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APPENDIX B

ACRONYMS

COMMON ABBREVIATIONS

ABAC
Attribute-Based Access Control

API
Application Programming Interface

APT Advanced Persistent Threat

BIOS
Basic Input/Output System

CA
Certificate Authority/Certificate Authorities

CAVP
Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program

CD
Compact Disc

CD-R
Compact Disc-Recordable

CIPSEA
Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act

CIRT
Computer Incident Response Team

CISA
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

CMVP
Cryptographic Module Validation Program

CNSSD
Committee on National Security Systems Directive

CNSSI
Committee on National Security Systems Instruction

CNSSP
Committee on National Security Systems Policy

CUI
Controlled Unclassified Information

CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System

CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration

DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DMZ
Demilitarized Zone

DNS
Domain Name System

DNSSEC
Domain Name System Security Extensions

DoD
Department of Defense

DVD
Digital Versatile Disc

DVD-R
Digital Versatile Disc-Recordable

EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol

EMP
Electromagnetic Pulse

EMSEC
Emissions Security

FASC
Federal Acquisition Security Council

FBCA
Federal Bridge Certification Authority

FCC
Federal Communications Commission

FIPPs
Fair Information Practice Principles

FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standards

FISMA
Federal Information Security Modernization Act

FOCI
Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence

FOIA
Freedom of Information Act

FTP
File Transfer Protocol

GMT
Greenwich Mean Time

GPS
Global Positioning System

GSA
General Services Administration

HSPD
Homeland Security Presidential Directive

HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol

ICS
Industrial Control System

I/O Input/Output

IOC
Indicators of Compromise

IoT Internet of Things

IP
Internet Protocol

IR
Interagency Report or Internal Report

IT Information Technology

MAC
Media Access Control

MTTF
Mean Time To Failure

NARA
National Archives and Records Administration

NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NIAP
National Information Assurance Partnership

NICE
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education

NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology

NOFORN Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals

NSA
National Security Agency

NVD
National Vulnerability Database

OMB
Office of Management and Budget

OPSEC Operation Security

OVAL
Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language

PDF
Portable Document Format

PII
Personally Identifiable Information

PIN
Personal Identification Number

PIV
Personal Identity Verification

PIV-I
Personal Identity Verification-Interoperable

PKI
Public Key Infrastructure

RBAC
Role-Based Access Control

RD
Restricted Data

RFID
Radio-Frequency Identification

RFP
Request For Proposal

SAP
Special Access Program

SCAP
Security Content Automation Protocol

SCI
Sensitive Compartmented Information

SCIF
Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

SME
Subject Matter Expert

SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SOC
Security Operations Center

SP
Special Publication

STIG
Security Technical Implementation Guide

TCP
Transmission Control Protocol

TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TLS
Transport Layer Security

TPM
Trusted Platform Module

TSP
Telecommunications Service Priority

USGCB
United States Government Configuration Baseline

USB
Universal Serial Bus

UTC
Coordinated Universal Time

VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol

VPN
Virtual Private Network

WORM
Write-Once, Read-Many

XML
Extensible Markup Language