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Appendix 2: Glossary 
 
SecureSuite XS Workstation Guide 
 
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Encryption 
The process of making information indecipherable to protect it from unauthorized 
viewing or use, especially during transmission or when it is stored on a 
transportable magnetic medium. 
Enrollment 
The process of collecting biometric samples from a person and the subsequent 
preparation and storage of biometric reference templates representing that 
person's identity. 
Event 
Any significant occurrence in the system or an application that requires users to be 
notified, or an entry to be added to a log. 
Event logging 
The SecureSuite process of recording an audit entry in the audit trail whenever 
certain events occur, such as services starting and stopping and users logging on 
and off and accessing resources. 
Group 
In SecureSuite User Manager, an account containing other accounts that are 
called members. The permissions and rights granted to a group are also provided 
to its members, making groups a convenient way to grant common capabilities to 
collections of user accounts. See also User account. 
Group memberships 
The groups to which a user belongs. Permissions and rights granted to a group 
are also provided to its members. In most cases, the actions a user can perform in 
SecureSuite are determined by the group memberships of the user account the 
user is logged on to.