Appendix A
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ABNCP Airborne Command Post
ACAT acquisition category
ADNS Advanced Digital Network System
AFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AFSAB Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
AIS Automated Information Systems; Automatic Identification System
AMF Airborne, Maritime, Fixed Station
ARO Army Research Office
ASA(ALT) Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
ASD(NII) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration
ASN(FM&C) Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Financial Management and Comptroller
ASN(RDA) Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition
NOTE: Key terms used in this report are consistent with the definitions of terms provided in the U.S. government’s “National Information Assurance (IA) Glossary,” CNSS Instruction 4009, Revised June 2006, published by the Committee on National Security Systems; and as provided in DOD Directive 8500.2—“Information Assurance Implementation.” These documents are available at <http://www.cnss.gov/Assets/pdf/cnssi_4009.pdf> (accessed February 4, 2009) and <http://www.niap-ccevs.org/cc-scheme/policy/dod/d85002p.pdf> (accessed February 4, 2009), respectively. Any unique key terms used in the report and not specifically addressed in the official IA glossary are defined in the report when first used, and included in this appendix.
ATM asynchronous transfer mode
BGP Border Gateway Protocol
C&A certification and accreditation
C2 command and control
C3I command, control, communications, and intelligence
C4 command, control, communications, and computers
C4I command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence
C4ISR command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
CAC common access card
CANES Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services
CARS Cyber Asset Reduction and Security
CCA Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996
CCE common computing environment
CDL common data link
CENTRIXS Combined Enterprise Regional Information Exchange System
CFFC Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command
CI counterintelligence
CIO chief information officer
CJCS Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
CMC Commandant of the Marine Corps
CNA computer network attack
CNCI Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative
CNCS Centralized Net Control Station
CND computer network defense
CNE computer network exploitation
CNO Chief of Naval Operations
COCOM combatant commander
COMSEC communications security
CONOPS concepts of operations
COTS commercial off-the-shelf (includes commercial opensource software)
CT cryptologic technician
CTN cryptologic technician, networks
DAA designated approving authority
DAR data at rest
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DASD(IIA) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information and Identity Assurance
DASN Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy
DASN(C4I/EW/Space) Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence/Electronic Warfare/Space
DASN(IIA) Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Information and Identity Assurance
DCGS Distributed Common Ground System
DCIO Deputy Chief Information Officer
DDoS distributed denial of service
DDRE Director, Defense Research and Engineering
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DIA Defense Intelligence Agency
DIAP Defense Information Assurance Program
DIRECT Defense Injection Reception EAM Command and Control (C2) Terminals
DIRNSA Director, NSA
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency
DISN Defense Information Systems Network
DISR Department of Defense Information Technology Standards Registry
DNN Director, Naval Networks
DNS Domain Name System
DOA CIO/G6 Department of the Army, Chief Information Officer/Assistant Chief of Staff for Information Management
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DON Department of the Navy
DRPM Direct Reporting Program Manager
DSB Defense Science Board
DWTS Digital Wideband Transmission System
EA enterprise architecture
EAM emergency action message
EIS Enterprise Information Systems
EMI electromagnetic interference
EMP electromagnetic pulse
EPLRS Enhanced Position Location Reporting System
EW electronic warfare
FNC Future Naval Capabilities
FSBS Fixed Submarine Broadcast Site
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FW firewall
G6 Communications Electronics Division (USMC)
GCCS-M Global Command and Control System-Maritime
GCS Global Communications System
GENSER General Services
GIAP GIG Information Assurance Portfolio
GIATF GIG Information Assurance Technical Framework
GIG Global Information Grid
GNOSC Global Network and Operations Security Center
GPS Global Positioning System
GWOT Global War on Terrorism
HBSS Host Based Security System
HF high frequency
HIDS host-based intrusion detection system
HQMC Headquarters, Marine Corps
IA information assurance
IARPA Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
IASM Intelligent Agent Security Manager
IATF Information Assurance Technical Framework
IC intelligence community
IM instant messaging
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
IO instructor/operator
IP Internet Protocol
IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6
ISNS Integrated Shipboard Network System
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISR intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
ISSE Information System Security Engineering
ISSP Information Systems Security Program
IT information technology; information systems technician
IT-21 IT for the 21st Century
JFCC-NW Joint Functional Component Command–for Network Warfare
JMSDF Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
JTF–GNO Joint Task Force–Global Network Operations
JTRS Joint Tactical Radio System
JWICS Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System
LANT Atlantic Fleet
MAC mission assurance category
MAGTF Marine Air-Ground Task Force
MARCORSYSCOM Marine Corps Systems Command
MCCDC Marine Corps Combat Development Command
MCEITS Marines Corps Enterprise IT Services
MCEN Marine Corps Enterprise Network
MCI Marine Corps Installation
MCIOC Marine Corps Information Operation Center
MCNOSC Marine Corps Network Operations and Security Command
MDA Maritime Domain Awareness; Milestone Decision Authority
MHQ/MOC Maritime Headquarters, Maritime Operations Center
MIDS Multi-functional Information Distribution System
MILSTAR Military Strategic and Tactical Relay (satellite)
MITSC Marine Information Technology Support Center
MUOS Mobile User Objective System
N6 Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Communications Networks
NaIL Naval Innovation Laboratory
NAOC National Airborne Operations Center
NAVAIRSYSCOM Naval Air Systems Command
NAVNETCOM Naval Network Command
NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command
NCDOC Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command
NCES Net-Centric Enterprise Service
NCIS Naval Criminal Investigative Service
NETCOM Network Enterprise Technology Command (Army)
NETOPS Network Operations
NETWAR Network Warfare
NETWARCOM Naval Network Warfare Command
NGEN Next Generation Enterprise Network
NIPRnet Non-Classified Internet Protocol Router Network
NITSC Naval Information Technology Support Center
NMCI Navy Marine Corps Intranet
NNFE Naval NETWAR FORCEnet Enterprise
NNPP Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program
NOC Network Operations Center
NPO Network Programs Office
NRC National Research Counsil
NRL Naval Research Laboratory
NSA National Security Agency
NSB Naval Studies Board
NSF National Science Foundation
NWS Naval Warfighting Systems
O&M operations and maintainance
OACE Open Architecture Computing Environment
OAET Open Architecture Enterprise Team
ODAA operational designated approval authority
ODASD(I&IA) Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information and Identity Assurance
ODBC open database connectivity
ONE-Net Overseas Navy Enterprise Network
ONI Office of Naval Intelligence
ONR Office of Naval Research
OPLAN operations plan
OPNAV Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
OPNAV N1 Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Navy Total Force)
OPNAV N6 Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Communications Networks
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
P&R personnel and readiness
P2P peer-to-peer
PA performance allocation
PAC Pacific Fleet
PACOM Pacific Command
PEO C4I Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence
PEO IWS Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems
PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
PII Personal Identifiable Information
PKI Public Key Infrastructure
PLA People’s Liberation Army
PM program manager
POM Program Objective Memorandum
POP post office protocol; Point of Presence (USMC)
PRC People’s Republic of China
PTST Personnel and Training and Standing Team
R&D research and development
RDDC Rapid Development and Deployment Committee
RDT&E research, development, testing and evaluation
RNOSC Regional Network and Operations Center
S&T science and technology
SATCOM satellite communications
SCCVI Secure Configuration Compliance Validation Initiative
SCI sensitive compartmented information
SCRI Secure Configuration Remediation Initiative
SECNAV Secretary of the Navy
SIAO senior information assurance official
SIPRnet Secret Internet Protocol Router Network
SMCC Survivable Mobile Command Center
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SOA service-oriented architecture
SPAWAR Space and Naval Warfare Systems
SPAWARSYSCOM Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
SSBN ballistic missile submarine
STEP Standardized Tactical Entry Point (program)
SYSCOM Systems Command
TA technical authority
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TDL tactical data link
TDN tactical data network
TF technical framework
TG Transformation Group
TOG Technology Oversight Group
TS Top Secret
TSAT Transformational Satellite Communications
TTPs tactics, techniques and procedures
UCN Urgent Capability Need
USAF United States Air Force
USB universal serial bus
USD(AT&L) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
USMC United States Marine Corps
USN United States Navy
USSTRATCOM United States Strategic Command
USW DSS Undersea Warfare Decision Support System
