Introduction to Computing Anne Marchant, Ph'D' Instructor, CS Department George Mason University ama

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Information Warfare and DefenseIT
ProgramsGeorge Mason University
Author Anne Marchant, Assistant Dean IT
Undergraduate Education
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List of Acronyms

• AES Advanced Encryption Standard
• C2 Command and Control
• C2W Command and Control Warfare (Use of EW,
  PSYOP, physical attacks, to attack C2 and to
  defend.)

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List of Acronyms

• C4I Command, Control, Computers, Communications,
  and Intelligence
• C4SIR (sometimes C4ISR) Command, Control,
  Communications, Computers, Surveillance,
  Intelligence, and Reconnaissance
• CIP Critical Infrastructure Protection (Used as
  both a general term as well as a specific
  research initiative.)
• DES Data Encryption Standard

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Acronyms Contd

• DHS Department of Homeland Security
• DID Distributed Intrusion Detection System
• DISA Defense Information Systems Agency
• DoS Denial of Service

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Acronyms Contd

• ELINT Electronic Intelligence
• EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation
• EMP Electromagnetic Pulse
• EW Electronic Warfare

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Acronyms Contd

• FedCirc Federal Computer Incident Response Center
• GII Global Information Infrastructure
• G2I Get the word out Intelligence
• HERF High Energy Radio Frequency
• IA Information Assurance

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Acronyms Contd

• IAIP Information Analysis and Infrastructure
  Protection
• IDS Intrusion Detection System
• IO Information Operations
• IRP Incident Response Plan
• LIWA Land Information Warfare Activity
  (Army-Coordinates IO between other services and
  DOD.)

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• NCSD National Cybersecurity Division (Homeland
  Security)
• NII National Information Infrastructure (Includes
  computer and communications equipment and systems
  of all types.)
• NIPC National Infrastructure Protection Center
• NIST National Institute of Standards (NIST
  establishes encryption standards and security
  standards. NIST also funds research.)

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Acronyms Contd

• NRO National Reconnaissance Office. (Dulles.)
• NSA National Security Agency
• PGM Precision Guided Munitions
• PGP Pretty Good Privacy
• PSYOP Psychological Operations

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Acronyms Contd

• RSA Rivest Shamir Adleman
• SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
  Systems)
• SIRT-Security Incidence Response Team
• SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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Acronyms Contd

• SSH Secure Shell
• TEMPEST Transient Electromagnetic Pulse Emanation
  Standard (acronym definition varies).
• VPN Virtual Private Network