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IA Acronyms:

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A
ADP -Automated Data Processing
AES - Advanced Encryption Standard
AFC4A - Air Force C4 Agency
AFI - Air Force Instruction
AFIWC - Air Force Information Warfare Center
AFOSI - Air Force Office of Special Investigation
AFPD - Air Force Policy Directive
AIMS - Automated Infrastructure Management System
AIS - Automated Information Systems
AMIDS - Audit Monitoring and Intrusion Detection System
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
ASD(C31) - Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence
ASIMS - Automated Security Incident Measuring System
ASSIST - Automated System Security Incident Support Team
ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
B-C
C&A - Certification and Accreditation
C&A WG - Certification and Accreditation Working Group,
C2 - Command and Control
C2W - Command and Control Warfare
C4 - Command, Control, Communications, and Computers
C4ISR - Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
CA - Certification Authority
CAAP - Critical Asset Assurance Program
CAP - Connection Approval Program
CERT - Computer Emergency Response Team
CERT/CC - CERT/Coordination Center
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
CI - Counterintelligence
CIAC - Computer Incident Advisory Capability
CIAO - Critical Infrastructures Assurance Office
CIP - Critical Infrastructure Protection
CIPWG - Critical Infrastructure Protection Working Group
CIRT - Computer Incident Response Team
CISA - C4I Integration Support Activity
CITAC - Computer Investigation and Infrastructure Threat Assessment Center
CICSI - Chairman, Joints Chiefs of Staff Instruction
CMDS - Computer Misuse Detection System
CMS - COMSEC Management System
CNA - Computer Network Attack
COE - Common Operating Environment
COMSEC - Communications Security
CONOPS - Concept of Operations
COTS - Commercial Off-the-Shelf
CSA - Computer Security Act
CSIR - Computer (and Network) Security Incident Response
CSSO - Computer Systems Security Officers
D
DAA - Designated Approving Authority (DAA)
DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DASD - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
DCI - Director of Central Intelligence
DCID - Director of Central Intelligence Directive
DES - Digital Encryption Standard
DIA - Defense Intelligence Agency
DIACCS - Defense IA Command and Control System
DIAMOND - Defense Intrusion Analysis & Monitoring Desk
DIAP - Defense Information Assurance Program
DIDS - Distributed Intrusions Detection System
DII - Defense Information Infrastructure
DIRNSA - Director, National Security Agency
DISA - Defense Information Systems Agency
DISN - Defense Information System Network
DITSCAP - DoD IT Security Certification and Accreditation Process
DITSWG - Defense Information Technology Security Working Group
DMC - Defense MegaCenter
DMS - Defense Message System
DNS - Domain Name Servers
DoD - Department of Defense
DoDD - Department of Defense Directive
DoE - Department of Energy
DoN - Department of the Navy
E
EFOIA - Electronic Freedom of Information Act
EOP - Executive Office of the President
ETA - Education, Training and Awareness
ETAPWG - Education, Training, Awareness and Professionalization Working Group  
F
FIPS PUB - Federal Information Processing Standard Publication
FIRST - Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
FIWC - Fleet Information Warfare Center
FOIA - Freedom of Information Act
FSO - Field Security Office
FTS - Federal Telecommunications Service  
G
GAO - General Accounting Office
GCCS - Global Command and Control System
GCSS - Global Combat Support System
GMITS - Guidelines for the Management of IT Security
GOSC - Global Operations and Security Center
GOTS - Government Off-the-Shelf
GSA - General Services Administration
GSII - Government Services Information Infrastructure
H-I
I&W - Indications and Warning
IA - Information Assurance
IAD - Information Assurance Document
IAG - Information Assurance Group
IAPWG - Information Assurance Policy Working Group
IATAC - Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center
IAVA - Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert
IC - Intelligence Community
IEEE - Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
INFOCONs - Information Operations Conditions
INFOSEC - Information Systems Security
INFOSYS - Information Systems
IO - Information Operations
IP - Internet Protocol
IPMO - INFOSEC Program Management Office
IPR - Internet Protocol Router
IPSec - Internet Protocol Security
IPTF - Infrastructure Protection Task Force
IRC - INFOSEC Research Council
IRM - Information Resource Management
IRS - Incident Reporting Structure
IRT - Incident Response Team
ISO - International Organization for Standardization
ISSM - Information System Security Manager
ISSO - Information System Security Officer
IT - Information Technology
ITMRA - Information Technology Management Reform Act
IW - Information Warfare
IW-D - Information Warfare - Defensive
J
JCCC - Joint Communications Control Center
JDIICS - Joint DII Control Systems
JID - Joint Intrusion Detection
JIEO - Joint Interoperability Engineering Organization
JIWG - Joint IA Operations Working Group
JPO STC - Joint Program Office for Special Technical Countermeasures
JTF-CNO - Joint Task Force-Computer Network Operations
JWID - Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration  
K
KMI - Key Management Infrastructure
L
LEA - Law Enforcement Agency
M
MCDES - Malicious Code Detection and Eradication System
MLS WG - Multilevel Security Working Group
N
NACIC - National Counterintelligence Center
NCIS - Naval Criminal Investigative Service
NCSC - National Computer Security Center
NDU - National Defense University
NIAC - National Infrastructure Assurance Council
NID - Network Intrusion Detector
NII - National Information Infrastructure
NIPC - National Infrastructure Protection Center
NIPRNET -Non-secured Internet Protocol Router Network
NISP - National Industrial Security Program
NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology
NITB - National INFOSEC Technical Baseline
NOC - Network Operating Centers
NOSC - Network Operation Security Center
NS/EP - National Security and Emergency Preparedness
NSA - National Security Agency
NSD - National Security Directive
NSIRC - National Security Incident Response Center
NSOC - National Security Operations Center
NSTAC - National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
NSTISSC - National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Committee
NSTISSI - National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Instruction
O
OASD(C3I) - Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence)
OMB - Office of Management and Budget
OPSEC - Operations Security
ORNL - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
OSD - Office of the Secretary of Defense
OSD/JS - Office of the Secretary of Defense/Joint Staff
OUSD(P) - Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)
P
PCCIP - President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection
PGP - Pretty Good Privacy
PIN - Personal Identification Number
PKI - Public Key Infrastructure
PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Q-R
RCERTs - Regional Computer Emergency Response Teams
RDT&E - Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
ROSC - Regional Operations and Security Center
S
SABI - Secret and Below Interoperability
SABI WG - Secret and Below Interoperability Working Group
SATAN - Systems Administrators' Tool for Assessing Networks
SBU - Sensitive-But-Unclassified
SCI - Sensitive Compartmented Information
SECDEF - Secretary of Defense
SEI - Software Engineering Institute
SET - Secure Encrypted Transaction
SIO - Special Information Operations
SIPRNET - Secret Internet Protocol Router Network
SPB - Security Policy Board
SSAA - Systems Security Authorization Agreement
STIGs - Security Technical Implementation Guides
T
THREATCON - Threat Condition
TRANSEC - Transmission Security
U
U.S.C. - U.S. Code
UCMJ - Uniform Code of Military Justice
URL - Uniform Resource Locator (also Universal Resource Locator)
USD - Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
V-Z
VAAP - Vulnerability and Assessment Program
VAS - Vulnerability Assessment System
VPN - Virtual Private Network

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