ITS Acronyms - Abreviations - and Initialism

ITS Acronyms - Abreviations - and Initialism 23/03/2015

Acronym or Initialism (E) Meaning (E)

(C)NES Canadian Network Encryption System

1xRTT Single Carrier (1x) Radio Transmission Technology

3 DES Triple Data Encryption Standard

A3 GSM Authentication Algorithm

A5 GSM Data Encryption Algorithm

A8 GSM Cipher Key Generation Algorithm

AA Alternate Assurances Group (Common Criteria)

AAA Authentication, Authorization and Accounting

AAD Auxiliary Account Data

AC Alternating Current

AC Automated Control

ACCS AEHF Constellation Control Station

ACES Automated Communication Engineering Software

ACL Access Control List

ACM Accountable COMSEC Material

ACMCA Accountable COMSEC Material Control Agreement

ACTS AEHF COMSEC/TRANSEC System

Admin Administrator

ADRL Agreement Data Requirements List

AEHF Advanced Extremely High Frequency

AES Advanced Encryption Standard

AF Application Filter

AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System

AFU Approval For Use

AIDS Application-Based Intrusion Detection System

AIS Automated Information System

AK Automatic Keying

AK KEK Automatic Keying Key Encryption Key

AK/RV Automatic Rekey/Receive Key

AKA Authentication & Key Agreement

AKEK ACCORDION Key Encryption Key

AKLIF AEHF key Loading and Initialization Facility

ALC Accounting Legend Code

ALE Automatic Link Establishment

ALKMS AEHF Local Key Management Station

AM Amplitude Modulation

AMES Aerospace, Marines and Electronics Systems

AMP Alternate MAC/PHY

AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service/System

ANDVT Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal

ANSI American National Standards Institute

ANST Active Network Security Testing

AP Access Point

AP Application Process

API Application Programming Interface

APPK Authenticated Pre-placed Key

ARDIS Advanced Radio Data Information Services

ARL Authority Revocation List

ARP Address Resolution Protocol

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Exchange

ASIS American Society for Industrial Security

ASMCS AEHF Satellite Mission Control System

ASN Access Service Network

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ASN Advance Shipping Notice

ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation.1

ASOC AEHF Satellilte Operations centre

ATE Automated Test Equipment

ATIA Access to Information Act

ATIP Access to Information and Privacy

ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode

AU Authentic User

AU Authorized User

AuC Authentication Centre

AUI Attachment Unit Interface

Auth ID Authorized Identification

BCP Business Continuity Plan

BCPC Business Continuity Plan Coordinator

BD_ADDR Bluetooth Device Address

BDI Black Digital Interface

BDSA Border Directory Server Agent

BEA Black Equipment Area

BES BlackBerry Enterprise Server™

BET Bulk Encrypted Transaction

BF Benign Fill

BFF Basic FIREFLY

BGP Border Gateway Protocol

BIA Business Impact Analysis

BID British Inter-Departmental

BIOS Basic Input Output System

BIP Bit Interleaved Parity

BIS BlackBerry Internet Service

BIT Built-In-Test

BLP Bell and LaPadula

Bluetooth SIG Bluetooth Special Interest Group

BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying

BREW Binary Run-Time Environment for Wireless

BRI Basic Rate Interface

BRP Business Resumption Plan

BS Base Station

BSC Base Station Controller

BSD Berkeley Software Distribution

BSS Basic Service Set

BSS Broadcast Satellite Service

BSSID Basic Service Set Identifier

BTS Base Transceiver Station

BWA Broadband Wireless Access

C&A Certification and Accreditation

CA Canadian

CA Certification Authority

CA COMSEC Authority

CA Controlling Authority

CA&S Conceptual Architecture and Strategy

CAA Controlled Access Area

CAC Consolidated Analysis Capability

CAC Common Access Cards

CAD Common Account Data

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CAKMS Central AEHF Key Mangement System

CANCERT Canadian Computer Emergency Response Team

CARDS COMSEC Accounting, Reporting and Distribution System

CAST Carlisle Adams and Stafford Tavares (Encryption Algorithm)

CAT Core Architecture Team

CAW Certification Authority Workstation

CB Certification Body

CBC Cipher Block Chaining (DES mode)

CBEA Controlled Black Equipment Area

CBI Certificate Based Infrastructure

CBT Computer Based Training

CC Common Criteria

CCA Circuit Card Assembly

CCCS Canadian Common Criteria Scheme

CCD Canadian Cryptographic Doctrine

CCEB Combined Communications-Electronics Board

CCEB Common Criteria Editorial Board

CCEF Common Criteria Evaluation Facility

CCEP Commercial COMSEC Endorsement Program

CCF Canadian Central Facility

CCF KPF Canadian Central Facility Key Production Facility

CCI Controlled Cryptographic Item

CCIB Common Criteria Implementation Board

CCIMB Common Criteria Implementation Management Board

CCITS Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation

CCITT Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone

CCMP Canadian Cryptographic Management Program

CCPL Canadian Certified Product List

CCRA Arrangement on the Recognition of Common Criteria Certificates

CCS Common Criteria Evaluation Certification Scheme

CCTP Common Criteria Testing Program

CCTV Closed Circuit Television

CD Compact Disk

CDA Crypto Distributing Authority

CDA Certificate Distribution Agent

CDC Computing Devices Canada

CDH COMSEC/TRANSEC Integrated Circuit/DS-101 Hybrid

CDMA Code Division Multiple Access

CDR Critical Design Review

CDRL Contract Data Requirements List

CD-ROM Compact Disc-Read Only Memory

CDT Cancel Distribution Transaction

CE Compromising Emanation

CEAP Cryptographic Endorsement and Assessment Program

CEM Common Methodology for Information Technology Security Evaluation (Common Criteria)

CEO Canadian Eyes Only

CEOI Communications and Electronics Operating Instructions

CEP Cryptographic Endorsement Program

CEPAF COMSEC equipment Purchase Authorization Form

CEPL CSE Evaluated Products List

CEPL Canadian Evaluated Products List

CERF COMSEC Equipment Requirement Form

CEROFF Crypto Equipment Rapid Off-line

CERT Computer Emergency Response Team (USA)

CERT/CC Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre

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CESG Communications and Electronic Security Group (UK)

CF Canadian Forces

CF Central Facility (USA)

CF Computer Forensics

CF CONOP Computer Forensics Concept of Operations

CFB Cipher FeedBack (DES mode)

CFCSU Canadian Forces Crypto Support Unit

CFD Common Fill Device

CFI Computer Forensics Investigation

CFIOG Canadian Forces Information Operations Group

CFIOG/IPC Canadian Forces Information Operations Group/Information Protection Centre

CFPB Canadian Federal PKI Bridge

CFSS Canadian Forces Supply System

CGI Common Gateway Interface

chkdat Check data

CHVP Cryptographic High Value Product

CI Compartmented Information

CIA Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability

CIAA Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability and Accountability

CIAS Canadian INFOSEC Accounting System

CIC Citizenship and Immigration Canada

CICA CSE Industrial COMSEC Account

CID Canadian Inter-Departmental Document

CIDF Common Intrusion Detection Framework

CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing

CIISD Canadian and International Industrial Security Directorate

CIK Crypto Ignition Key

CIM Compromised Information Message

CIO Chief Information Officer

CIP Critical Infrastructure Protection

CIPR CSE INFOSEC Product Review (CSE)

CIPTF Critical Information Protection Task Force

CITP Canadian Industrial TEMPEST Program

CKL Compromised Key List

CKMU Canadian Key Management Unit

CLEF Commercial Licensed Evaluation Facility

CLI Command Line Interface

CM Cryptographic Module

CMAC Crypto Material Assistance Centre

CMART COMSEC Material Accounting and Reporting Tool

CMB Configuration Management Board

CMCM COMSEC Material Control Manual

CMD Cryptographic Module Document (Common Criteria)

CMI Certificate Management Infrastructure

CMM Capability Maturity Model

CMMS Crypto Material Management System

CMR COMSEC Material Report

CMS Certificate Management Services

CMT Configuration Management

CMVP Cryptographic Module Validation Program

CMW Compartmented Mode Workstation

CN Controlled Network Access

CNR Combat Net Radio

CNR(P) Combat Net Radio (Primary)

CNSS Committee on National Security Systems

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CNSSAM Committee on National Security System Advisory Memorandum

CNSSI Committee on National Security System Instructions

COI Community of Interest

COMINT Communications Intelligence

COMPUSEC Computer Security

COMSEC Communications Security

CONOP Concept of Operations

COPS The Computer Oracle and Password System

COR Central Office of Record

COTS Commercial-Off-The-Shelf

CP Certificate Policy

CPO Client/Partner Operations

CPRM Content Protection for Removable Media

CPS Certification Practice Statement

CPU Central Processing Unit

CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check

CRK Cryptographic Recovery Key

CRL Certificate Revocation List

CRN Confirmation/Rejection Notice

Crypto Cryptographic

CRYPTOSEC Cryptographic Security

CS Controlled Space

CS1 Commercial Security Protection Profile #1 (ITSS)

CS3 Commercial Security Protection Profile #3 (ITSS)

CSA Cognizant Security Authority

CSC COMSEC Safeguarding Capability

CSC Communications-Electronics Security Committee

CSD Circuit Switched Data

CSE Communications Security Establishment Canada

CSI Computer Security Institute (USA)

CSIS Canadian Security Intelligence Service

CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance

CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection

CSMI Classified Security Management Infrastructure

CSN Connectivity Service Network

CSO Company Security Officer

CSR Certificate Signing Request

CSSC Canadian System Security Centre

CT Cypher Text

CTCPEC Canadian Trusted Computer Product Evaluation Criteria

CTIC COMSEC/TRANSEC Integrated Circuit

CUAS Common User Application Software

CUP COMSEC User Portal

CVE Commercially Verified Equipment

CVE Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

CVSS Common Vulnerabilities Scoring System

CW Continuous Wave

DA Distributing/Distribution Authority

DA Developmental Assurance (Common Criteria)

DAC Discretionary Access Control

DACAN Distribution and Accounting Agency NATO

DAD Duplicate Address Detection

DAL Developmental Assurance Level (Common Criteria)

DAMA Demand Assigned Multiple Access

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DAO Department/Agency/Organization

DAP Directory Access Protocol

DAR Data At Rest

DARI Detect, Analyze, and Response Infrastructure

DARI FOC DARI Full Operational Capability

DARPA Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency

DAT Digital Audio Tape

DAV Distinguished Attribute Value (X.500)

dB Decibel

DBA Database Administrator

dBm Decibel-milliwatt

DC Direct Current

DC Distributed Control

DCA Departmental COMSEC Authority

DCC Data Correlation and Consolidation

DCDC DND Crypto Distribution Centre

DCE Distributed Computing Environment

DCOM Distributed-Component Object Model

DCOR DND Central Office of Record

DDoS Distributed Denial of Service

DDSM Directive on Department Security Management

DEK Data Encryption Key

DEK-KEK Data Encryption Key - Key Encryption Key

DEKM Data Encryption Key Memory

DEKMS DACAN Electronic Key Management System

DePAC Decrypt Positive Access Control

DEQPSK Differentially Encoded Quadrature Phase Shift Keying

DES Data Encryption Standard

DFATD Department of Foreign Affairs Trade and Development

DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DIAS Distributed INFOSEC Accounting System

DIB Directory Information Base

DID Data Item Description

D-IO Defensive IO (Information Operation)

DISA Defence Information Systems Agency

DISP Directory Information Shadowing Protocol

DIT Directory Information Tree

DLL Dynamic Link Library

DMD Data Management Device

DMZ De-Militarized Zone

DN Distinguished Name

DND Department of National Defence

DNS Domain Name System

DOCCT/S DAMA Order Wire Channel Control Trainer/Simulator

DoD Department of Defense (USA)

DoS Denial of Service

DOS Disk Operating System

DRA/Tacfire Data Rate Adapter/Tactical Fire

DS Direct Sales

DSA Digital Signature Algorithm

DSA Directory System Agent

DSC Digital Signature Certificate

DSC Document Safeguarding Capability

DSE Digital Signature Entity

DSL Digital Subscriber line

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DSO Departmental Security Officer

DSP Directory System Protocol

DSS Digital Signature Standard

DSS Digital Spread Spectrum

DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

DTD Data Transfer Device

DTE Data Terminal Equipment

DUA Directory User Agent

DVD Digital Versatile Disk

EA Enterprise Architecture

EAA Electronic Authorization and Authentication

EAL Evaluation Assurance Level (Common Criteria)

EAP Employee Assistance Program

EC Electronic Commerce

ECB Electronic CodeBook (DES mode)

ECC Elliptic Curve Cryptography

ECC Enhanced Cryptographic Card

ECCM Electronic Counter-Counter Measure

ECDH Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman

ECDSA Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm

ECM Electronic Counter Measure

ECN Explicit Congestion Notification

ECU End Crypto Unit

EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution

EDI Electronic Data Interchange

EDP Electronic Data Processing

EDP Emergency Destruction Plan

EE End-Entity

EED Electro-Explosive Device

EEE End-to-end Encryption

EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory

EFE Encase Forensic Edition

EFF Enhanced FIREFLY

EFFVS Enhanced FIREFLY Vector Set

EFS Encrypting File System

EFT Electronic Funds Transfer

EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics

EIGRP Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

EIR Equipment Identity Register

EK Exclusion Key

EKDL Electronic Key Destruction List

EKE Exponential Key Exchange

EKM Electronic Key Management

EKMS Electronic Key Management System

EKR Electronic Key Replacement

EM Encryptor Manager

EMA Eclypt Management Application

EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility

EMI Electromagnetic Interference

EMR Electromagnetic Radiation

EMSEC Emission Security

EMT Extruded or Electrical Metal Tubing

ENET Ethernet

EPL Evaluated Products List

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EPROM Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory

EPS Enhanced Polar System

ERTZ Equipment Radiation TEMPEST Zone

ESA Enhanced Subscriber Authentication

ESA Enterprise Security Architecture

ESC Extremely Sensitive COMSEC

ESD Electronic Services Delivery

ESM Enterprise Security Management

ESN Electronic Serial Number

ESP Encapsulating Security Payload (Ipv6)

ESP Enhanced Subscriber Policy

ESPv1 Encapsulating Security Payload (Ipv6) version 1

ESPv3 Encapsulating Security Payload (Ipv6) version 3

ESS Extended Service Set

ET Entrust Technologies

ET Transmitted Electric Field

ETPL Endorsed TEMPEST Products List

ETPP Endorsed TEMPEST Products Program

ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute

ETSSP Endorsed TEMPEST Support Service Program

EUT Equipment Under Test

E-Vault Electronic Vault

EV-DO Evolution-Data Only

EV-DV Evolution-Data and Voice

F&PCA Functional and Physical Configuration Audit

FAA Financial Administration Act

FAC Foreign Affairs Canada

FAX Facsimile

FCC Federal Communications Commission (USA)

FDD Frequency Division Duplex

FDDI Fiber-Distributed Data Interface

FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access

FDT Field Data Terminal

FEK File Encryption Key

FF FIREFLY

FFVS FIREFLY Vector Set

FHS Frequency Hopping Sequence

FHSS Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

FI File Integrity

FIPC Federal Information Protection Centre

FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard (USA)

FIREFLY Key management protocol based on public key cryptography

FM Frequency Modulation

FMS Foreign Military Sales

FNBDT Future Narrow Band Digital Terminal

FOC Full Operational Capability

FOCI Foreign Ownership, Control and Influence

FOD Foreign Ownership or Dominance

FOUO For Official Use Only (USA)

FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array

FPL Fixed Packet Length

FR Field Reprogrammability

FSC Facility Security Clearance

FSS Fixed Satellite Service

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FSU Field Software Upgrade

FSU Field Software Upgrade

FTP File Transfer Protocol

FTR Field Tamper Recovery

FY Fiscal Year

Gbps Gigabit per second

GC Government of Canada

GC CBI Government of Canada Certificate Based Infrastructure

GC EKMS Government of Canada Electronic Key Management System

GC PKI Government of Canada Public Key Infrastructure

GC-CIRT Government of Canada Computer Incident Response Team

GCKDF Generalized Concatenated Key Derivation Function

GCM Galois/Counter Mode

GDC Generic Discovery Client

GEA1, GEA2 GPRS Encryption Algorithms

GEDS Government Electronic Directory Service

GEM General Dynamics Encryptor Manager

GESC Government Electronic Services Card

GFE Government Furnished Equipment

GFF Generic Fill Format

GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node

GHz Gigahertz

GIDO Generic Intrusion Detection Options

GIDS Gateway Intrusion Detection System

GIG Global Information Grid

GKP GFF Key Packages

GMITS Guidelines for the Management of IT Security

GOL Government on-line

GPRS General Packet Radio Service

GPS Global Positioning System

GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation

GSM Global System for Mobile Communications

GSP Government Security Policy

GSS Generic Security Services

GTIS Government Telecommunications and Informatics Services

GUI Graphical User Interface

H2HKT HAIPE-to-HAIPE Key Transfer

HA High Availability

HAA High Availability Architecture

HAC Host Authorization Code

HACP High Assurance Cryptographic Product

HAGAR High Assurance Guidelines and Requirements

HAIPE High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor

HAIPE IS High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor Interoperability Specification

HAM Host Authentication Module

HCI Host Control Interface

HCI Highest Classification Indicator

HCP Hardened Cable Path

HDD Hard Disk Drive

HDML Handheld Device Markup Language

Hdr Header

HEMP High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse

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HF High Frequency

HGEC High Gain Earth Coverage

HI/DR Handling Instructions/Disposition Record

HIDS Host-Based Intrusion Detection System

HIPS Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System

HLR Home Location Register

HMAC Hash Message Authentication Code

HMI Human-Machine Interface

HPW High Performance Waveform

HQ Headquarters

HR Human Resources

HRCA High Resolution Coverage Area

HRZ Highly Restricted Zone

HSDPA Hign Speed Downlink Packet Access

HSPA High Speed Packet Access

HSRP Hot Standby Router Protocol

HTML Hypertext Markup Language

HTRA Harmonized Threat Risk Assessment

HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL/TLS

HUB Hold Up Battery

HUMINT Human Intelligence

HW Hardware

Hz Hertz

I&A Identification and Authentication

I&V Identification and Validation

IAB Internet Activities Board

IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

IAP Interim Authority to Process

IATF Information Assurance Technical Framework

IBKT In-Band Key Transfer

IBSS Independent Basic Service Set Network

IC Integrated Circuit

ICD Interface Control Document

ICMCM Industrial COMSEC Material Control Manual

ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol

ICMPv6 Internet Control Message Protocol version 6

ICOM Integrated Communications Security

ICSD Industrial & Corporate Security Directorate

ICSI Interdepartmental Committee on Security and Intelligence

ICV Integrity Check Value

ID Identification

IDART Information Design Assurance Red Team

IDC International Data Corporation

IDC Intrusion Detection Centre

IDEA International Data Encryption Algorithm

iDEN Integrated Digital Enhanced Network

IDES Intrusion Detection Expert System

IDIQ Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity

IDS Intrusion Detection System

IDUP Independent Data Unit Protection

IEC International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEKMS International Electronic Key Management System

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IERA Information Technology Security Evaluation & Risk Assessment

IET Individual Encrypted Transaction

IETF Internet Engineering Task Force

IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol

IGMPv1 Internet Group Management Protocol version 1

IGMPv2 Internet Group Management Protocol version 2

IIP Information Infrastructure Protection

IIPTF Information Infrastructure Protection Technical Framework

IIS Internet Information Server

IKD Individual Key Distribution

IKE Internet Key Exchange

IKEK Initialization Key Encryption Key

IKEv2 Internet Key Exchange version 2

IKMS IRIS Key Management System

IM Instant Messaging

IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity

IM-PEPD Implicit Peer Enclave Prefix Discovery

IMSI International Mobile Station Identity

INE In-line Network Encryptor

INFOSEC Information Security

INWG Internetworking Working Group

IO Information Operation

IOC Initial Operational Capability

IOPS Internet Official Protocol Standards

IOS Internetworking Operating System

IP In-Process

IP Internet Protocol

IPC Interprocess Communication Protocol

IPC Information Protection centre

IPET Information Protection Engineering Team

IPMEIR Internet Protocol Security Minimum Essential Interoperability Requirements

IPPL Information Technology Security Pre-qualified Products List

IPPP Information Technology Security Product Pre-Qualification Program

IPPP Information Technology Security Pre-Approved Products

IPRA Internet Policy Registration Authority

IPSEC Internet Protocol Security

IPV International Partner Variant

IPv4 Internet Protocol version 4

IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6

IPX Internet Packet Exchange

IR Infrared

IRE Information Resource Engineering

IRI Issue Report Initiating

IRIG-B Inter-Range Instrumentation Group B format

IRIS Integrated Radio Information System

IRST Inventory Reconciliation Status Transaction

IS Information System

IS Inspectable Space

IS Interoperability Specification

ISAC Isolation Systems Access Control

ISAKMP Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol

ISC Interdepartmental Steering Committee

ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network

ISM Industrial Security Manual

ISM Iridium Secure Mode

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ISM Industrial, Scientific and Medical Band

ISO International Organization for Standardization

ISO/IEC International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission

ISOC Internet Society

ISP Internet Service Provider

ISS Internet Security Scanner

ISSAA Information System Security Assurance Architecture

ISSM Information System Security Manager

ISSO Information Systems Security Officer

IT Information Technology

ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulation (USA)

ITCP Information Technology Continuity Planning

ITI IT Infrastructure

ITIL Information Technology Infrastructure Library

ITISPS Information Technology Infrastructure Security and Protection Services

ITS Information Technology Security

ITS AFU Information Technology Security Approval For Use (CSE)

ITSA Information Technology Security Alert (CSE)

ITSB Information Technology Security Bulletin (CSE)

ITSC Information Technology Security Coordinator

ITSC Information Technology Security Committee

ITSCC Information Technology Security Coordination Centre

ITSD Information Technology Security Directorate (PWGSC)

ITSD Information Technology Security Directive (CSE)

ITSEC Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria

ITSEC Information Technology Security

ITSEM Information Technology Security Evaluation Manual (Common Criteria)

ITSET Information Technology Security Evaluation and Testing (Common Criteria)

ITSG Information Technology Security Guidance (CSE)

ITSIRT Information Technology Security Incidence Response Team

ITSLC Information Technology Security Learning Centre

ITSPL Information Technology Security Product List

ITSPSR Information Technology Security Product System Report (CSE)

ITST Information Technology Security Training

ITU International Telecommunications Union (formerly CCITT)

ITU-T ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector

IUP Internet Usage Policy

IV Initialization Vector

IVRS Internal Voice Recognition System

IW Information Warfare

JITC Joint Interoperability Test Command

JTRS Joint Tactical Radio System

KB Kilobyte

Kbps Kilobit per second

KBps Kilobyte per second

Kc Ciphering Key

KCN Key Conversion Notice

KDC Key Distribution Centre

KDF Key Derivation Function

KDM Key Distribution Manager

KEA Key Exchange Algorithm

KEK Key Encryption Key

KEKL Local Key Encryption Key

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KEKM Memory Key Encryption Key

KEKow Key Encryption Key - Order Wire

KEKuc Key Encryption Key - User Communications

Keymat Keying Material

KG Key Generator

KGM Key Generation manager

KGS Key Generation System

KHz Kilohertz

Ki Individual Subscriber Authentication Key

KLIF Key Loading and Initialization Facility

KLIFMS Key Loading and Initialization Facility Management Station

KMA Key Management Authority

KMC Key Management Centre

KMID Key Management Infrastructure

KMID Key Material IDentifier

KMP Key Management Plan

KMSP Key Material Support Plan

KOMPASS Key Order Management/Production Accounting Software System

KP Key Processor

KPF Key Production Facility

KPK Key Production Key

KPKI Key Production Key Initial

KPKL Local Key Production Key

KPS Key Production System

KSD Key Storage Device

KTE Key Translation Element

KV Key Variable

KVA Kilovolt-amper

LAKMS Local AEHF Key Management Station

LAN Local Area Network

LANT Atlantic Coverage for DAMA satellite system

LAR Light Assault Radio

LCD Liquid Crystal Dysplay

LCMS Local COMSEC Management Software

LCP Link Control Protocol

LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LDGID Load Group Identifier

LEA Law Enforcement Agency

LEA Limited Exclusion Area

LEAD Low-Cost Encryption Authentication Device

LED Light Emitting Diode

LEF Link Encryptor Family

LEF IS Link Encryptor Family Interoperability Specification

LEP List of Effective Pages

LFM Log File Monitors

LGEC Low Gain Earth Coverage

LIPC Local Information Protection Centre

LIT Line Interface Terminal

LKEK Local Key Encryption Key

LLT Low Latency Transport

LMD Local Management Device

LMD/KP Local Management Device / Key Processor

LOA Letter Of Agreement

LOS Line Of Sight

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LPD Line Printer Daemon

LPD Low probability of detection

LPI Low probability of intercept

LRA Local Registration Authority

LX Long Wavelength Optical Fiber

LYOU Last Year Of Use

MA Management Agent

MAC Mandatory Access Control

MAC Media Access Control

MAC Message Authentication Code

MAD Maximum Allowable Downtime

MAN Metropolitan Area Network

MAPI Messaging Application Programming Interface

MAXSL Maximum Security Level

MB Megabyte

MBITR Multiband Inter/Intra Team Radio

Mbps Megabit per second

MC Memorandum to Cabinet

MCD Malicious Code Defence

MCD&ID Malicious Code Defence and Intrusion Detection

MD Message Digest

MD5 Message Digest 5

MDAC Microsoft Data Access Components

MDC Mobile Data Communication

MDS Mobile Data System (BlackBerry)

MELP Mixed Excitation Linear Predictive

MG Manuals and Guidelines

MHS Message Handling System (X.400)

MHz Megahertz

MIB Management Information Base

MicroSD Micro Secure Digital

MIDS-JTRS Multifunctional Infromation Distribution System - Joint Tactical Radio System

MIL - STD Military Standard

MILS Multiple Independent Levels of Security

MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

MIMO Multiple Input Multiple Output

MiniSD Mini Secure Digital

MINSL Minimum Security Level

MISPC Minimum Interoperability Specification for PKI Components

MISSI Multilevel Information System Security Initiative

MITS Management of Information Technology Security

MK KEK Manual Keying Key Encryption Key

MKEK Master Key Encryption Key

MLA Mail List Agent

MLD Multicast Listener Discovery

MLDv1 Multicast Listener Discovery version 1

MLDv2 Multicast Listener Discovery version 2

MLPP Multilevel Precedence and Pre-emption

MLS Multi Level Security

MMS Multimedia Messaging Service

MMSI Meeting of Ministers on Security and Intelligence

MMT Multi Media Terminal

MN Management Node

Mo Megaoctet

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MOA Memorandum of Agreement

MODEM Modulate/Demodulate

MOSS MIME Object Security Services

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MPD Message Processing and Dispatching

MPE Mission Planning Element

MPSS Mission Planning Sub System

MPUP Main Processor Update Program

MQV Menezes-Qu-Vanstone

MR Mutual Recognition Group (Common Criteria)

MS Mobile Station

MS Message Store (X.400)

MSC Mobile Switching Centre

MS-DOS Microsoft Disk Operating System

MSFR Minimum Security Functional Requirement (Common Criteria)

MSK Message Signature Key

MSL Minimum Service Level

MSL Multiple Security Level

MSP Message Security Protocol

MSS Mobile Satellite Service

MSSDE Missions Specific Software Development Environment

MTA Message Transfer Agent (X.400)

MTBF Mean Time Between Failure

MTEK Main Traffic Encryption Key

MTS Mobile Telephone Service

MTS Message Transfer System (X.400)

MTTR Mean Time To Restore

MTU Maximum Transmission Unit

MUX Multiplexer

mW Milliwatt

MWOD-A HAVEQUICK Multiple Word of Day - Automatic

MWOD-M HAVEQUICK Multiple Word of Day - Manual

NA Network Administrator

NAI National Affiliation Identifier

NAS Network-Attached Storage

NAT Network Address Translation

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NAT-T Network Address Translation - Traversal

NC Network Controller

NCAT National COMSEC Audit Team

NCD Net Control Device

NCER National Cryptographic Equipment Reserve

NCIAP National Critical Infrastructure Assurance Program

NCIO National COMSEC Incidents Office

NCMCS National COMSEC Material Control System

NCOR National Central Office of Record

NCP Network Control Protocol

NCP Novell Core Protocol

NCR National Capital Region

NCS Net Control Station

NCSA National centre for Supercomputing Applications (USA)

NCSC National Computer Security Centre (USA)

NDA National Distribution Authority

NDP Neighbor Discovery Protocol

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NDS Network Directory Service (Novell)

NES Network Encryption System

NetBIOS Network Basic Input Output System

NETCON Net Controller

NetRPC Network Remote Procedure Call (Banyan)

NETSEC Network Security

NFC Near Field Communication

NFK Netted FIREFLY Key

NFR Network Flight Recorder

NFS Network File System

NIC Network Interface Card

NIDS Network Intrusion Detection System

NIPRNET Non-Classified Internet Protocol Router Network (USA)

NIPS Network Intrusion Prevention System

NIS Network Information Service

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)

NITSM National Information Technology Security Memoranda

NKMS Net Key Management Server

NLZ No Lone Zone

NMC Network Management centre

NMP Network Management Protocol

NMSO National Master Standing Offer

NMT Navy Multi-band Terminal

NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol

NOS Network Operating System

NPS Not Physically Sighted

NRPL NATO Recommended Product List

NSA National Security Agency (USA)

NSF National Science Foundation

NSM Network Security Manager

NSN Nortel Secure Networks

NSP Network Service Provider

NSTISSAM National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Advisory Memoranda

NSTISSI National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Instructions

NT Network Terminal

NT1 Non Type 1

NTP Network Time Protocol

NVRAM Non-Volatile Random Access Memory

OCSP Online Certificate Status Protocol

ODBC Open Database Connectivity

ODS Optical Data

OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

OFB Output FeedBack (DES mode)

OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

OGD Other Government Department

OID Object Identifier

O-IO Offensive Information Operation

OLE Object Linking and Embedding

OLG Other Levels of Government

OMC Operations and Maintenance Centre

OO Object Oriented

OOBKT Out-Of-Band Key Transfer

OOP Object Oriented Programming

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OPM Ordering Privilege Manager

OPN Order Privilege Notice

OPSEC Open Platform for Security

OPSEC Operations Security

ORR Operational Rekey Report

OS Operating System

OSI Open System Interconnection

OSPF Open Shortest Path First

OSVBD Operating System Vulnerability Database

OTAD Over-the-Air Distribution

OTADD Over-the-Air Data Distribution

OTAR Over-the-Air Rekey

OTAT Over-the-Air Key Transfer

OTNK Over-The-Air Network Rekey

OTT Office of Technical Threat

OTVA On-site Technical Vulnerability Assessment

OZ Operations Zone

P/L Plain Language

PA Privacy Act

PAB Public Address Book

PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange

PAC Pacific coverage for DAMA satellite system

PAC Positive Access Control

PAN Personal Area Network

PATA Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment

PAZ Public Access Zone

PBX Private Branch Exchange

PC Personal Computer

PC Privacy Card

PCA Policy Certification Authority (Europe)

PCCIP Presidential Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection

PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect

PCM Privilege Certificate Manager

PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

PCO Privy Council Office

PCS Personal Communications Service

PCT Private Communications Technology

PCW Pulse Continuous Wave

PDA Personal Digital Assistant

P-DARR Prevention, Detection, Analysis, Response and Recovery

PDK Private Decryption Key

PDR Preliminary Design Review

PDS Practice Dangerous to Security

PDS Protected Distribution System

PDSO Packet Data Security Overlay

PDT Portable Data Terminal

PDU Protocol Data Unit

PDUN Peer Destination Unreachable Notification

PED PIN Entry Device

PEM Privacy Enhanced Mail

PER Privilege Establishment Request

PET Privacy Enhancing Technologies

PETPL Potential Endorsed TEMPEST Products List

PFFW Packet Filter Firewall

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PGP Pretty Good Privacy

PGS Policy on Government Security

PHRD Peer HAIPE Reachability Detection

PIA Privacy Impact Assessment

PIB Personal Information Bank

PIM Personnel Information Management

PIN Personal Identification Number

PIPEDA Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

PIX Private Internet Exchange

PKC Public Key Cryptography

PKCS Public Key Cryptography Standards (USA)

PKI Public Key Infrastructure

PKI ACIMN Public Key Infrastructure Automated Certificate Insurance Management Node

PKI MN Public Key Infrastructure Management Node

PKIX Public Key Infrastructure X.509

PKIX CMP Public Key Interchange Certificate Management Protocol

PKM Private Key Management

PLMN Public Land Mobile Network

PMA Policy Management Authority

Pmax Maximum Power

PMBOK Project Management Body of Knowledge

PMCS Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services

PMI Privilege Management Infrastructure

Pmin Minimum Power

PMO Project Management Office

PMP Product Management Plan

PMTU Path Maximum Transmission Unit

POC Point Of Contact

POST Power-On Self Test

POTS Plain Old Telephone Service

PP Protection Profile (Common Criteria)

PP/ST Protection Profile/Security Target (Common Criteria)

PPE Point-to-Point Encryption

PPK Pre-placed Key

PPP Policies, Practices and Procedures

PPP Point to Point Protocol

PRI Primary Rate Interface

PRNG Pseudorandom Number Generator

PS Public Safety Canada

PSAT Public Safety and Anti-Terrorism

PSCIOC Public Sector Chief Information Officers Council

PSEPC Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada

PSEQN Payload Sequence Number

PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network

PT Plain text

PTP Point-To-Point

PUB Publication

PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit

PVK Public Verification Key

PWA Printed Wiring Assembly

PWGSC Public Works and Government Services Canada

PWGSC ICSD Public Works and Government Services Canada Industrial and Corporate Security Directorate

PZ Public Zone

QA Quality Assurance

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QKEK Quadrant Key Encryption Key

QoS Quality of Service

R&D Research and Development

R&M Repair and Maintenance

RA Registration Authority

RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or Independent) Disks

RAM Random Access Memory

RAMP Rating Maintenance Phase (USA)

RAND Random number

RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

RAS Remote Access Server

RASKL Really Simple Key Loader

RASP Remote Access Security Program

RATS Remote Access Trojans

RBAC Role-Based Access Control

RC4 Rivest Cipher 4

RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police

RCP Remote Control Processor

RD-LAP Radio Data-Link Access Procedure

RDS RED Distribution System

REA Red Equipment Area

REZ Restricted Extranet Zone

RF Radio Frequency

RFA Relief From Accountability

RFC Request for Comments

RFI Radio Frequency Interference

RFID Radio Frequency Identification

RFP Request For Proposal

RIDS Remote Intrusion Detection System

RIM® Research in Motion (Limited)

RIP Routing Information Protocol (TCP/IP, Novell)

RIPng Routing Information Protocol Next Generation (TCP/IP, Novell)

RIPv1 Routing Information Protocol version 1 (TCP/IP, Novell)

RIPv6 Routing Information Protocol version 6 (TCP/IP, Novell)

RM Rating Maintenance Phase (Canada)

RMA Repair and Maintenance Activity

RMF Risk Management Framework

ROM Read Only Memory

RPC Remote Procedure Call

RRB Radio Re-Broadcast

RSA Rivest-Shamir-Adleman; RSA algorithm

RTCP Real-time Transport Control Protocol

RTP Real-time Transport Protocol

RTP Routing Table Protocol (Banyan)

RX Receiver

RZ Restricted Zone

S&I Security and Intelligence

S/MIME Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension

S^2 Software Signature

SA Security Association

SA Security Administrator

SA&A Security Assessment and Authorization

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SAA Stateless Address Autoconfiguration

SACS Secure Access Control System

SAD Security Association Database

SAK Secure Attention Key (Common Criteria)

SAKMS Secure Applications and Key Management Service

SAMP Suspicious Activity Monitoring Protocol

SAN Storage Area Network

SAP Service Advertising Protocol (Novell)

SAR Specific Absortion Rate

SARK Saville Advanced Remote Rekey

SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

SATAN System Administration Tool for Analyzing Networks

SATCOM Satellite Communication

SAZ Special Access Zone

SBU Sensitive-but-unclassified (USA)

SC ESM/DCC Secure Channel Enterprise Security Management/Data Correlation and Consolidation

SC IDMCD Secure Channel Intrusion Detection and Malicious Code Defence

SC SRM Secure Channel Secure Remote Management

SCAP Secure Content Automation Protocol

SCC Standards Council of Canada

SCESM Secure Channel Enterprise Security Management

SCI Sensitive Compartmented Information

SCI SO Sensitive Compartmented Information Security Officer

SCIF Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

SCIP Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol

SCNet Secure Channel Network

SCO UNIX Santa Cruz Operations UNIX (Operating System)

SCS Secure Conference System

SCSI Small Computer System Interface

SDA Sensitive Discussion Area

SDD Secure Data Device

SDD Secure Dynamic Discovery

SDLC System Development Life Cycle

SDNS Secure Data Network System

SDR Software-Defined Radio

SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

SDS Secure Data Transfer Device 2000 System

SECAN Military Committee Communications Security and Evaluation Agency NATO

SEIT Security Evaluation and Inspection Team

SEP Secure Exchange Protocol

SET Secure Electronic Transaction

SF Security Function (Common Criteria)

SFP Small Form-Factor Pluggable

SFP Security Function Policy (Common Criteria)

SFTP Shielded Foil Twisted Pair

SFUG Security Features Users Guide (Common Criteria)

SGSM Sectéra Secure Wireless Phone for GSM

SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node

SHA Secure Hash Algorithm

SHGEC Super High Gain Earth Coverage

SHS Secure Hash Standard

s-http Secure - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

SIGINT Signals Intelligence

SII Strategic IM/IT Infrastructure Initiative

SIM Subscriber Identity Module

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SIN Social Insurance Number

SINCGARS Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System

SIP Session Initiation Protocol

SIP SINCGARS System Improvement Plan

SIPRNET Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (USA)

SIV System Integrity Identifier

SKCR Seed Key Conversion Report

SKEK Storage Key Encryption Key (now LKEK)

Skipjack U.S. Key Escrow Encryption Algorithm

SKL Simple Key Loader

SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol

SME PED Secure Mobile Environment Portable Electronic Device

SMG Secure Mail Guard

SMI Security Management Infrastructure

SMP Service Management Plan

SMS Short Message Service

SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNAC Serial Number Accounting Control

SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol

SNMPv2 Simple Network Management Protocol version 2

SNMPv3 Simple Network Management Protocol version 3

SNS Secure Network Server

SNTP Simple Network Time Protocol

SOC Secure Operations Centre

SOCKS SOCKet Secure Protocol

SOF Strength of Function (Common Criteria)

SOI Signal Operation Instruction

SOP Standard Operating Procedure

SOQPSK Shaped Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying

SOS Statement of Sensitivity

SP Security Policy

SP Security Processor

SPD Security Policy Database

SPIN Security Policy Implementation Notice

SPIRS SDNS PSTN-ISDN Rekey Subsystem

SPKM Simple Public Key Mechanism

SPM Security Policy Model

SPP Sequenced Packet Protocol (Banyan)

SR Sponsor Representatives (Common Criteria)SRCL Security Requirements Checklist

SRP Server Relay Protocol

SRS Security Requirements Statement

SSA SIGINT Secure Area

SSB Single Side Band

SSC Shared Services Canada

SSD Solid State Drive

SSE-CMM System Security Engineering Capability Maturity Model

SSH Secure Shell Protocol

SSID Service Set Identifier

SSL Secure Sockets Layer

SSO Site Security Officer

SSO System Security Officer

SSUPS Solid State Uninterruptible Power Supply

ST Security Target (Common Criteria)

ST&E Security Testing and Evaluation

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STAR Short Title Assignment Requester

STD Standard

STE Secure Terminal Equipment

STP Shielded Twisted Pair

STU-III Secure Telephone Unit - Third Generation

SUB Subnetwork

SVC Switched Virtual Circuit

SVN Secure Virtual Network

SW Software

SWLAN Secure Wireless Local Area Network

SWT Sectéra Wireline Terminal

T1 1.56 Mbps

T1DSW Type 1 Default Software

T3 44.736 Mbps

T3MD Tier 3 Management Device

TA Terminal Administrator

TA Token Administrator

TACACS Terminal Access Controller Access Control System

TAMPDET Tamper Detect Signal

TAT Technical Assessment Team

TBD To be determined

TBITS Treasury Board Information Technology Standards

TBS Treasury Board Secretariat

TCA TALON Communication Adapter

TCB Trusted Computing Base

TCCCS Tactical Command, Control, and Communications System

TCI Technical COMSEC Inspection

TCP Transmission Control Protocol

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TCSE Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (USA)

TCT TALON Cryptographic Token

TDD Time Division Duplex

TDMA Time Division Multiple Access

TEK Traffic Encryption Key

TEKow Traffic Encryption Key - Order Wire

TEKuc Traffic Encryption Key - User Communications

TELCO Telephone Company

TFC TALON Fill Cable

TFM Trusted Facility Manual (Common Criteria)

TFS Traffic Flow Security

TFT Thin Film Transistor

TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol

THS TALON Host Software

THz Terahertz

TIS Toolkit Trusted Information Systems Toolkit

TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

TL TACLANE

TLS Transport Layer Security

TMD Touch Memory Device

TNI Trusted Network Interpretation (Common Criteria)

TOE Target of Evaluation (Common Criteria)

TOGAF The Open Group Architecture Framework

TPA Terminal Privilege Authority

TPEP Trusted Product Evaluation Program

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TPI Two-person Integrity

TRA Threat and Risk Assessment

TRA Transfer Report Receipt - All

TRANSEC Transmission Security

TRI Transfer Report Initiating

TRI Transfer Report Receipt - Individual

Triple DES Triple Data Encryption Standard

TrKEK Transfer Key Encryption Key

TRR Test and Readiness Review

TS TOP SECRET

TSEC Telecommunications Security

TSEGFW Trusted Systems Environmental Guideline For Firewalls

TSF Trusted Security Functions (synonymous with TCB)

TSG Telephone Security Group

TSK Transmission Security Key

TSP TOE Security Policy (Common Criteria)

TSRD Technical and Security Requirements Document

TSSIT Technical Security Standards for Information Technology

TTS Trusted Time Source

TVAC Threat and Vulnerability Analysis Capability

TVAS Threat and Vulnerability Analysis System

TX Transmitter

U.S. KMS United States Key Management System

U//FOUO Unclassified//For Official Use Only

UA User Agent (X.400)

UAA Uncontrolled Access Area

UAS User Application Software

UDF User Data File

UDP User Datagram Protocol

UHF Ultra High Frequency

UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

UPS Uninterruptable Power Supply

URL Uniform Resource Locator

USB Universal Serial Bus

US-EKMS-CF United States-Electronic Key Management System-Central Facility

User Rep User Representative

USM User-based Security Model

USRP Universal Software Radio Peripheral

UUCP UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program

V2 Version 2

V3 Version 3

VA Vulnerability Assessment

VCS VERITAS Cluster Server

VDU Video Docking Unit

VHF Very High Frequency

VIP Vines Internet Protocol (Banyan)

VLAN Virtual Local Area Network

VLR Visitor Location Register

VM Virtual Machine

VME Versa Module Eurocard

VoIP Voice Over Internet Protocol; Voice over IP

VPN Virtual Private Network

VSA Vendor Security Analyst (Common Criteria)

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VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio

WAE Wireless Application Environment

WAIS Wide-Area Information Server

WAN Wide Area Network

Wang TIU Wang Trusted Interface Unit

WAP Wireless Access Protocol

W-CDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access

WCMP Wireless Control Message Protocol

WDP Wireless Datagram Protocol

WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy

WIDS Wireless Intrusion Detection System

WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

WIN-T War-fighter Information Network - Tactical

WIPS Wireless Intrusion Prevention System

WLAN Wireless Local Area Network

WML Wireless Markup Language

WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access

WPA2 Wi-Fi Protected Access 2

WPAN Wireless Personal Area Network

WSP Wireless Session Protocol

WTA Wireless Telephony Application

WTLS Wireless Transport Layer Security

WTP Wireless Transaction Protocol

WWAN Wireless Wide Area Network

WWW World Wide Web

X.400 Message Handling System described by the ITU-T X.400 Recommendations.

X.500 Directory Service described by the ITU-T X.500 Recommendations (X.500)

X.509 ITU-T standard format for public key certificates

ZIP Zone Interface Point

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