Pseudorandom

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-003356",
  "term": "Pseudorandom",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A process or data produced by a process is said to be pseudorandom when the outcome is deterministic yet also effectively random as long as the internal action of the process is hidden from observation. For cryptographic purposes, “effectively random” means “computationally indistinguishable from random within the limits of the intended security strength.”\n\n2. A process (or data produced by a process) is said to be pseudorandom when the outcome is deterministic yet also appears random as long as the internal action of the process is hidden from observation. For cryptographic purposes, “effectively random” means “computationally indistinguishable from random within the limits of the intended security strength.”\n\n3. A process (or data produced by a process) whose outcome is deterministic yet also appears effectively random if the internal action of the process is hidden from observation. For cryptographic purposes, “effectively random” means “computationally indistinguishable from random within the limits of the intended security strength.”\n\n4. A process (or data produced by a process) is said to be pseudorandom when the outcome is deterministic, yet also effectively random, as long as the internal action of the process is hidden from observation. For cryptographic purposes, “effectively” means “within the limits of the intended cryptographic strength.”\n\n5. A deterministic process (or data produced by such a process) whose output values are effectively indistinguishable from those of a random process as long as the internal states and internal actions of the process are unknown. For cryptographic purposes, “effectively indistinguishable” means “not within the computational limits established by the intended security strength.”",
  "references": [
    "FIPS 186-5; FIPS 204; FIPS 205 from FIPS 186-5",
    "FIPS 203",
    "NIST SP 800-227",
    "NIST SP 800-90A Rev. 1",
    "NIST SP 800-90B",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/pseudorandom/"
}