APPENDIX B

Standard Acronyms

ACD

automatic call distributor

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard

ALE

annual loss expectancy

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

AO

authorizing official

AP

access point

API

application programming interface

APT

advanced persistent threat

ARO

annual rate of occurrence

ATM

asynchronous transfer mode

AUP

acceptable use policy

AV

antivirus

B2B

business to business

B2C

business to consumer

BBB

Better Business Bureau

BC

business continuity

BCP

business continuity plan

BGP4

Border Gateway Protocol 4 for IPv4

BIA

business impact analysis

BYOD

Bring Your Own Device

C2C

consumer to consumer

CA

certificate authority

CAC

Common Access Card

CAN-SPAM

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