For details on many of these terms, see the definitions at §2004.4.

CCIPP—Classified Critical Infrastructure Protection Program

CCIPP POC—Entity point of contact under the CCIPP program

CIA—Central Intelligence Agency

CSA—Cognizant security agency

CNSS—Committee on National Security Systems

COMSEC—Communications security

CSO—Cognizant security office

DHS—Department of Homeland Security

DoD—Department of Defense

DOE—Department of Energy

EA—Executive agent (the NISP executive agent is DoD)

E.O.—Executive Order

FAR—Federal Aquisition Regulation

FOCI—Foreign ownership, control, or influence

GCA—Government contracting activity

Insider threat program SO—insider threat senior official (for an agency or for an entity)

ISOO—Information Security Oversight Office of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

KMO—Key managers and officials (of an entity)

LAA—Limited access authorization

NID—National interest determination

NISPOM—National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual

NRC—Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NSA—National Security Agency

ODNI—Office of the Director of National Intelligence

PA—Proxy agreement

RD—Restricted data

SF—Standard Form

SAO—Senior agency official for NISP

SAP—Special access program

SCA—Security control agreement

SCI—Sensitive compartmented information

SSA—Special security agreement

TS—Top secret (classification level)

VT—Voting trust


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