Acronyms and Abbreviations

Source of Reference: The official CMMC Glossary from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Acquisition & Sustainment.

A

AA	Audit and Accountability
ABAC	Attribute-Based Access Control
AC	Access Control
ACSC	Australian Cyber Security Centre
AES	Advanced Encryption Standard
AIA	Aerospace Industries Association
AM	Asset Management
API	Application Programming Interface
APT	Advanced Persistent Threat
AT	Awareness and Training
AU	Audit and Accountability

B

BYOD	Bring Your Own Device

C

C2M2	Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model
C3PAO	CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organization
CA	Security Assessment
CD-ROM	Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
CDI	Covered Defense Information
CEA	Council of Economic Advisers
CERT	Computer Emergency Response Team
CERT RMM	CERT® Resilience Management Model
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
CI	Configuration Item
CIO	Chief Information Officer
CIS	Computer Information System
CIS	Center for Internet Security
CISA	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
CM	Configuration Management
CMMC	Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification
CNSSD	Committee on National Security Systems Directive
CNSSI	Committee on National Security Systems Instructions
COMSEC	Communications Security
CPI	Critical Program Information
CSF	Cybersecurity Framework
CSIS	Center for Strategic and International Studies
CSP	Credential Service Provider
CTI	Controlled Technical Information
CUI	Controlled Unclassified Information
CVE	Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
CVMP	Cryptographic Module Validation Program
CWE	Common Weakness Enumeration

D

D/A	Department/Agency
DCISE	DIB Collaborative Information Sharing Environment
DCS	Distributed Control System
DD	Represents any two-character CMMC Domain acronym
DFARS	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
DHC	Device Health Check
DIB	Defense Industrial Base
DKIM	Domain Key Identified Mail
DMARC	Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance
DMZ	Demilitarized Zone
DNS	Domain Name System
DNSSEC	Domain Name System Security
DoD	Department of Defense
DoDI	Department of Defense Instruction
DPCI	Derived PIV Credential Issuers
DVD	Digital Versatile Disc

E

E.O.	Executive Order
eSATA	External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
ESP	External Service Provider

F

FAR FBI FCI FDDI FDE FedRAMP CMMC Glossary and Acronyms  Version 2.0 FTP GDPR HIPAA HTTP HTTPS HVA IA IA IBAC IC3 ICAM ICS ID IDA IDPS IEC IETF IIoT IoT IP IPSec IR IS ISAC ISAO ISCM ISDN ISO IT ITIL L# LAN LSI Acronyms and Abbreviations CMMC Glossary and Acronyms  Version 2.0 MA MAC MC MC## MDM MEP MFA ML ML# MMC MP N/A NARA NAS NAS NCSC NIST NISTIR NPE NSA NSA/CSS NSPD NSTISSD NYSSCPA OMB OS OSC OT OUSD A&S PCI PDA PE PGP PII PIV CMMC Glossary and Acronyms  Version 2.0 PLC POC POTS PP PPD PS PUB RADIUS Rev RF RFC RM RMM RMM RPO RTO SA SaaS SAS SC SHA SI SIEM SOC SP SPF SSC SSD SSP SSP TLS Acronyms and Abbreviations CMMC Glossary and Acronyms  Version 2.0 U.S. UARC UK UMD URL USB UTC UUENCODE VLAN VoIP Vol. VPN WAP WPA2-PSK xD

FAQ	Frequently Asked Question
Federal Acquisition Regulation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Contract Information
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
Full Disk Encryption
Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program
31   FFRDC	Federally Funded Research and Development Center FIPS	Federal Information Processing Standard
File Transfer Protocol
General Data Protection Regulation
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HSPD	Homeland Security Presidential Directive
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
High-Value Asset
Information Assurance
Identification and Authentication
Identity-Based Access Control
Internet Crime Complaint Center
Identity, Credential, and Access Management
Industrial Control System
Identification
Identification and Authentication
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
International Electrotechnical Commission
Internet Engineering Task Force
Industrial Internet of Things
Internet of Things
Internet Protocol
Internet Protocol Security
Incident Response
Information System
Information Sharing and Analysis Center
Information Sharing and Analysis Organization
Information Security Continuous Monitoring
Integrated Services Digital Network
International Organization for Standardization
Information Technology
Information Technology Infrastructure Library
Level Number
Local Area Network
Large-Scale Integration
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Maintenance
Media Access Control
Maturity Capability
Maturity Capability Number
Mobile Device Management
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Multifactor Authentication
Maturity Level
Maturity Level Number
Multimedia Card
Media Protection
Not Applicable (NA)
National Archives and Records Administration
Networked Attached Storage
National Aerospace Standard
National Cyber Security Centre
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST Interagency (or Internal) Report
Non-Person Entity
National Security Agency
NSA Central Security Service
National Security Presidential Directive
National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Directive NTP	Network Time Protocol
New York State Society of CPAs
Office of Management and Budget
Operating System
Organization Seeking Certification
Operational Technology
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
Personal Identity Verification Card Issuers
Personal Digital Assistant
Physical Protection
Pretty Good Privacy
Personally Identifiable Information
Personal Identify Verification
33   PKI	Public Key Infrastructure
Programmable Logic Controller
Point of Contact
Plain Old Telephone Service
Physical Protection
Presidential Policy Directive
Personnel Security
Publication
Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service RE	Recovery
Revision
Radio Frequency
Request for Comments
Risk Management
Resilience Management Model
Risk Management Model
Recovery Point Objectives
Recovery Time Objectives
Situational Awareness
Software as a Service
Security Assessment
System and Communications Protection SCADA	Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCRM	Supply Chain Risk Management
Security Hash Algorithm
System and Information Integrity
Security Integration and Event Management SMS	Short Message Service
Security Operations Center
Special Publication
Sender Policy Framework
Secure Socket Layer
Solid-State Disk
System Security Plan
Sector Specific Plan
Transport Layer Security
34   TTP	Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
United States
University Affiliated Research Center
United Kingdom
Universal Media Disc
Uniform Resource Locator
Universal Serial Bus
Coordinated Universal Time
Unix-to-Unix Encode
Virtual Local Area Network
Voice over Internet Protocol
Volume
Virtual Private Network
Wireless Access Point
WiFi Protected Access-Pre-shared Key
Extreme Digital (flash memory card device)