Explore Terms: A List of Common Cybersecurity Acronyms
The NICCS website is intended to serve public and private sector cybersecurity communities. Below is a list of commonly used acronyms throughout NICCS including the NICE Framework and Training Catalog.
Acronym
Meaning
Letter: A
- Acronym
- Meaning
- AMCIS
- Americas Conference on Information Systems
- AP
- Advanced Placement
- ATE
- Advanced Technological Education
Letter: C
- CAE
- Centers of Academic Excellence
- CBP
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- CCP
- Cyber Competitions Project
- CEO
- Cybersecurity Education Office
- CIA
- Central Intelligence Agency
- CIO
- Chief Information Officer
- CIS
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
- CISSE
- Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education
- CMM
- Capability Maturity Model
- CNAP
- Cybersecurity National Action Plan
- CNCI
- Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative
- CNO
- Computer Network Operations
- CompTIA
- Computing Technology Industry Association
- COP
- Community of Practice
- CS
- Computer Science
- CSEC
- Cyber Security Education Consortium
- CSSIA
- Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance
- CWI
- Cyber Workforce Initiative
Letter: D
- DEF CON
- Defense Readiness Condition
- DHS
- Department of Homeland Security
- DoD
- Department of Defense
- DoED
- Department of Education
Letter: E
- EBK
- Security Essential Body of Knowledge
- EHRI
- Enterprise Human Resources Integration
Letter: F
- FAQ
- Frequently Asked Questions
- FedVTE
- Federal Virtual Training Environment
- FedVTE Live!
- Federal Virtual Training Environment Live!
- FEMA
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- FISMA
- Federal Information Security Management Act
- FISSEA
- Federal Information Systems Security Educators' Association
- FLETC
- Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
- FOIA
- Freedom of Information Act
Letter: G
- GAO
- Government Accountability Office
- GFIRST
- Government Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
Letter: H
- HC
- Human Capital
- HCAAF
- Human Capital Assessment and Accountability Framework
- HICSS
- Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
- HQ
- Headquarters
- HR
- Human Resources
- HTML
- HyperText Markup Language
Letter: I
- IA
- Information Assurance
- IC
- Intelligence Community
- ICC
- Interagency Coordinating Council
- ICE
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- ICEC
- Integrated Cybersecurity Education Communities
- I-Corps
- Innovation Corps
- ICT
- Information and Communication Technology
- IDP
- Individual Development Plan
- IEEE
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- ISC²
- International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium
- IT
- Information Technology
- ITWAC
- IT Workforce Assessment for Cybersecurity
Letter: K
- KSA
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Letter: M
- MDC3
- MD Cyber Challenge and Conference
- MS-ISAC
- Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center
Letter: N
- NAS
- National Academy of Sciences
- NCEC
- National Cybersecurity Education Council
- NCS
- National Cryptologic School
- NCSA
- National Cyber Security Alliance
- NCSAM
- National Cyber Security Awareness Month
- NCSD
- National Cyber Security Division
- NICE
- National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education
- NICCS
- National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies
- NIST
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- No FEAR
- Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation
- NPPD
- National Protection and Programs Directorate
- NRD
- National Resource Directory
- NSA
- National Security Agency
- NSF
- National Science Foundation
- NVD
- National Vulnerability Database
Letter: O
- ODNI
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- OPM
- Office of Personnel Management
Letter: P
- PCAST
- President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
- PII
- Personally Identifiable Information
Letter: S
- SA
- Specialty Area
- SAC
- Senate Appropriations Committee
- SANS
- System Administration, Networking, and Security Institute
- SFS
- Scholarship for Service
- SIGSE
- Special Interest Group on Software Engineering
- SME
- Subject Matter Expert
- SO/DEV
- Supervisory Office / NICCS Development Team
- SRD
- System Reference Document
- STEM
- Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Letter: T
- TMI
- Talent Management Institute
- TRB
- Technical Review Board
- TSA
- Transportation and Security Administration
Letter: U
- URL
- Uniform Resource Locator
- US CERT
- United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team
- USCG
- U.S. Coast Guard
- USDA
- Department of Agriculture
- USSS
- U.S. Secret Service