y prevención se designarán con el término TEMPEST.

PHR

Certificación Tempest, medidas Tempest, salas Tempest, tecnología Tempest.

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Record 2 2019-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Telecommunications Transmission
OBS

TEMPEST: Telecommunications Electronics Material Protected from Emanating Spurious Transmissions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
DEF

Certification de conformité accordée à un équipement électrique ou électronique, fabriqué selon les normes d'anti-compromission préconisées par un laboratoire officiel. [Définition reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.]

OBS

Les résultats de la série de tests effectués [garantissent] que l'équipement ne radie, ni n'émane de signaux compromettants, directement ou indirectement. [Reproduit avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.]

OBS

TEMPEST : Telecommunications Electronics Material Protected from Emanating Spurious Transmissions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
CONT

La certificación Tempest se consigue cuando la reducción de las ondas sobrepasa los 110 decibelios(DB) ;por debajo son medidas Soft Tempest.

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