Appendix A: Homeland Security Acronyms

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Acronym

Definition

AAA

Anti-Aircraft Artillery

AAAS

American Association for the Advancement of Science

AAM

Air-to-Air Missile

ACC

Air Combat Command

ACCINTNET

ACC Intelligence Network

ACIC

Army Counter Intelligence Center

ACIS

Arms Control Intelligence Staff

ACM

Assistant Chief of Mission

ACS

Aerospace Medicine Consultation Service

ACTD

Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration

ACTIVE

Advanced Controls Technology for Integrated Vehicles

ADCI/A&P

Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production

ADCI/C

Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Collection

ADM

Advanced Development Model

ADM

Administrative Section

ADS

Advanced Distributed Simulation

ADT

Active Denial Technology

AEOS

Advanced Electro-Optical System

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard

AETC

Air Education and Training Command

Acronym

Definition

AFC4A

Air Force C4 Agency

AFCERT

Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team

AFCS

Automatic Flight Control System

AFEWES

Air Force Electronic Warfare Effectiveness Simulator

AFGIHS

Air Force Geographic Information Handling System

AFIT

Air Force Institute of Technology

AFIWC

Air Force Information Warfare Center

AFMC

Air Force Materiel Command

AFMSS

Air Force Mission Support System

AFOSI

Air Force Office of Special Investigations

AFOSR

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

AFPD

Air Force Policy Directive

AFRES

Air Force Reserves

AFRL

Air Force Research Laboratory

AFSAA

Air Force Studies and Analysis Agency

AFSFC

Air Force Space Forecasting Center

AFSOC

Air Force Special Operations Command

AFSPC

Air Force Space Command

AGARD

Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development

AGILE

Advanced Generation of Interoperability for Law Enforcement

AGRF

Advanced Guidance Research Facility

AHDL

Analog Hardware Descriptive Language

AI

Artificial Intelligence

AIA

Air Intelligence Agency

AID

Agency for International Development

AIM

Air Intercept Missile

AIMS

Automated Infrastructure Management System

AIRST

Advanced Infrared Search and Track

AIS

Automated Information Systems

Acronym

Definition

AIT

Active Imaging Test Bed

ALC

Air Logistics Center

AMB SEC

Ambassador's Secretary

AMB

Ambassador

AMC

Air Mobility Command

ANG

Air National Guard

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

AOA

Analysis of Alternatives (formerly: COEA)

AOA

Angle of Attack

APHIS

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Office

APT

Advanced Personnel Testing

ARGOS

Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite

ARSO

Assistant Regional Security Officer

ASAT

Antisatellite

ASC

Aeronautical Systems Center

ASIMS

Automated Security Incident Measuring System

ASP

Aircraft Self-Protection

ASSIST

Automated Systems Security Incident Support Team

ASTREX

Advanced Space Structures Technology Research Experiment

ATAC

Anti Terrorism Alert Center

ATAF

Allied Tactical Air Forces

ATAGS

Advanced Technology Anti-G Suit

ATARR

Advanced Turbine Aerothermal Research Rig

ATC

Applied Technology Center

ATD

Advanced Technology Demonstration

ATEGG

Advanced Turbine Engine Gas Generator

ATF

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

ATIRCM

Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures

ATO

Advanced Technology Office

Acronym

Definition

ATO

Agricultural Trade Office (USDA/FAS)

ATR

Automatic Target Recognition

AWACS

Airborne Warning and Control System

BCAO

Branch Cultural Affairs Officer

BDA

Bomb Damage Assessment

BIST

Built-in-Self-Test

BLU

Bomb, Live Unit

BO

Branch Office (of Embassy)

BUREC

Bureau of Reclamation

BVR

Beyond Visual Range

BW

Biological Weapons

C2

Command and Control

C2W

Command and Control Warfare

C3

Command, Control, and Communications

C3I

Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence

C4

Command, Control, Communication, and Computers

CA

Cooperative Agreement

CAO

Cultural Affairs Officer

CAP

Combat Air Patrol

CATT

Computer-Assisted Technology Transfer

CBW

Chemical and Biological Warfare

CCM

Counter-Countermeasure

CCP

Consolidated Cryptologic Program

CCRP

Continuously Computed Release Point

CDC

Centers for Disease Control

CDFS

Core Driven Fan Stage

CEO

Cultural Exchange Officer

CEP

Circular Error Probable

CERT

Computer Emergency Response Team

Acronym

Definition

CERT/CC

Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Center

CFIT

Controlled Flight into Terrain

CG

Consul General, Consulate General

C-HFET

Complementary Heterostructure Field Effect Transistor

CHG

Charge d'Affaires

CI

Counterintelligence

CI&SCM

Counterintelligence and Security Countermeasures

CI/LI

Corrosion Inhibitor/Lubricity Improver (MIL-I-25017)

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

CIAP

Central Intelligence Agency Program

CIARDS

Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System

CICA

Competition in Contracting Act

CINC

Commander in Chief

CINC

Combined Intelligence Center

CINCAFSOUTH

Commander in Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe

CINCEUR

Commander in Chief U.S. European Command

CINCPAC

Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Command

CINCU.S.AFE

Commander in Chief U.S. Air Forces Europe

CINCU.S.AREUR

Commander in Chief U.S. Army Europe

CISO

Counterintelligence Support Officer at Unified Commands

CITAC

Computer Investigations and Infrastructure Threat Assessment Center

CLANSIG

Clandestine Signals Intelligence

CM

Countermeasure

CM

Chief of Mission

CMAWS

Common Missile Approach Warning System

CMO

Central MASINT Organization

CNA

Computer Network Attack

CNC

Crime and Narcotics Center

CNI

Communications, Navigation, and Identification

Acronym

Definition

COE

Common Operating Environment

COEA

Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis

COM

Commercial Section (FCS)

COMSEC

Communications Security

CON

Consul, Consular Section

CONOPS

Concept of Operations

COSPO

Community Open Source Program Office

COVCOM

Covert Communications

CPCC

Community Personnel Coordinating Committee

CRADA

Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

CSA

Computer Security Act

CSAR

Combat Search and Rescue

CSAT

Crew System Associate Technology

CSG

The Council of State Governments

CSIR

Computer (and Network) Security Incident Response

CSIRC

Computer Security Incident Response Capability

CSRC

Computer Security Response Center

CSSO

Computer Systems Security Officers

CT

Counterterrorism

CTAPS

Contingency Tactical Air Combat System Automated Planning System

CTC

Counterterrorism Center

CU.S.

Customs Service (Treasury)

CW

Chemical Weapons

CWC

Chemical Weapons Convention

D2

Degrade and Destroy

D3

Degrade, Disrupt, Deny

D4

Degrade, Disrupt, Deny, Destroy

DAD

Distributed Architecture Decoy

DAO

Defense AttachÈ Office

Acronym

Definition

DAO

Office of the Defense AttachÈ

DARO

Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office

DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DARTS

Dynamic Avionics Real-Time Scheduling

DATT

Defense AttachÈ

DAWS

Defense Automated Warning System

DCI

Director of Central Intelligence

DCIIS

Defense Counterintelligence Integrated Information System

DCM

Deputy Chief of Mission

DC-X

Delta Clipper Experimental

DDCI/CM

Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Community Management

DDR&E

Director, Defense Research and Engineering

DDS

Defense Dissemination System

DEA

Data Exchange Agreement

DEA

Drug Enforcement Administration

DEECS

Digital Electronic Engine Control System

DEF ADV

Defense Adviser

DEL

Delegation

DEM/VAL

Demonstration and Validation

DEP DIR

Deputy Director

DEP

Deputy

DEPSECDEF

Deputy Secretary of Defense

DEVEL

Development

DEW

Directed Energy Weapon

DIA

Defense Intelligence Agency

DIAC

Defense Intelligence Analysis Center

DIACCS

Defense IA Command and Control System

DIAMOND

Defense Intrusion Analysis and Monitoring Desk

DIAP

Defense Information Assurance Program

Acronym

Definition

DICE

Data Integration and Collection Environment

DIDS

Distributed Intrusions Detection System

DII

Defense Information Infrastructure

DIR

Director

DIRCM

Directed Infrared Countermeasures

DIRNSA

Director, National Security Agency

DIS

Distributed Interactive Simulation

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

DJ

Deceptive Jamming

DLA

Defense Logistics Agency

DMA

Defense Mapping Agency

DMC

Defense MegaCenter

DMD

Digital Micromirror Device

DME

Distance Measuring Equipment

DMR

Dual-Mode Ramjet

DMS

Defense Message System

DMSP

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

DNA

Defense Nuclear Agency

DO

Directorate of Operations

DOD

Department of Defense

DOD/FCIP

Department of Defense Foreign Counterintelligence Program

DODD

Department of Defense Directive

DODIIS

Department of Defense Intelligence Information System

DOE

Department of Energy

DOJ

Department of Justice

DoN

Department of the Navy

Acronym

Definition

DP

Development Prototype

DPAO

Deputy Public Affairs Officer

DPG

Defense Planning Guidance

DSA

Defense Supply Adviser

DSB

Defense Science Board

DSCS

Defense Satellite Communication System

DSN

Defense Switched Network

DSO

Defensive System Operator

DSS

Defense Security Service

DT&E

Development, Test, and Evaluation

DUSD

Deputy Undersecretary of Defense

E

Embassy

EA

Electronic Attack

EBRD

Economic Board for Reconstruction and Development

ECM

Electronic Countermeasures

ECO

Economic Section

ECO/COM

Economic/Commercial Section

ECOSOC

Economic and Social Council

EDO

Export Development Officer

EDRB

Expanded Defense Resources Board

EELV

Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle

EFOIA

Electronic Freedom of Information Act

EFS-M

Enhanced Flight Screening-Medical

EIA

Electronic Industry Alliance

EIS

Environmental Impact Statement

ELINT

Electronic Intelligence Technical and Operational Intelligence Information

ELINT

Electronic Intelligence

ELMC

Electrical Load Management Centers

ELO

Extremely Low Observable

Acronym

Definition

EO

Electro-Optical

EO/IR

Electro-Optical/Infrared

EOP

Executive Office of the President

EP

Electronic Protection

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

EPAD

Electrically Powered Actuation Device

EPU

Emergency Power Unit

ESM

Electronic Support Measures

EST

Environment, Science, and Technology

ETA

Education, Training, and Awareness

ETF

Environmental Task Force

EXDIR/ICA

Executive Director/Intelligence Community Affairs

EXEC

Executive

EX-IM

Export-Import

EXLITE

Extended Life Tire

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FAA/CASLO

Federal Aviation Administration Civil Aviation Security Liaison Officer

FAA/FSIDO

Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards International District Office

FAO

Foreign Agricultural Office

FAS

Foreign Agricultural Service

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBI/FCI

Federal Bureau of Investigation Foreign Counterintelligence Program

FBI/SCM

Federal Bureau of Investigation Security Countermeasures Program

FBIS

Foreign Broadcast Information Service

FBO

Foreign Buildings Office

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FCI

Foreign Counterintelligence

FCS

Foreign Commercial Service

FCT

Foreign Comparative Test

Acronym

Definition

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FFRDC

Federally Funded Research and Development Center

FIN

Financial Attachè (Treasury)

FIS

Foreign Intelligence Service

FISA

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

FLC

Foreign Language Committee

FLC

Federal Laboratory Consortium

FLEX

Force Level Execution

FOC

Full Operational Capability

FOD

Foreign Object Damage

FODAG

Food and Agriculture Organizations

FOIA

Freedom of Information Act

FSI

Foreign Service Institute

FSU

Former Soviet Union

FTS

Fourier Transform Spectrometer

GAO

General Accounting Office

GATT

General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs

GDIP

General Defense Intelligence Program

GPS

Global Positioning System

HQ

Headquarters

HUMINT

Human Source Intelligence

I&W

Indications and Warning

IA

Information Assurance

IACP

International Association of Chiefs of Police

IADS

Integrated Air Defense System

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

IAFC

International Association of Fire Chiefs

IAG

Information Assurance Group

IAGS

Inter-American Geodetic Survey

Acronym

Definition

IAPWG

Information Assurance Policy Working Group

IATAC

Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center

IAVA

Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert

IC

Intelligence Community

IC CIO

Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

ICMA

International City/County Management Association

IDHS

Intelligence Data Handling System

IG

Inspector General

IHT

Incident Handling Team

IIR

Imaging Infrared

IMINT

Imagery Intelligence and Geospatial Information

IMIS

Integrated Maintenance Information System

INFOSEC

Information Security

INR

Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research

INS

Immigration and Naturalization Service

IO

Information Operations

IPO

Information Program Officer

IPRG

Intelligence Program Review Group

IPT

Integrated Product Team

IPTF

Infrastructure Protection Task Force

IPU

Integrated Power Unit

IRC

INFOSEC Research Council

IRM

Information Resources Management

IRMA

Infrared Modeling and Analysis

IRS

Incident Reporting Structure

IRS

Internal Revenue Service

IRT

Incident Response Team

ISA

Instrumentation Society of America

Acronym

Definition

ISM

Information Systems Manager

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISSM

Information System Security Manager

ISSO

Information System Security Officer

IT

Information Technology

IW

Information Warfare

JCCC

Joint Communications Control Center

JCS

Joint Chiefs of Staff

JIC

Joint Intelligence Center

JID

Joint Intrusion Detection

JIEO

Joint Interoperability Engineering Organization

JR

Jam Resistance

KMI

Key Management Infrastructure

LaRC

Langley Research Center

LASE

Large Aperture Speckle Experiment

LCC

Life Cycle Cost

LE

Law Enforcement

LEGATT

Legal Attachè

LO

Liaison Officer

M

Mission

M&S

Modeling and Simulation

MAA

Mission Area Assessment

MAAG

Military Assistance Advisory Group

MAP

Mission Area Plan

MBB

Mission Based Budgeting

MCC

Major Cities Chiefs Association

MCD

Minimum Cost Design

MCDES

Malicious Code Detection and Eradication System

MCSA

Major County Sheriffs' Association

Acronym

Definition

MGT & RFM

Management and Reform

MIG AFF

Migration Affairs

MIL

Military

MILGP

Military Group

MILSATCOM

Military Satellite Communications

MLO

Military Liaison Office

MLS WG

Multilevel Security Working Group

MNS

Mission Needs Statement

MOA

Memorandum of Agreement

MOOTW

Military Operations Other Than War

MSC

Military Staff Committee

MSO

Mission Support Officer

MTBF

Mean Time Between Failure

MTI

Moving Target Indicator

NAAG

National Association of Attorneys General

NACIC

National Counterintelligence Center

NACO

National Association of Counties

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

NAIC

National Air Intelligence Center

NARC

Narcotics Officer

NAS

Narcotics Affairs Section

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NAVAIRSYSCOM

Naval Air Systems Command

NAVCIRT

Naval Computer Incident Response Team

NBC

Nuclear, Biological, Chemical weapons

NCIOB

National Counterintelligence Operations Board

NCIPB

National Counterintelligence Policy Board

NCIS

Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Acronym

Definition

NCJA

National Criminal Justice Association

NCSC

National Computer Security Center

NCSL

National Conference of State Legislatures

NDIC

National Drug Intelligence Center

NDU

National Defense University

NEMA

National Emergency Management Association

NENA

National Emergency Number Association

NFIP

National Foreign Intelligence Program

NGA

National Governors Association

NIAC

National Infrastructure Assurance Council

NIC

National Intelligence Council

NICB

National Intelligence Collection Board

NID

Network Intrusion Detector

NIFTR

Near Isothermal Flowing Test Rig

NII

National Information Infrastructure

NIJ

National Institute of Justice

NIMA

National Imagery and Mapping Agency

NIPB

National Intelligence Producers Board

NIPC

National Infrastructure Protection Center

NISP

National Industrial Security Program

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NITB

National INFOSEC Technical Baseline

NIV

Nonimmigrant Visas

NLC

National League of Cities

NLECTC

National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center

NLETS

National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System

NLO

Naval Liaison Officer

NOC

Network Operating Centers

NOSC

Network Operation Security Center

Acronym

Definition

NPSTC

National Public Safety Telecommunications Council

NRC

National Research Council

NRO

National Reconnaissance Office

NRP

National Reconnaissance Program

NS/EP

National Security and Emergency Preparedness

NSA

National Security Agency

NSA

National Sheriffs' Association

NSA/CSS

National Security Agency/Central Security Service

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

NTIA

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

O&M

Operations and Maintenance

OAS

Organization of American States

ODC

Office of Defense Cooperation

ODP

Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support

OHS

Office of Homeland Security

OIC

Officer in Charge

OJP

Office of Justice Programs

OMC

Office of Military Cooperation

OMS

Office Management Specialist

ONR

Office of Naval Research

OPM

Office of Personnel Management

OPO

Optical Parametric Oscillator

Acronym

Definition

OPSEC

Operations Security

ORA

Office of Regional Affairs

ORD

Office of Research and Development

ORTA

Office of Research and Technology Applications

OSD

Office of the Secretary of Defense

OSD/JS

Office of the Secretary of Defense/Joint Staff

OSINT

Open Source Intelligence

OSO

Offensive System Operator

P3I

Preplanned Product Improvement

PA&E

Program Assessment and Evaluation

PA&EO

Program Assessment and Evaluation Office, Community Management Staff

PCCIP

President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection

PCS

Personal Communications Services

PD

Pulse Doppler (Radar)

PDD

Presidential Decision Directive

PGP

Pretty Good Privacy

PKI

Public Key Infrastructure

PLAID

Precision Location and Identification

PMAD

Power Management and Distribution

PMD

Program Management Directive

PO

Principal Officer

POL

Political Section

POL/ECO

Political/Economic Section

POL/LAB

Political and Labor Section

POLAD

Political Adviser

POM

Program Objective Memorandum

PPBS

Planning, Program, and Budgeting System

PRG

Program Review Group

R&M

Reliability and Maintainability

Acronym

Definition

RAMTIP

Reliability and Maintainability Technology Insertion Program

RCERTs

Regional Computer Emergency Response Teams

RCON

Regional Consular Affairs Officer

RCS

Radar Cross Section

RDT&E

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

REDSO

Regional Economic Development Services Office

REF

Refugee Coordinator

RELO

Regional English Language Officer

REP

Representative

RM&S

Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability

RMO

Regional Medical Officer

RSO

Regional Security Officer

S/V/L

Survivability/Vulnerability/Lethality

SAB

Scientific Advisory Board

SAO

Security Assistance Office

SAR

Suspicious Activity Report

SAR

Search and Rescue

SAR

Special Access Required

SAWS

Silent Attack Warning System

SCI

Scientific Attachè

SCO

Senior Commercial Office

SERE

Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape

SERT

Security Emergency Response Team

SET

Secure Encrypted Transaction

SIO

Special Information Operations

SLG

State and Local Government

SOC

Special Operations Command

SOF

Special Operations Forces

SOI

Space Object Identification

Acronym

Definition

SPA

Special Assistant

SPACECOM

Space Command

SPAWAR

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command

SPB

Security Policy Board

SPO

Single Point of Failure

SPO

System Program Office

SSAA

Systems Security Authorization Agreement

SSN

Space Surveillance Network

SSO

Special Security Office/Officer

SSRT

Software Security Response Team

STC

Security Trade Control

STRATCOM

Strategic Command

STTR

Small Business Technology Transfer Program

SWC

Space Warfare Center

SWIM

Solar Wind Interplanetary Measurements

T&E

Test and Evaluation

TAT

Tactical Analysis Team

TCT

Time Critical Target

TDA

Technology Development Approach

TEO

Technology Executive Officer

TestPAES

Test Planning, Analysis and Evaluation System

THREATCON

Threat Condition

TIA

Telecommunications Industry Association

TIP

Technology Investment Plan

TIP

Technology Insertion Program

TIPP

Test Instrument Planning and Programming

TRANSEC

Transmission Security

TTO

Technology Transition Office

UAV

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Acronym

Definition

UAV

Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle

UNEP

United Nations Environment Program

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

UNIDO

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

URI

University Research Initiative

USA

United States Army

USACOM

U.S. Atlantic Command

USCENTCOM

U.S. Central Command

USCG

U.S. Coast Guard

USCM

The United State Conference of Mayors

USCS

U.S. Cryptologic System

USDOC

U.S. Department of Commerce

USEU

U.S. Mission to the European Union

USEUCOM

U.S. European Command

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey

USMTM

U.S. Military Training Mission

USNATO

U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

USOAS

U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States

USOECD

U.S. Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

USTTA

U.S. Travel and Tourism Agency

USUN

U.S. Mission to the United Nations

VAAP

Vulnerability-and-Assessment Program

VAS

Vulnerability Assessment System

VOC

Volatile Organic Compounds

WMD

Weapon of Mass Destruction



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Implementing Homeland Security for Enterprise IT
Implementing Homeland Security for Enterprise IT
ISBN: 1555583121
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 248

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