Glossary of cyber security acronyms etc.
| ACE | Analysis Control Element |
| ADP | Automated Data Processing |
| ANSIR | Awareness of National Security Issues and Response |
| ANAO | (AUS) Australian National Audit Office |
| AoI | (NATO) Assurance of Information |
| ASDSC | (AUS) Australian Strategic and Defence Studies Centre |
| ASIM | Automated Security Incident Measurement |
| CA | Civil Affairs |
| CEC | Co-operative Engagement Capability |
| CAAP | (US DoD) Critical Asset Assurance Program |
| CBAT | Campaign Builder and Analysis Tool |
| CE (1) | Computer Exploit |
| CE (2) | Counter Espionage |
| CERT | Computer Emergency Response Team |
| CESA | (US) Computer Electronic Security Act |
| CCD | Camouflage, Concealment, and Deception |
| CCM | Communication Counter Measures |
| CCU | Computer Crime Unit |
| CI | Counter Intelligence |
| CHIP | (US) Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property |
| CIAO | (US) Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office |
| CICG | (US) Critical Infrastructure Coordination Group |
| CIMIC | (NATO) Civil-Military Interface and Co-operation |
| CIIP | Critical Information Infrastructure Protection |
| CIP | Critical Infrastructure Protection |
| CIPU | Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit |
| CIRC | Computer Incident Response Center |
| CIS | Communications and Information System |
| CITAC | (US FBI) Computer Investigation and Infrastructure Threat Assessment Center |
| CJCS | Chief, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| CNA | (NATO) Computer Network Attack |
| CND | (NATO) Computer Network Defence |
| CNE | Computer Network Exploit |
| CNI | (UK) Critical National Infrastructure |
| COMINT | Communications Intelligence |
| COMPUSEC | Computer systems security |
| COMSAT | Communications satellite |
| COMSEC | Communications Security |
| ConOps | (US) Concept of Operations |
| COP | Common Operational Picture |
| COTS | Commercial-off-the-shelf |
| CSP |
Critical Services
Protection (invented by the ÖCB-CREN workshop Zürich 8-9/11/2001) |
| CSTARC |
(US DHS/NCSD) Cyber Security Tracking, Analysis & Response Center |
| CYW | Cyber(netic) Warfare |
| CWIN | (US) Cyber-Warning and Information Network |
| C2 | Command and Control |
| C2CS | (NATO) Command and Control Communication System |
| C2IS | (NATO) Command and Control Information System |
| C2W | Command and Control Warfare |
| C3 (1) | Command, Control and Communications |
| C3 (2) | (NATO) Consultation, Command and Control |
| C3CM | Command, Control and Communications countermeasures |
| C3I | Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence |
| C3ISR | Integrated Control, Communications, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance |
| C4D | Chaos, Catastrophe, Confusion, Computers and Deception |
| C4I | Command and Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence |
| C4IFTW | C4I For The Warrior |
| C4ISR | Command and Control, Communications, Computer Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance |
| DARPA | (US DoD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DASD | Deputy Assistant Secretary Department |
| DBS | Digital Broadcasting System |
| DCFL | Defense Computer Forensic Laboratory |
| DDoS | Distributed Denial-of-Service |
| DEII | Defense Essential Information Infrastructure |
| DEW (1) | Directed Energy Weapon |
| DEW (2) | (US) Defense Early Warning System |
| DIA | (US DoD) Defense Intelligence Agency |
| DIAP | (US DoD) Defense-wide Information Assurance Program |
| DII | Defense Information Infrastructure |
| DIO | (US DoD) Defense Information Operations |
| DISA | (US DoD) Defense Information Systems Agency |
| DoD | (US) Department of Defense |
| DoDD | (US) Department of Defense Directive |
| DoS | Denial-of-Service |
| DRIW | (US) Data Resilience in Information Warfare |
| DSB | (US) Defense Science Board |
| EA | EW - Electronic Attack |
| EC | (US/MIL) Electronic Combat |
| EC | Electronic Commerce |
| ECCM | Electronic Counter-Counter Measures |
| ECM | Electronic Counter Measures |
| EFT | Electronic Funds Transfer |
| EEI | Essential Elements of Information |
| EIIP | (US) Energy Infrastructure Interdependencies Program |
| EIW | Economical Information Warfare |
| ELINT | Electronic Intelligence |
| EM | Emergency Management |
| EMCON | EMissions CONtrol |
| EMP | Electromagnetic Pulse |
| ENISA | European Network and Information Security Agency |
| EO | Executive Order |
| EO/IRCM | Electro-optical/Infrared Counter Measures |
| EOV | Elektronische Oorlogsvoering (= EW) |
| EP | EW - Electronic Protection |
| EPM | EW - Electronic Protection Measures |
| ES | EW - Electronic Support |
| ES | Electronic warfare Support |
| ESM | Electronic (warfare) Support Measures |
| EW | Electronic Warfare |
| FedCIRC | (US) Federal Computer Incident Response Capability |
| FEL | TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory |
| FEMA | (US) Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FIDNet | (US) Federal Intrusion Detection Network |
| FISINT | Foreign Instrumentation Signals INTelligence |
| FS/ISAC | (US) Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center |
| G-2 | Army or Marine Corps component intelligence staff officer or section |
| GAO | (US) Government Accounting Office |
| GCCS | (US DoD) Global Command and Control System |
| GII | Global Information Infrastructure |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GSM | Global System for Mobile Communications |
| HackInt | Hackers Intelligence |
| HEL | High Energy Laser |
| HEMP | High-altitude Electromagnetic Pulse |
| HERF | High Energy (Emission) Radio Frequency |
| HNA | Human Network Attack (Russia) |
| HPM | High Power Microwave |
| HUMINT | Human Intelligence |
| I3 | Information, incursion, impediment |
| IA | Information Assurance |
| IAAC | (UK) Information Assurance Advisory Council (works with Institute for Communications Arbitration and Forensics (ICAF) |
| IA/CIP | Information Assurance/Critical Infrastructure Protection |
| IATF | Information Assurance Task Force |
| IAP | (US DoD) Infrastructure Assurance Program |
| IBDA | Information Battle Damage Assessment |
| IBW | Intelligence-based Warfare |
| IC2 |
Inverse Command & Control (©1999, 2000 TNO-FEL: destabilize (optimization of) adversary's C2-loop) |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
| ID | Information Dominance |
| IDC | Information Dominance Center |
| IIG | (US) NSTAC Information Infrastructure Group |
| IIIP (1) | International Information Infrastructure Protection |
| IIIP (2) | (US) Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection |
| IITF | (US) Information Infrastructure Task Force |
| ILS | Instrument Landing System |
| IMINT | Imagery Intelligence |
| INFINT | Information Intelligence |
| InfraGard | (US) public-private partnership to protect critical infrastructures |
| Info Ops | Information Operations |
| IO | Information Operations (old abbreviation - abandoned because of conflict with International Organization) |
| INFOSEC | Information systems security |
| IPB | Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace |
| IPIA | (INT) International Partnership for Information Assurance |
| IPTF | (US) Infrastructure Protection Task Force |
| IRT | Incident Response Team |
| IS/CIP | (US) Information Sharing / Critical Infrastructure Protection |
| ISAC | (US) Information Sharing and Analysis Center |
| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISSB | (US) Information Systems Security Board |
| IST | Information Systems Terrorism |
| IW | Information Warfare (xinxi zhangzheng) |
| IWAAS | Information Warfare Attack Assessment System |
| IW-C2W | Information Warfare topic area Command and Control Warfare |
| IW-D | Defensive Information Warfare |
| IW-EM | Information Warfare topic area Emergency Management |
| IW-EW | Information Warfare topic area Electronic Warfare |
| IW-Infra | Information Warfare topic area Infrastructure Warfare |
| IW-O | Information Warfare–Offense |
| IT | Information Technology |
| J-2 | Intelligence Directorate of a joint staff |
| J-3 | Operations Directorate of a joint staff |
| J-6 | C4 Systems Directorate of a joint staff |
| JCS | (US) Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| JIC | Joint Intelligence Center |
| JOIT | Joint Operational Tactical System |
| JP | (US) Joint Publication |
| JTF-CNA | (US) Joint Task Force for Computer Network Attack (old) |
| JTF-CND | (US) Joint Task Force for Computer Network Defense (old) |
| JTF-CNO | (US) Joint Task Force for Computer Network Operations |
| JTIDS | Joint Tactical Information Distribution System |
| JV 2010 | Joint Vision 2010 (US DoD Publication) |
| LOAC | Law of Armed Conflict |
| LPD | Low Probability of Detection |
| LPE | Low Probability of Exploitation |
| LPI | Low Probability of Interception |
| LSS |
Survivability of large
scale systems (DARPA/ITO program) |
| MAD | Mutual Assured Destruction |
| MASINT | Measurement and Signatures Intelligence |
| MEDII | Minimum Essential Defence Information Infrastructure |
| MEJCII | Minimum Essential Joint and Combined Information Infrastructure |
| MEJ(D)II | Minimum Essential Joint (Defence) Information Infrastructure |
| MEI/MEII | Minimum Essential (Information) Infrastructure |
| MEF | Marine Expeditionary Force |
| MIE | Military Information Element |
| MICPX | (US RAND) Multilateral CIP Contingency Planning Excercise |
| MISSI | (US) Multilevel Information Systems Security Initiative |
| MoD | Ministry of Defence |
| MOOTW | Military Operations Other Than War |
| MPI | Mathematical Programming Impact (Russian for virus/worms) |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NCIC | (US FBI) National Crime Information Center |
| NCIRC | NATO Computer Incident Response Co-ordination |
| NCS | (US) National Communication System |
| NCSD | (US DHS) National Cyber Security Division |
| NCW | Network Centric or NetCentric Warfare |
| NDU | (US) National Defense University |
| NERC |
(US) North America
Electricity Reliability Council (Electrical Power ISAC) |
| NGO | Non-Government Organisation |
| NIAC |
(US) National
Infrastructure Advisoray Council to US President |
| NISAC | (US) National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center |
| NIAP | (US) National Infrastructure Assurance Partnership |
| NIETP | (US) National InfoSec Education and Training Program |
| NII | National Information Infrastructure (e.g. US and Australia) |
| NIP | (US) National Information Power |
| NIPC | (US) National Infrastructure Protection Center |
| NIPCI | (US FBI) National Infrastructure Protection and Computer Intrusion (program) |
| NISCC |
(UK) National
Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre, a joint operation by MI5, GCHQ CESG, MoD and Cabinet Office |
| NMO | Non-Military Organisation |
| NRIC | (US) Network Reliability and Interoperability Council |
| NRO | (US) National Reconnaissance Office |
| NSA | (US) National Security Agency |
| NSIE | (US) Network Security Information Exchange |
| NSPD(n) | (US) National Security Presidential Directive number n |
| NSTAC | (US) National Security Telecommunications Advisory Council |
| NSTISSC | (US) National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Committee |
| NTIA | (US) National Telecommunications and Information Administration |
| OASD | (US) Organization of the Assistant Secretary of Defense |
| OCIP | (US) Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection |
| OCIPEP | (CAN) Office for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness |
| OIK | (PO) Ochrona Infrastruktury Krytycznej |
| OCIO | Offensive Counter-Information Operations |
| OODA | Observation-Orientation-Decision-Action |
| OOTW | (US) OPerations Other Than War |
| OPSEC | Operations Security |
| OSCINT | Open Source Intelligence |
| PCCIP | (US) President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection |
| PC-CY | (EC) Committee of Experts on Computer Crime in Cyberspace |
| PDD 63 | (US) Presidential Decision Directive 63, May 22, 1998 about Critical Infrastructure Protection |
| PDR | Protect, Detect and React (IA) |
| PM | Perception Management |
| POTS | Plain Old Telephone System |
| PSO | Peace Support Operations (NATO) |
| PSPA | Peace Support Psychological Activities (NATO) |
| PSTN | Public Switched Telephone Network |
| PSYOPS | Psychological (Warfare) Operations |
| PSYW | Psychological Warfare |
| RADINT | Radar Intelligence |
| RBPR |
Reversed Business Process
Reengineering (Info Ops analysis of adversary's command & control chain) ©1999, 2000 TNO-FEL |
| REC | Radio Electronic Combat |
| RC | Reflexive Control (Russia) |
| RII |
Relevant Information and
Intelligence (Info Ops component) |
| RIP | Recognised Information Picture (©1999 TNO-FEL) |
| RMA | Revolution in Military Affairs (junschi geming) |
| RMB | Revolution in Military Business |
| RMP | Risk Management Program |
| ROE | Rules of Engagement |
| S2 | Battalion or brigade intelligence staff officer or section |
| SCADA | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (e.g. in natural gas and electrical power grid distribution systems) |
| SDoS |
Self Denial-of-Service
(shut-down in case of attack perception (Luiijf 11/2002)) |
| SIGINT | Signals Intelligence (ELINT and COMINT) |
| SID | Strategic Information Dominance |
| SIPC | (US) State Infrastructure Protection Center (Arizona) |
| SIW | Strategic Information Warfare |
| SKI | (DE) Schutz kritischer Infrastrukturen |
| SREMP | Source-region Electromagnetic Pulse |
| TELINT | Telecommunications Intelligence |
| THEL | (US) Tactical High Energy Laser |
| TIW | Transnational Infrastructure Warfare |
| TW/AA | Technical warning/Attack assessment |
| UNIRAS |
(UK) Unified Incident
Reporting and Alert Scheme (UK Government CERT) |
| UWB | Ultra-wideband |
| WMD | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| WME | Weapons of Mass Effect |