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Department Critical Infrastructure Protection Implementing Plans to Protect Cyber-Based Infrastructure

Report No. 04-05
November 2003
Office of the Inspector General


Appendix 2
Abbreviations and Acronyms

ACS Automated Case Support
ATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
C&A Certification and Accreditation
CCIPS Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
CIAO Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office
CIO Chief Information Officer
CIP Critical Infrastructure Protection
CIPTF Critical Infrastructure Protection Task Force
CIS Central Index System
CJIS Criminal Justice Information Services
CSAT Computer Security Awareness Training
CSIRC Computer Security Incident Response Capability
CSS Computer Services Staff
DEA Drug Enforcement Administration
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DOJ Department of Justice
DOJCERT Department of Justice Computer Emergency Response Team
ECIE Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency
EIS El Paso Intelligence Center Information System
ENFORCE Enforcement Case Tracking System
EPIC El Paso Intelligence Center
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FedCIRC Federal Computer Incident Response Center
FISA Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
GAO General Accounting Office
GISRA Government Information Security Reform Act
GSA General Services Administration
IAFIS Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System
IDS Intrusion Detection System
IDENT Automated Biometric Identification System
IISNET Intelligence Information System Network
IMSS Information Management and Security Staff
INS Immigration and Naturalization Service
INSINC INS Integrated National Communications System
IT Information Technology
ITSOWG Information Technology Security Officers Working Group
ITSS Information Technology Security Staff
IV&V Independent Verification and Validation
JCN Justice Consolidated Network
JDC-D Justice Data Center - Dallas
JDC-W Justice Data Center - Washington
JMD Justice Management Division
MEI Minimum Essential Infrastructure
MAN Metropolitan Area Network
NADDIS Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Information System
NCIC National Crime Information Center
NICS National Instant Criminal Background Check System
NIPC National Infrastructure Protection Center
NSI National Security Information
OIG Office of the Inspector General
OMB Office of Management and Budget
POA&Ms Plans of Actions and Milestones
PCIE President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency
PDD Presidential Decision Directive
SAMNET Secured Automated Messaging Network
SBU Sensitive but Unclassified
SEPS Security and Emergency Planning Staff
SIOC Strategic Information Operations Center
SMART Security Management and Report Tool
SOD Special Operations Division
WAN Wide Area Network