A glossary of commonly used terms.

ALARM - Association of Local Authority Risk Managers
BS - Baseline Standard
CA - Certification Authority
CAPS - CESG Assisted Products Scheme
CC - Common Criteria
CCT Mark - CSIA Claims Tested Mark
CIFAS - Credit Industry Fraud Avoidance System
CIRT - Computer Incident Response Team
CLAS - CESG Listed Advisor Scheme
CNI - Critical National Infrastructure
CO - (SPD) Cabinet Office (Security Policy Division)
CRL - Certificate Revocation List
CSIA - Central Sponsor for Information Assurance
DLA - Disability Living Allowance
DoS - Denial of Service
DPA - Data Protection Act
DTI - Department of Trade and Industry
DWP - Department for Work and Pensions
EDRMS - Electronic Document and Record Management System
EID - European Identity Management (Programme)
EIF - European Interoperability Framework
ENISA - European Network and IS Agency
FCO - Foreign and Commonwealth Office
GSi - Government Secure Intranet
HMG IS1 - HMG Infosec Standard No.1: (Part 1: risk assessment, Part 2: risk treatment)
HMG IS2 - HMG Infosec Standard No. 2: risk management and accreditation
HO - Home Office
HTTP(s) - Hypertext Transfer Protocol (secure)
IA - Information Assurance
IAPC - Information Assurance Policy Committee
IDABC - Interoperable Delivery of European e-Government Services to public Administrators, Businesses and Citizens
ILx - Impact Level x
IPR - Intel ectual Property Rights
IPS - Identity and Passport Service
IS - Information System
ISM - Interconnection Security Measures
ISO - International Organisation for Standardisation
ITSEC - IT Security Evaluation and Certification Scheme
MPS - Manual of Protective Security
NINO - National Insurance Number
NISCC - National Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre
NIST - (American) National Institute of Standards and Technology
OGC - Office of Government Commerce
OGD - Other Government Department
PDCA - Plan-Do-Check-Act
PIN - Personal Identification Number
PKI - Public Key Infrastructure
RA - Registration Authority
RMADS - Risk Management and Accreditation Document Set
SIRO - Senior Information Risk Owner
SLA - Service Level Agreement
SRO - Senior Responsible Owner
SSL - Secure Sockets Layer
S/MIME - Secure / Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
SyOps - Security Operating Procedures
TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
TLS - Transport Layer Security
ToE - Target of Evaluation
TTP - Trusted Third Party
UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply
VbV - Verified by Visa
VPN - Virtual Private Network  

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