Government Jargon Glossary ========================== This will grow as questions arise. The focus will be largely on security topics, due to the author's biases. .. glossary:: A&A assessment and authorization (see RMF) AAA authentication, authorization, and access AO authorizing official AODR authorizing official designated representative ATC Authorization to Connect ATD authorization termination date ATO authority to operate ATP authority to proceed C&A certification and accreditation (see A&A) C2 Command and Control C3 Command, Control, and Communications C4 Command, Control, Communications, and Computers C4ISR Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveilance and Reconnaisssance CA certifying authority CAAP Critical Asset Assurance Program CAC Common Access Card CCA Clinger-Cohen Act CCI control correlation identifier CDS cross-domain solution CERT Computer Emergency Response Team CFR Code of Federal Regulations CI configuration item CI Counterintelligence CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Capability CIRT Computer Incident Response Team CJCS Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff CNA Computer Network Attack COE Common Operating Environment COMSEC Communications Security CONOPS Concept of Operations COTS Commericial Off-the-Shelf CSA Computer Security Act CSIR Computer (and Network) Security Incident Response CSSO Computer Systems Security Officers CUI controlled unclassified information (see UCNI) DAA Designated Approving Authority (DAA) DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DATO denial of authorization to operate DCGS Distributed Common Ground System DCI Director of Central Intelligence DIA Defense Intelligence Agency DIACAP DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process DIB Defense Industrial Base DIRNSA Director, National Security Agency DISA Defense Information Systems Agency DITSCAP DoD IT Security Certification and Accreditation Process DNI Director of National Intelligence DOC DCGS Operations Center (see 480th ISR Wing) DoE Department of Energy DoN Department of the Navy DPOC DCGS PED Operations Center (AF level) DSS Defense Security Service E/APL Evaluated Approved Product EAL Evaluation Assurance Level FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act FN foreign national FOIA Freedom of information Act FSO Field Security Office GAO General Accounting Office GCCS Global Command and Control System GIG Global Information Grid GSA General Services Administration I&W Indications and Warning IA Information Assurance IATC Interim Authority to Connect IATO Intermin Authority to Operate IATT Intermin Authority to Test IAVA Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert IC Intelligence Community ICD interface control document INFOSEC Information Systems Security IO Information Operations IO intelligence officer ISSM Information System Security Manager ISSO Information System Security Officer IW Information Warfare JCIDS Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System JWICS Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System LEA Law Enforcement Agency MOA memorandum of agreement MOU memorandum of understanding NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology PED processing, exploitation, and dissemination POAM plan of action and milestones PPSM ports and protocols security matrix RMF risk management framework SSP system security plan