Acronyms

A list of frequently used acronyms and terminologies.

Acronyms	Full	Remarks
A&A	Assessment and Authorization
ADP	Automated Data Processing
AES	Advanced Encryption Standard
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
ATC	Authorization to Connect
ATM	Authorization Termination Date
ATO	Authorization to Operate
AV	Antivirus
C2	Command and Control
C2W	Command and Control Warfare
C4	Command, Control, Communications, and Computers
C4ISR	Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveilance and Reconnaisssance
CA	Certification Authority
CERT	Computer Emergency Response Team
CERT	Computer Emergency Response Team
CIAC	Computer Incident Advisory Capability
CIO	Chief Information Officer
CIP	Critical Infrastructure Protection
CIRT	Computer Incident Response Team
CISO	Chief Information Security Officer
CITAC	Computer Investigation and Infrastructure Threat Assessment Center
CMDS	Computer Misuse Detection System
CMS	COMSEC Management System
CNA	Computer Network Attack
CNDSP	Computer Network Defense Service Provider
CONOPS	Concept of Operations
CSA	Computer Security Act
CSIR	Computer (and Network) Security Incident Response
CSS	Central Security Service
CSSO	Computer Systems Security Officers
DARPA	Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DATO	Denial of Authorization To Operate
DCI	Director of Central Intelligence
DES	Digital Encryption Standard
DIAMOND	Defense Intrusion Analysis & Monitoring Desk
DIDS	Distributed Intrusions Detection System
DMS	Defense Message System
DoD CIO	DoD Chief Information Officer
DoDD	Department of Defense Directive
DoD	Department of Defense
DoD	Department of Defense
DODIN	Department of Defense information networks
DSS	Defense Security Service
EDR	EDR evasion
EFOIA	Electronic Freedom of Information Act
ETA	Education, Training and Awareness
FIRST	Forum of Incident Resonse and Security Teams
GMITS	Guidelines for the Management of IT Security
HBSS	Host Based Security System
IC	Intelligence Community
IEEE	Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
INFOSEC	Information Systems Security
IO	Information Operations
IP	Internet Protocol
IPR	Internet Protocol Router
IPSec	Internet Protocol Security
IRM	Information Resource Management
IRS	Incident Reporting Structure
IRT	Incident Response Team
IS	Information System
ISO	International Organization for Standardization
ISSM	Information System Security Manager
ISSO	Information System Security Officer
IT	Information Technology
I&W	Indications and Warning
JID	Joint Intrusion Detection
KMI	Key Management Infrastructure
MCDES	Malicious Code Detection and Eradication System
NACIC	National Counterintelligence Center
NCSC	National Computer Security Center
NID	Network Intrusion Detector
NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOC	Network Operating Centers
NOSC	Network Operation Security Center
NSA	National Security Agency
OPSEC	Operations Security
OT&E	Operational Test and Evaluation
PGP	Pretty Good Privacy
PII	Personally Identifiable Information
PIN	Personal Identification Number
PKI	Public Key Infrastructure
PPS	Internet Protocol Suite and Associated Ports
PPSM	Ports, Protocols, and Services Management
PPTP	Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
RMF	Risk Management Framework
SAP	Special Access Program
SAR	Security Assessment Report
SATAN	Systems Administrators’ Tool for Assessing Networks
SDWAN	Software-Defined Wide-Area Networking
SEI	Software Engineering Institute
SET	Secure Encrypted Transaction
SIC	Security Intelligence Center
SIEM		Examples: QRadar, Splunk
SIPRNet	Secret Internet Protocol Router Network
SISO	Senior Information Security Officer
SITR	Secret Internet Protocol Router Network Information Technology Registry
SLA	Service-Level Agreement
SOC	Security Operation Center
SPB	Security Policy Board
SSE	System Security Engineering
URL	Uniform Resource Locator (Universal Resource Locator)
U.S.C.	United States Code
VAAP	Vulnerability and Assessment Program
VAS	Vulnerability Assessment System
VPN	Virtual Private Network

Resources

• https://public.cyber.mil/acronyms/