DRAFT SAM 2023 12 Ascend BPA Appendix XX Abbreviations and Acronyms.pdf
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This document is an appendix containing abbreviations and acronyms related to the Ascend Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Draft Solicitation for Pool 1. It provides expansions for over 300 common abbreviations and acronyms used in federal government contracting, including terms related to cloud computing, cybersecurity, acquisition, and information technology. The key details covered include a wide range of abbreviations across topics such as access control, authorization, cloud, contracts, cybersecurity, data, information technology, and procurement. This appendix provides a comprehensive reference for the terminology used in the Ascend BPA Draft Solicitation.
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Appendix <<XX>>: Abbreviations & Acronyms
Abbreviations & Acronyms
Expansion
A
A&A Assessment & Authorization
ABAC Attribute-Based Access Control
ACA Associate Contractor Agreements
ACO Administrative Contracting Officer
ACL Access Control List
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AI Artificial Intelligence
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AOR Area of Responsibility
API Application Programming Interface
App. Application
ATO Authorization To Operate
Auth. Authorization, Authorizing
AV Audio Visual
B
BCAP Boundary Cloud Access Point
BI Background Investigation
BIC Best In Class
BICSI Building Industry Consulting Service International
BLS United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
BOD Binding Operational Directive
BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement
Sam ple
Draf t
Abbreviations &
Expansion
BYOD Bring Your Own Device
BYOL Bring Your Own License
C
C2C Comply-to-Connect
CaC Configuration as Code
CAC Common Access Card
CAGE Commercial and Government Entity
CAP Cloud Access Point
CBT Computer Based Training
CDM Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation
CDO Chief Data Officer
CEF Common Event Format
CFE Carbon Pollution-Free Electricity
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CH4 Methane
CIA Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
CIO Chief Information Officer
CIRCIA Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of
CISA Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
CISCP Cyber Information Sharing and Collaboration Program
CISO Chief Information Security Officer
CKMS Cryptographic Key Management System
CLIN Contract Line Item
CM Category Management
CMLC Category Management Leadership Council
Expansion
CO Contracting Officer
CO2 Carbon Dioxide
CONUS Continental United States
COR Contracting Officer Representative
COTS Commercial Off The Shelf
CPARS Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System
CPE Common Platform Enumeration
CPU Central Processing Unit
CS Contracting Specialist
CSRB Cyber Safety Review Board
CSO Cloud Service Offering
CSP Cloud Service Provider
CSV Comma Separated Values
CTA Contractor Team Arrangements
CUI Controlled Unclassified Information
CVD Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure
CVE Cybersecurity Vulnerability and Exposure
CVS Central Verification System
CY Calendar Year
D
DARP Data At Rest Protection
DB Database
DC District of Columbia
DC3 Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center
DCAS Department of Defense Cloud Authorization Services
Expansion
DCISE Defense Industrial Base Collaborative Information Sharing Environment
DCSA Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
DD254 Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification
DEL Deliverable
DevSecOps Development, Security, and Operations
DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
DH Diffie-Hellman
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DIB Defense Industrial Base
DIB CS Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cybersecurity (CS) Program
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency
Disc. Discontinued, Discount
DISS Defense Information System for Security
DLP Data Loss Prevention
DNS Domain Name System
DoD Department of Defense
DoD CC SRG Department of Defense Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide
DoDD Department of Defense Directive
DoDI Department of Defense Instruction
DoDM Department of Defense Manual
DoE Department of Energy
DoJ Department of Justice
Expansion
DoS Denial-of-Service
DoS Department of State
DOT&E Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation
DSSR Department of State Standardized Regulations
E
E1 EINSTEIN 1
E2 EINSTEIN 2
E3A EINSTEIN 3 Accelerated
ECDH Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman
ECDSA Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EDWOSB Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business
EFT Electronic Funds Transfer
EO Executive Order
EOP Executive Office of the President
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPEAT Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool
ERO Electric Reliability Organization etc. et cetera
EVM Earned Value Management
F
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations
FAS Federal Acquisition Service
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigations
Expansion
FCEB Federal Civilian Executive Branch
FCL Facility Clearance
FCP Federal Acquisition Service Catalog Platform
FedRAMP Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FFP Firm-Fixed-Price
FinOps Financial Operations
FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard
FOC Fiber Optic Cable
FOUO For Official Use Only
FP Fixed-Price
FPU Fixed Unit Price
FSLTT Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial
FSS Federal Supply Schedule
FTR Federal Travel Regulation
EVM Earn Value Management
FY Fiscal Year
G
G&A General and Administrative
GAO Government Accountability Office
Gb Gigabit
GB Gigabyte
Gbps Gigabits per second
GEC Global Electronics Council
GFI Government Furnished Information
Expansion
GFP Government Furnished Property
GHG Greenhouse Gas
GOTS Government Off The Shelf
GSA General Services Administration
GSAM General Services Acquisition Manual
GUI Graphical User Interface
H
HA High Availability
HFCs Hydrofluorocarbons
HHS Health and Human Services
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HSPD Homeland Security Presidential Directive
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
HUBZone Historically Under-utilized Business Zones
HVAC Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
I
IA Information Assurance
IaaS Infrastructure as a Service
IaC Infrastructure as Code
IAM Identity and Access Management
IAVA Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert
IAVM Information Assurance Vulnerability Management
IAW In Accordance With
IBAC Identity-Based Access Control
Expansion
IC Intelligence Community
ID Identification
Id. Identifier
IDIQ Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity
IDS Intrusion Detection System
IPR In-Progress Reviews
IPS Intrusion Prevention System
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IKE Internet Key Exchange
IL Impact Level
IM Instant Messaging
IP Internet Protocol
IPS Intrusion Prevention System
IPv4 Internet Protocol Version 4
IPv6 Internet Protocol Version 6
IRS Internal Revenue Service
IRTPA Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act
IS Information Systems
ISR Industrial Security Representative
IT Information Technology
ITC Office of Information Technology Category
ITS Internet Time Service
J
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
Expansion
JSON JavaScript Object Notation
JTR Joint Travel Regulations
K
L
LAN Local Area Network
LH Labor Hour
LI-SaaS Low Impact-Software as a Service
LOA Line of Accounting
M
MAC Media Access Control
Marketpl. Marketplace
MAS Multiple Award Schedule
MBI Moderate Risk Background Investigation
Meas. Measure
MFA Multi-Factor Authentication
ML Machine Learning
MODP More Modular Exponential
MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group
MPIN Marketing Partner Identification Number
MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area
MQV Menezes-Qu-Vanstone
MRO Midwest Reliability Organization
MTIPS Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Services
N
N2O Nitrous Oxide
Expansion
NA Not Applicable
NACI National Agency Check and Inquiries
NACLC National Agency Check with Law and Credit
NAICS North American Industry Classification System
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAT Network Address Translation
NCIJTF National Cyber Security Investigative Joint Task Force
NCPS National Cybersecurity Protection System
NDA Non-Disclosure Agreement
NDAA National Defense Authorization Act
NDR Network Detection and Response
NERC North American Electric Reliability Corporation
NFHL National Flood Hazard Layer
NISP National Industrial Security Program
NISPOM National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLP Natural Language Processing
NLT No Later Than
NPCC Northeast Power Coordinating Council
NSA / CSS National Security Agency / Central Security Service
NSS National Security System
NTA Network Traffic Analyzer
NTIA National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NTP Network Time Protocol
Num. Number
Expansion
NVA Network Virtual Appliance
NVD National Vulnerability Database
O
O&M Operations and Maintenance
OAuth Open Authorization
OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest
OCO Ordering Contracting Officer
OCONUS Outside Continental United States
ODNI Office of the Director of National Intelligence
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OFPP Office of Federal Procurement Policy
OIG Office of Inspector General
OLM Order-Level Materials
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OS Operating System
OSCAL Open Security Controls Assessment Language
OSI Open Systems Interconnection
OSS Open source software
OTP One-Time Password
OTSB Other Than Small Business
OWASP® Open Worldwide Application Security Project®
P
PA Provisional Authority
PaaS Platform as a Service
PALT Procurement Administrative Lead Time
Expansion
PBAC Policy-Based Access Control
PDF Portable Document Format
PFCs Perfluorochemicals
PHI Protected Health Information
PHE Public Health Emergency
PII Personally Identifiable Information
PIM Privileged Identity Management
PIV Personal Identity Verification
PKI Public Key Infrastructure
PM Program Manager
PMA President's Management Agenda
PMO Program Management Office
POA&M Plan of Action and Milestones
POC Point of Contact
PoLA Principle of Least Authority
PoLP Principle of Least Privilege
PoMP Principle of Minimal Privilege
PoP Period of Performance
PPD Presidential Policy Directive
PQC Post-Quantum Cryptography
Prof. Professional
PSC Product and Service Code
PSR Program Status Review
PVC Polyvinyl Chloride
PWS Performance Work Statement
Expansion
Q
QPSR Quarterly Program Status Review
QTR Quarter
QTY Quantity
R
R2 Responsible Recycling Standards for Electronic Recyclers
RAM Random Access Memory
RBAC Role-Based Access Control
RF ReliabilityFirst
RFC Request for Comment
RFID Radio Frequency Identification
RFQ Request for Quote
RM Risk Management
RSA Rivest-Shamir-Adleman
RTO Requirements Task Order
RuBAC Rule-Based Access Control
S
SaaS Software as a Service
SAM System for Award Management
SAML Security Assertion Markup Language
SAT Simplified Acquisition Threshold
SB Small Business
SBA Small Business Administration
SBOM Software Bill Of Materials
SCIF Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
Expansion
SCR Service Contract Reporting
SCRM Supply Chain Risk Management
SDB Small Disadvantaged Business
SDVOSB Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
SERC SERC Reliability Corporation
Serv. Service
SF Standard Form
SF6 Sulfur Hexafluoride
SIEM Security Information and Event Management
SIN Special Item Number
SKU Stock Keeping Unit
SLA Service Level Agreement
SLTT State, Local, Tribal, or Territorial
SMS Short Message Service
SNI Server Name Indication
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SOC Security Operations Center
SOO Statement of Objectives
SOW Statement of Work
SP Special Publication
SPDX® Software Package Data Exchange®
SSBI Single Scope Background Investigation
SSL Secure Sockets Layer
Sub-CLIN Sub-Contract Line Item
Expansion
SUM Spend Under Management
SWID Software Identification
T
T1 Tier 1 Non-Sensitive Positions - Low Risk
T2 Tier 2 Non-Sensitive Public Trust Positions - Moderate Risk
T3 Tier 3 National Security Positions - Secret / Confidential Clearance
T4 Tier 4 Non-Sensitive Public Trust Positions - High Risk
T5 Tier 5 National Security Positions - Top Secret Clearance
T&C Terms and Conditions
T&M Time and Materials
TBD To Be Determined
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TDR Transactional Data Reporting
TEM Technical Exchange Meeting
TIA Telecommunications Industry Association
TIC Trusted Internet Connection
Texas RE Texas Reliability Entity
TLS Transport Layer Security
TO Task Order
TOA Task Order Award
TS Top Secret
U
U.S.C United States Code
UC Unified Communications
UDP User Datagram Protocol
Expansion
UEI Unique Entity Identifier
UI User Interface
UN United Nations
Univ. Universal
UOM Unit of Measure
UPC Universal Product Code
UPS Universal Power Supply
URL Uniform Resource Locator
US United States (of America)
USA United States Army
USAF United States Air Force
USCG United States Coast Guard
USG United States Government
USMC United States Marine Corps
USN United States Navy
US-CERT United States-Computer Emergency Readiness Team
V vCPU virtual Central Processing Unit
VNet Virtual Network
VOSB Veteran-Owned Small Business
VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol
VPAT(™) Voluntary Product Accessibility Template
VPC Virtual Private Cloud
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPP Verified Products Portal
Expansion
VTC Video Teleconference
W
W Woman Owned Business
W3C World Wide Web Consortium
WAF Web Application Firewall
WAN Wide Area Network
WECC Western Electricity Coordinating Council
WOB Woman-Owned Business
WOSB Women-Owned Small Business
X
XML Extensible Markup Language
Y
Z
ZTA Zero Trust Architecture
24x7x365 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days
6G Sixth Generation (Mobile system standard for wireless communications technologies.)
Expansion
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