Master Glossary Of Acronyms

NMCI Master Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms

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Definition

A&E

Architecture & Engineering

AACT

Advanced Application Certification Testing

AART

Audit Application Review Team

AAUSN

Administrative Assistant to the Under Secretary of the Navy

ABCD Methodology

Assumptions-Based Communications Dynamics Methodology

Acclimation

The process of orienting personnel to the NMCI contract environment and its program objectives, functions, processes, procedures, and specific job requirements.

ACD

Automated Call Distribution

ACE

Application Certification Engineer

ACK

Acknowledgement

ACL

Access Control List

ACO

Administrative Contracting Officer

ACR/NEXT

Attenuation and Cross-Talk/Near End Cross-Talk

ACS

Assistant Chief of Staff

ACT

Action Collaboration Team

Activity

Process, procedure, or job aid. An action taken to create a work product or service, or achieve a result.

ACTR

Assistant Contract Technical Representative

AD

Active Directory

ADD

Active Directory Domain

ADM

Admiral (4 Star), U.S. Navy

ADS

Application Deployment Solution

Advocacy

Ensures that customer issues, concerns, and problems are heard and addressed by NMCI personnel.

AEAG

Applications Enterprise Action Group

AFB

Air Force Base

AFSO

Assistant Facility Security Officer

Agent

The role, organizational unit/function, or automated process that achieves or creates a work product; answers the question “Who?”

AIM

Asset Information Management System

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Term

Definition

AIP

Administrative Installation Point

AIS

Automated Information Systems

Alarm

Indication by an IA countermeasure that an abnormal activity has occurred

AMHS

Automated Message Handling System

Anomaly

Any condition that deviates from expectations based on things, such as requirement specifications, design documents, user documents, standards, or from someone’s perceptions or experiences. Anomalies may be found during, but not limited to, the review, test, analysis, construction, or use of (software) work products.

AoA

Analysis of Alternatives

AOFR

Assumption of Financial Responsibility

AOI

Alarm of Interest. An alarm that has been evaluated by an IA professional and is deemed to be either a known threat action or an unknown action that requires further analysis.

AOR

Assumption of Responsibility

API

Application Programming Interface

APLIT

Automated Post Local Installation List

APM

Assistant Program Manager

APM

Applications Project Manager

APM

Actual Performance Measure. A measurement of actual services provided, as defined in the Service Level Agreement.

ARG

Application Resource Guide

ASC

Authorization to Solicit/Commit

ASCLS

Automated Cartridge System Library Software

ASD

Assistant Secretary of Defense

As-Is

Current (Pre-NMCI)

ASN

Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Assumption

Conditions or states of the project, environment, or personnel that are considered true for basis of the project planning. May include best-guess decisions needed to plan the project in areas where the customer has not made a decision.

AT

Assistive Technology

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

ATM

Application-to-Machine Mapping

ATO

Authority to Operate. Ongoing approval to operate a network as part of an approved Government network; status after resolution of IATO discrepancies.

Availability

The ability of an NMCI service or component to perform its required function at a stated instant or over a stated period.

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NMCI Master Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms

Term

Definition

AVT

Assessment and Validation Team

B1

Boundary 1

B2

Boundary 2

B3

Boundary 3

B4

Boundary 4

BAN

Base Area Network

Baseline

A specification that has been formally reviewed and agreed on, which thereafter serves as the basis for future development and can be changed only through formal change control procedures.

BCA

Business Case Analysis

BDC

Backup Domain Controller

Best Practices

Tools, strategies, and insights that enable a team to maximize revenue, enhance profitability, and optimize operations; documented strategies and tactics that are implemented and honed on the basis of lessons learned.

BFM

Business Financial Manager

BHA

Boundary Hardware Administrator

BI

Background Investigation

BII

Base Infrastructure Installation

BIOS

Basic Input Output System

BIP

Base Implementation Plan

BIS

Business Integration Services

BLII

Base Level Information Infrastructure

BMO

Business Management Office

BoM

Bill of Materials

BSA

Baseline System Assessment

BSC

Business Services Center

BUMED

Bureau of Medicine (Navy)

BUPERS

Bureau of Personnel (Navy)

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Term

Definition

Business Process Reengineering

Technique for improving business processes that usually abides by the following course of action: •

Define the scope and objectives of a business process reengineering project

•

Perform learning process (with clients, employees, competitors, noncompetitors, and new technology)

•

Use knowledge to create a vision for the future and design new business processes

•

Use this definition of the To-Be environment to create a plan of action based on the gap between the To-Be environment and current processes, technologies, and structures

•

Implement the solution

BWM

Bandwidth Manager

C&A

Certification and Accreditation. The activities that lead to the Government’s approval to operate a network as part of a set of secure Government networks; including IATC, IATO, and ATO.

C2

Command and Control

C3I

Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence

C4

Command, Control, Communications, and Computers

C4I

Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence

CA

Certificate Authenticator

CA

Client Advocate; Client Advocacy

CA

Corporate Agreement

CAA

Customer Advocate Advisory

CAB

Change Advisory Board

CAC

Common Access Card

CAD

Change/Add/Delete

CAP

Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program

CAPT

Captain (0-6) USN

CAS

Corporative Administrative System

CBA

Certification by Association

CBNR

Certified But Not Recommended

CBT

Computer-Based Training

CCA

Claimant/Command Agreement

CCA

Clinger-Cohen Act

CCB

Change Control Board

CCB

Configuration Control Board

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Term

Definition

CCC

Cutover Command Center

CCDR

Contractor Cost Data Requirement

CCI

Controlled Cryptographic Item

CCIE

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert

CCL

Change Control Log

CCM

Cultural Change Management

CCO

Cisco Connect Online

CCSD

Command Communications Service Designator (DISA)

CD

Compact Disc

CDA

Central Design Authority

CDA

Content Delivery Agents

CDAC

CSP-to-DMS Addressing Component

CDB

Customer Design Brief

CDR

Critical Design Review

CDTAB

Cross-Domain Technical Advisory Board

CE&P

Computer Equipment and Printing

CEP

Command Execution Plan

CFE

Contractor-Furnished Equipment

CFO

Chief Financial Officer

Change Control

Element of configuration management, consisting of the evaluation, coordination, approval or disapproval, and implementation of changes to configuration items after formal establishment identification.

Checklist

Optional document developed to use as a tool helping agents perform tasks or procedures. It is associated with processes or procedures.

CI

Configuration Item

CIFS

Common Internet File System

CINC

Commander in Chief

CINCLANT

Command-in-Chief, Atlantic

CINCLANTFLT

Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

CINCPAC

Commander-in-Chief, Pacific

CINCPACFLT

Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet

CIO

Chief Information Officer

CIWG

Common Interoperability Working Group

CJA

Critical Joint Applications

Claimant

Organizational structure within the Navy that receives funding.

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Term

Definition

Classified Information

The three classification levels (Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret) of official U.S. Government information that require protection against unauthorized disclosure in the interest of national security.

CLF

Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

Client

Navy and Marine Corps personnel

Client Advocate

Ensures customer satisfaction and achieves the incentives offered by the NMCI contract.

CLIN

Contract Line Item Number

CM

Change Manager

CM

Configuration Management

CMC

Commandant of the Marine Corps

CMDB

Configuration Management Database

CME

Command Mission Equipment

CMM

Capability Maturity Model. Improvement models from SEI that assists organizations with their people, processes, and technology assets to improve long-term business performance.

CMMI

Capability Maturity Model Integration. Improvement model from SEI that combines the following three source models into a single improvement framework for organizations to use in pursuing Enterprise-wide process improvement: 1. SW-CMM, v2.0, draft C 2. EIA/IS 731 3. IPD-CMM v0.98

CMS

COMSEC Material System

CMS

Conference Management Services

CMS

Cryptologic Material Security

CMW

Compartmented Mode Workstation

CND

Computer Network Defense

CNET

Chief of Naval Education and Training

CNNOC

Commander of Naval Network Operations Center

CNNWC

Commander Naval Network Warfare Command

CNO

Chief of Naval Operations

CNO

Computer Network Operations

CNO-16

Director, Space, Information Warfare, Command, and Control

CNOC

Classified Network Operations Center

COI

Community of Interest

COINS

Community of Interest Network Services

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Term

Definition

COL

Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps

COM

Component Object Model

Commitment to Perform

Actions the organization must take to ensure that a process is established. Usually involves establishing organizational policies and senior management sponsorship.

COMNAVAIRSYSCOM

Commander, Naval Air Systems Command

COMOPTEVFOR

Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force

Compliance

Measure of the degree to which actual performance satisfies the expectations of a process or standard.

Component

Automated or manual part(s) of a system.

COMPUTSEC

Computer Security

COMSEC

Communications Security

CONOPS

Concept of Operations

Constraints

Conditions that define or restrict how project goals and objectives are met. May include procedures, environment, staff, technical requirements, budgets, and schedules.

Contingency Plan

Identified, evaluated, and selected actions of alternative strategies that address actions to be taken when a trigger event occurs, or when a risk becomes a problem.

Continuous Process Improvement

Technique for reviewing and upgrading business processes that usually abide by the following course of action: •

Document the process as currently conducted

•

Establish ways to measure the process based on client requirements

•

Use the process, measure results, and identify improvement opportunities based on data collected

•

Implement process improvements

•

Repeat loop (continuous process improvement, also called business process improvement or functional process improvement)

Contracting Officer

The only person authorized to approve changes to any of the requirements of a contract. Notwithstanding provisions contained elsewhere in the contract, this authority remains solely the Contracting Officer’s. If the contractor affects any change at the direction of any person other than the Contracting Officer, that change is considered to have been made without authority and no adjustment will be made in the contract price to cover any increase in charges incurred.

CONUS

Continental United States

COO

Chief Operating Officer

COR

Contracting Officer’s Representative

COTR

Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative

COTS

Commercial Off-the-Shelf (software)

CPAR

Contractor Performance Assessment Report

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Term

Definition

CPARS

Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System

CPE

Customer Premise Equipment

CPERQ

Certification Phase Engineering Review Questionnaire

CPF

Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet

CPM

Customer Project Manager

CPO

Civilian Personnel Office

CPR

Client Problem Repair

CR

Completion Report (DISA)

CRA

Continuing Resolution Authority

CRAB

Classified Remote Access Boundary

CS

Change Sponsor

CS

Customer Satisfaction

CSA

Cognizant Security Agency

CSF

Classified Server Farm

CSIDS

Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System

CSP

Communications Support Processor

CSR

Customer Service Representative

CSSO

Contractor Special Security Officer

CSU/DSU

Channel Service Unit/Digital Service Unit

CT&E

Contractor Test & Evaluation

CTB

Classified Transport Boundary

CTF

Commander Task Force

CTI

Category/Type/Item

CTO

Chief Technology Officer

CTR

Contract Technical Representative

CTR

Customer Transition Representative

Customer

(See Client)

CWND

Congestion Window

CY

Calendar Year

DAA

Designated Approval Authority

DADMS

DoN Application & Database Management System

DAN

Dial Access Network

DASN

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy

DAT

Development Approach Team

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Term

Definition

DATMS-C

Data ATM Services—Classified

DATMS-U

Data ATM Services—Unclassified

DB

Database

DCII

Defense Clearance and Investigations Index

DCMS

Director, COMSEC Material System

DCS

Data Conference Services

DCTS

Defense Collaborative Tool Suite

DDN

Defense Data Network

DDR

Dual Desktop Reduction

DEERS

Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System

Defect

A flaw in a system or system component that causes the system or component to fail to perform its required function.

Deliverable

The project output(s) that will be provided to the customer.

DEMARC

Demarcation

Dependency

Identification of a sequential and logical relationship between a set of tasks or activities of a project.

DFAS

Defense Finance and Accounting Service

DFS

Distributive File System

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DII

Defense Information Infrastructure

DIMHRS

Defense Integrated Military Human Resource System

DISA

Defense Information Systems Agency

DISN

Defense Information Systems Network

DITCO

Defense Information Technology Contracting Office (DISA)

DITSCAP

Defense Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process

DL

Distribution Lists

DM

Distributed Monitoring

DM

Decision Meeting

DMC

Document Management Center

DMDS

Defense Message Dissemination System

DMS

Defense Message System

DMT

Design Management Team

DMT

Data Management Team

DMZ

Demilitarized Zone

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Term

Definition

DNS

Domain Name Server

DO

Delivery Order

Document User

Any employee permitted access to QMS documents based on qualifications and authorization to perform quality activities.

Documentation Specialist

An individual who creates, maintains, and publishes all forms of documentation.

Documented Procedure

Set of rules and steps for performing a task that can be used by individuals who can perform the task in a repeatable manner.

DoD

Department of Defense

DoN

Department of the Navy

DoNMC

Department of Navy and Marine Corps

DPM

Deputy Program Manager

DPMS

Distributed Project Management Solution

DREN

Defense Research Engineering Network

DRM

Design Reference Manual

DS

Directory Services

DS

Delivery Specialist

DSAWG

DISN Security Accreditation Work Group

DSC

DISN Service Center (DISA)

DSL

Definitive Software Library

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

DSN

Defense Switched Network

DSS

Defense Security Service

DTC

DISN Transition Contract

DTS

DISA Transport Services

DVS

DISN Video Systems

DVS-G

DISN Video Systems—Global

E&SA

E-mail and Systems Access

EAG

Enterprise Action Group

EAGLE

Enterprise Applications Group for Legacy and Emerging

EAI

Enterprise Application Integration

ECCB

Enterprise Change Control Board

EDMS

Electronic Document Management System

EDS

Electronic Data Systems

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Term

Definition

EDS NMCI Personnel

All EDS employees, subcontractors, and vendors involved in the implementation and ongoing support of NMCI (formerly know as ISF Personnel).

EFS

Encrypted File System

EIA/IS

Electronic Industries Alliance Interim Standard

EIWG

Enterprise IT Strategy and Coordination Working Group

e-Learning

Web-based training courses

ELFEXT

Equivalent Level Far End Cross-Talk

EMF

Enterprise Management Facility

eMp

eMarketplace

EMS

Enterprise Management System

EMSEC

Emission Security

End User(s)

Individual or group who uses the system for its intended operational use when it is deployed in its environment.

Entry Criteria

Describes when the activities within a process begin and the condition(s) that need to be met before the agent begins performing tasks or procedures within a process.

EO

Enterprise Operations

EO

Executive Order

EOI

Event of Interest: An event that has been evaluated as an actual successful penetration attempt or other successful IA system service interruption.

EPMG

Enterprise Process Management Group

EPMO

Enterprise Program Management Office

EPSQ

Electronic Personnel Security Questionnaire

EPVC

Enterprise Value Project Council

ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning

ERQ

Engineering Review Questionnaire

ESD

Electronic Software Distribution

ESM

Enterprise Security Manager

Exit Criteria

Describes when the activities of a process end. The condition(s) under which the agent leaves the process (all major tasks or procedures in a process have been performed).

FAD

Financial Accounting Data

FAD

Funding Authorization Documents

FAD

Force Activity Designator

FAM

Functional Area Manager

FaP

File and Print

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Term

Definition

FAQ

Frequently Asked Question

FAR

Federal Acquisition Regulations

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FCL

Facility Clearance

FFP

Firm Fixed Price

FGI

Foreign Government Information

FIMS

Financial Information Management System

FISC

Fleet Industrial Supply Center

FIWC

Fleet Information Warfare Center

Flowchart

Graphical, step-by-step representation of a sequence of operations in an information system, program, or process: •

Top-down flowchart: depiction of major steps in process

•

Detailed flowchart: detailed information about what happens during each step in a process

•

Workflow diagram: depiction of movements of people, materials, documents, or information in a process

•

Cross-functional process map: display of the flow of activities and tasks within a process, using swim lanes to identify responsible groups and organizations

FMB

Financial Management Board

FOC

Full Operational Capability

FOUO

For Official Use Only

FSA

Functional Specialty Area

FSO

Facility Security Officer

FTE

Full-Time Equivalent

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

FTS

Federal Telecommunications Service

FY

Fiscal Year

FYDP

Future Years Defense Program

GAL

Global Address List

GCA

Government Contracting Activity

GCCS

Global Command and Control System

GETS

Government Emergency Telecommunications Service

GFE

Government-Furnished Equipment

GFF

Government-Furnished Facilities

GFI

Government-Furnished Information

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Term

Definition

GFI

Government-Furnished Inventory

GIAC

Global Information Assurance Center

GIG

Global Information Grid

GL

General Ledger

GLISSM

Global Information Systems Security Manager

GMO

Government Management Office

GNOC

Global Network Operations Center

GNOC

Government Network Operations Center

GOTS

Government-Off-the-Shelf (software)

GPO

Group Policy Object

GRE

Generic Routing Encapsulation

Green Seat

Marine Corps Seat

GSA

General Services Administration

GUI

Graphical User Interface

GWS

GroupWare Server

HAC S&I

House Appropriations Committee Survey and Inspection Team

HAG

High-Assurance Guard (Mail Guard)

HASC

House Armed Services Committee

HCI

Human Computer Interface

HD

Help Desk

Help Desk Incident

An issue reported by an NMCI end user; may or may not be an IA event.

Homeport

NMCI Web site

HP

Hewlett Packard

HQMC

Headquarters, Marine Corps

HTTB

High-Throughput Transport Boundary

HVAC

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

I&A

Information and Authentication

I/Q/O

Inquire/Quote/Order (DISA)

IA

Information Assurance (Security)

IA Event

An evaluated alarm of interest that meets the conditions of a potential penetration attempt or other suspicious activity.

IAA&E

Information Assurance Architecture & Engineering

IABO

Information Assurance Base Operations

IACB

Information Assurance Capabilities Baseline

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Term

Definition

IATC

Interim Authority to Connect. Approval by the Government to connect a network to an approved Government network.

IATO

Interim Authority to Operate. Approval by the Government to operate a network as part of an approved Government network.

IATT

Information Assurance Tiger Team

IATT

Interim Authority to Test

IAVA

Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert. A Government-defined alarm on a particular threat.

IAVB

Information Assurance Vulnerability Bulletin. A Government-defined advisory on a particular threat.

IAW

In accordance with

IBM

International Business Machines

ICA

Independent Computing Architecture

ICD

Interface Control Document

ID

Identification

ID/IQ

Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity

IDF

Intermediate Distribution Facility

IDO

Incentive Determining Official

IDR

Initial Design Review

IDS

Intrusion Detection Services

IE

Internet Explorer

IER

Information Exchange Requirement

IFE

Impacted Federal Employee

IIS

Internet Information Services

IL

Implementation Lead

ILS

Integrated Logistics Support

ILSP

Integrated Logistics Support Plan

IM/IT

Information Management/Information Technology

Impacted Federal Employee

Permanent civilian Government DoD employee whose position is being impacted (eliminated or changed) because of the transition from the current system to the NMCI system.

IMS

Integrated Master Schedule

INFOSEC

Information Security

Infrastructure Readiness

Everything needed to roll desktops.

Input

Resource transformed by an activity to accomplish the purpose of the activity.

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Term

Definition

Inputs

Describes the work products used (for example, templates and working knowledge required before beginning execution of a process).

IOC

Initial Operational Capability

IOT&E

Interoperability Test and Evaluation

IP

Internet Protocol

IPD-CMM

Integrated Product Development Capability Maturity Model

IPR

In-Progress Review

IPSEC

Internet Protocol Security

IPT

Integrated Process Team

IR

Information Request

IRAAD

Issues/Risks/Actions/Assumptions/Decision (Management)

IRB

Incentive Review Board

ISAPI

Internet Services Application Programming Interface (Microsoft)

ISC

Integrated Support Center

ISDN

Integrated Switched Digital Network

ISEA

In-Service Engineering Agent

ISEC

Information Systems Engineering Command

ISF

Information Strike Force (see EDS NMCI Personnel)

ISMO

Information Systems Management Office

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISO

International Standards Office

ISO

Industrial Security Office

ISP

Inside Plant

ISP

Internet Service Provider

ISP

Information Security Program

ISP

International Standards Office

ISSA

Information Systems Security Administrator

ISSM

Information Systems Security Manager

ISSO

Information Systems Security Officer

ISSP

Information Systems Security Policy

IT

Information Technology

IT21

Information Technology for the 21st Century

ITA

Intruder Alert Agent

ITC

Information Transport Cloud

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Term

Definition

ITIA

Information Technology Infrastructure Architecture

ITIL

Information Technology Infrastructure Library. A widely accepted approach to IT service management in the world. ITIL provides a comprehensive and consistent set of best practices for IT service management, promoting a quality approach to achieving business effectiveness and efficiency in the use of information systems.

ITM

IBM Tivoli Monitoring

IV&V

Independent Verification and Validation

IWM

Interwarehouse Move

JEPC

Joint Enterprise Process Council. An NMCI client-based organization established to perform the following: •

Validate that a compelling business reason exists for the process.

•

Monitor that process changes are developed and implemented based on a prioritization methodology.

•

Authorize approval for the process development and/or modification to proceed.

•

Serve as a communication mechanism to EDS NMCI interface management.

JITC

Joint Interoperability Test Command

Job Aid

Procedural tool necessary to complete the procedure; includes task instructions, templates, forms, checklists, and guidelines; used primarily by EDS NMCI peers.

JPAS

Joint Personnel Adjudication System

JRB

Joint Reserve Base

JTA

Joint Technical Architecture

JTF

Joint Task Force

JV 2010

Joint Vision 2010

KA

Knowledge Author

KAPM

Key Application Performance Monitor

KBS

Knowledge Base System

Key Activity

Aggregate of multiple individual steps with collective output.

KM

Knowledge Management

KMCoP

Knowledge Management Community of Practice

KVM Switch

Keyboard Video Mouse switch. A switch that connects two or more computers to the same keyboard, mouse, and monitor.

LAC

Local Agency Check

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Term

Definition

LADRA

Legacy Application Deployment Readiness Activity. A pre-Alpha and Beta test where workstations are set up and the applications from the NOC are downloaded through the B2 firewall. Some limited reachback testing with endusers are conducted during this testing.

LAN

Local Area Network

LAPOC

Legacy Application Point of Contact

LART

Legacy Application Red Team

LATG

Legacy Application Transition Guide

LC

Logistics Coordinator

LCM

Logistics Coordinator Manager

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LDE

Limited Deployment Evaluation

LDS

Logistics Delivery Services

LDSA

Local Directory System Agents

LDSD&T

Local Deployment Solution Development and Test

LE

Lead Engineer

LEC

Local Exchange Carrier

Legacy Application

An existing customer software application that is not included in the NMCI standard seat services or CLIN 0023.

LLT

Long Lead Time

LM

Logistics Manager

LMS

Learning Management System

LOA

Line of Accounting

LOC

Letter of Consent

LOE

Level of Effort

LOM

Logistics Operations Manager

LOO

Letter of Observation

LPM

Logistics Portal Manager

LR

Logistics Request

LRA

Local Registration Authority

LRP

Logistics Request Package

LSA

Logistics Support Analysis

LSTG

Legacy System Transition Guide

LTN

Legacy Test Network

LTTB

Low-Throughput Transport Boundary

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Term

Definition

MAC

Move, Add, and Change

MAC Operations Group

Move/Add/Change Operations Group

MAN

Municipal Area Network

MARCORSYSCOM

Marine Corps System Command

MARFORLANT

Marine Forces Atlantic

MARFORPAC

Marine Forces Pacific

MARFORRES

Marine Forces Reserve

MARFORSOUTH

Marine Forces South

MATCOM

USMC Materiel Command

MAW

Marine Aircraft Wing

MCAGCC

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center

MCCDC

Marine Corps Combat Development Center

MCCS

Marine Corps Community Services

MCEN

Marine Corps Enterprise Network

MCLB

Marine Corps Logistics Base

MCNOSC

Marine Corps Network Operations and Security Command

MCP

Microsoft Certified Professional

MCPD

Marine Corps Programs Department

MCRC

Marine Corps Recruiting Command

MCSC

Marine Corps Systems Command

MCSD

Microsoft Certified Solution Developer

MCSE

Microsoft Systems Engineer

MCTN

Marine Corps Tactical Network

MDAC

Microsoft Data Access Component

Measurement

Defines how the performance of an activity is assessed

Method

An ordered way of performing a task; a procedure, technique, or process for accomplishing task objectives.

MFS

Multifunction Switches

MGS

Medium Grade Service

MIB

Management Information Base

MILDEP

Military Department

MILSATCOMM

Military Satellite Communications

MLS

Multi-Level Security

MMC

Microsoft Management Console

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Term

Definition

MOA

Memorandum of Agreement

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MP

Migration Planner

MS

Microsoft

MSC

Military Sealift Command

MSI

Microsoft Installer Package

MSSQL

Microsoft Structured Query Language Server

MTBF

Mean Time Between Failure

MTTB

Medium-Throughput Transport Boundary

MX

Mail Exchange

NAC

National Agency Check

NADTF

Navy Applications Database Task Force

NAF

Naval Air Facility

NAOR

Network Assumption of Responsibility

NAS

Naval Air Station

NASCAMP

Navy Switch and Cable Modernization Program

NAT

Network Address Translation

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NAV

Norton Anti-Virus

NAVAIRSYSCOM

Naval Air Systems Command

NAVFAC

Naval Facilities Engineering Command

NAVICP

Navy Inventory Control Point

NAVRESFOR

Navy Reserve Force

NAVRESNET

Naval Reserve Network

NAVSEA

Naval Sea Systems Command

NAVSUP

Naval Supply Systems Command

NAWCTSD

Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division

NAWCWD

Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

NCAP

NMCI Connection Approval Process

NCARP

NMCI Connection Approval Review Panel

NCIS

Naval Criminal Investigative Service

NCR

National Capital Region

NCSA

NetScreen Certified Security Associate

NCSP

NetScreen Certified Security Professional

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Term

Definition

NCWF

Navy Capital Working Fund

NDA

Non-Disclosure Agreement

NDOR

NMCI Deployment Order Reconciliation

NDOT

NMCI Director’s Ordered Testing

NDW

Naval District Washington

NEADG

Navy Enterprise Application Development Guide

NEPP

Navy/Marine Corps Enclave Protection Policy

NET

NMCI Enterprise Tool

NETPROWLER

A software application

NETWARCOM

Naval Network Warfare Command

NEXT

Near End Cross-Talk

NIM

NOC Implementation Manager

NIPRNET

Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Network

NISPOM

National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual

NMC

Network Management Center

NMCI

Navy Marine Corps Intranet

NMCI Personnel

Government and EDS NMCI personnel involved in the implementation and ongoing support of the NMCI (see EDS NMCI Personnel).

NMCRC

Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Center

NMCWP

Navy Marine Corps White Pages

NMOC

Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command

NMS

Network Management System

NNIOC

Naval Network and Information Operations Command

NNOC

Naval Network Operations Command

NNPI

Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information

NOC

Network Operations Center

NOIS

NMCI Order Interface System

NOVADIGM

A software application

NRC

Naval Reserve Center

NRDDG

NMCI Release Development and Deployment Guide

NRFK

Norfolk

NRMP

Navy Release Management Process

NSA

National Security Agency

NSA

Naval Support Activity

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Term

Definition

NSCAP

NMCI Security Certification and Accreditation Process

NSCM

NMCI Software Configuration Management

NSIPS

Naval Standard Integrated Personnel System

NSM

Network Systems Monitors

NSS

National Security Systems

NSTISSI

National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Instruction

NSWC

Naval Surface Warfare Center

NTLC

Network Transport Logistical Center

NTPG

NMCI Transition Planning Guide

O&M

Operations and Maintenance

OA

Operational Assessment

OAB

Operations Advisory Board

OACT

Overarching Action Collaboration Team

OADR

Originating Agency’s Determination Required

OBLD

On Base Low Density

OCA

Original Classification Authority

OCM

Object Creation Module

OCONUS

Outside the Continental United States

OCP

Oracle Certified Professional

ODBC

Open Database Connectivity

OIC

Officer in Charge

OLA

Office of Legislative Affairs

Ombudsman

An individual or office that investigates and facilitates resolution of customer issues, problems, and concerns including reporting and trend analysis.

ONI

Office of Naval Intelligence

ONR

Office of Naval Research

OOB

Out of Band

OPCON

Operational Control

Operational Reporting (Tactical)

Reporting performed to allow the network operations staff keep the system operational and allow the EDS NMCI team to examine the network proactively for problem avoidance; reporting includes day-to-day reports and ad hoc reports that may identify problems (such as outages) that can then be mitigated.

OPM

Office of Personnel Management

OPNAV

Office of the Chief of Naval Operations

OPNAVINST

Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Instruction

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Term

Definition

OPSEC

Operations Security

OPTEVFOR

Operational Test & Evaluation Force

ORN

Order Request Number

OS

Operating System

OSD

Office of the Secretary of Defense

OSP

Outside Plant

OT

Operational Testing

OT&E

Operational Test & Evaluation

OTRR

Operational Test Readiness Review

OU

Operational Unit

Output

The work product or service produced by an activity

Outputs

Describes work products that are produced; the deliverables resulting from performing a process.

OWAN

Okinawa Wide Area Network

P2P

Point-to-Point

P2P

Peer-to-Peer

PAB

Personal Address Book

PACOM

Pacific Command

PAL

Process Asset Library. Centralized database storage location for current process assets.

PBT

Performance Benchmark Testing

PC

Performance Category. Subset of performance required for a particular SLA.

PC

Personal Computer

PCCB

Process Change Control Board

PCL

Proving Center Lab

PCM

Process Change Manager

PCMC

Process Change Management Coordinator

PCO

Program Contracting Officer

PCT

Project Control Tool

PD

Program Directorate

PDA

Personal Digital Assistant

PDA

Product Delivery Analyst

PDC

Program Designator Code

PDF

Portable Document Format

PDM

Product Delivery Manager

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Term

Definition

PDP

Project Defined Process

PDR

Preliminary Design Review

PDS

Partitioned Data Set

PDU

Power Distribution Unit

Peer Review

A methodical, documented process review performed by peers, as appropriate, to identify anomalies and gain a better understanding of the changes to a process asset

PEO

Program Executive Office

PEO-IT

Program Executive Office for Information Technology

PF

Public Folder

PGWS

Primary Groupware Server

Phase

Portion of a series of activities

PI

Potential Incident. Events of interest that have been evaluated to meet the criteria of an actual targeted service interruption; elevated to CNNOC for evaluation of an actual incident.

PIAB

POP in a Box

PIC

Program Information Center

PIM

Process and Information Management

PIO

Program Information Office

PIRC

Product Insertion Review Committee

PIV

Project InVision

PKI

Public Key Infrastructure

PLA

Post-LADRA Assessment

Plan

Documents processes to be performed and how they will be tracked and managed; provides an operational bridge between organizationally defined processes and PDPs; identifies who, what, when, where, why, and how

PLM

Product Line Manager

PM

Program Manager

PMC

Portal Management Console

PMF

Process Management Framework. The EDS NMCI Process Management Framework identifies components that can be used in a predefined structure to create and implement functional processes in a consistent manner. This framework enables new process products to be defined and added to the organization’s assets, so that they will integrate (relate) to the existing ones.

PMO

Program Management Office

PMW

Program Management Warfare

PO

Purchase Order

POA&M

Plan of Action and Milestones

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Term

Definition

POC

Point of Contact

Policy

Provides guiding principles that influence and determine organizational decisions; demonstrates Senior Leadership commitment to a process.

POM

Program Objective Memorandum

POP

Point of Presence

POR

Program Of Record

POST

Power On Self Test

POTS

Plain Old Telephone Service

PPI

Past Performance Information

PPP

Priority Placement Program

PPR

Program Planning Review

QMS

Quality Management System

PR

Purchase Request

PRI

Primary Rate Interface (ISDN)

PRLH

Pearl Harbor

Procedure

Mechanism used to execute a process; provides step-by-step instructions or how-to information; an established series of steps that are followed in a regular, definite order to accomplish tasks; an established or prescribed method followed routinely in the performance of designated operations or in designated situations.

Process

Defines what people do; documents roles and responsibilities for specific steps that are executed; uses inputs to accomplish a purpose, usually work products or services; sequential, related work activities and tasks that focus on accomplishing a specific objective: •

Defined starting and ending points for each work unit

•

Combination of people, technologies, raw materials, methods, and environments to create a product, deliver a service, or accomplish an interim milestone

Process Activities

Major actions within a process that are documented as a series or sequence of steps.

Process Asset

Any developed process, procedure, or job aid used by EDS NMCI personnel to support the NMCI contract; documentation that relates to describing, implementing, and improving processes (for example, policies, measurements, process descriptions, process standards, models, frameworks, life cycles, and process implementation support tools).

Process Author

Responsible for developing or updating a process asset; presents the process asset documentation in a Peer Review; responds to reviewer questions; participates in document improvement discussions; and applies changes to the document after the Peer Review.

Process Business Rules

Guidelines or formulas that dictate the structure of an activity within a process (for example, design reviews must occur during the 10 days before AOR).

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Term

Definition

Process Complexities

Process anomalies, such as the following: • Mistakes and defects in a process outcome • Breakdowns and delays in delivering a process outcome • Inefficiencies in a process • Variations in process outcome

Process Constraint

Restriction to a process (i.e., what the process will and will not achieve); explanation of process boundaries and limitations; for example, issues, such as customization, access, consistency, geographic dispersion of process resources or users, and agreement among stakeholders.

Process Dependencies

All events, factors, players, and other processes that affect a process (before the fact or after the fact).

Process Documentation

Printed documents, electronic files, software, and other materials and tools (including cross-item links) related to a process, for example, job aids, reference materials, guidelines, templates, flowcharts.

Process Flowchart

A graphical view of the logical flow of major tasks and procedure calls within a process.

Process Input

Resource used by an activity to accomplish the activity’s purpose; all significant information, knowledge, guidelines, documents that are required to complete an activity or task within a process.

Process Management

Phases of process management as follows: •

Develop. Create a process by defining activities and tasks that must be completed, responsible personnel, sequence of completion, inputs and outputs, and by creating supporting tools, such as templates, databases, user guides, job aids, references.

•

Document. Develop narrative, flowcharts, presentations, Web pages, databases, and archives that describe and support a process.

•

Approve and Accept. Formally review and agree on a process that can be changed after approval only through the use of formal, controlled procedures.

•

Implement. Put a process into practice.

•

Monitor. Track process performance over time, using identified measures.

•

Improve. Analyze process performance and identify changes that will increase its effectiveness.

Process Owner

The individual responsible for approving changes made to a process.

PSI

Physical Site Identifier

PSQ

Preliminary Site Questionnaire

PSTN

Public Switched Telephone Network

PTR

Post-Test Review

PVC

Permanent Virtual Circuit

QDATS

Quarantine Desktop Application Transition Strategy

QUAN

Quantico

R/W/B seat

Red/White/Blue seat

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Term

Definition

RA

Recovery Agent

RAB

Remote Access Boundary

RAS

Remote Access Service

RBAC

Role-Based Access Control

RC

Responsibility Center

RCA

Root Cause Analysis. An analysis to determine the cause of a Service Level Variance.

RCP

Request for Contractual Procurement

RCS

Radia Configuration Server

RD&A

Research Development and Acquisition

RDT&E

Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation

REA

Request for Equitable Adjustment

Related Documents

Documents that are used within, or referenced by, a process.

RESFOR

Reserve Forces

RESO

Resolution

Resources

Tools, skills, knowledge, or training required by or available for use in a process.

RFA

Request for Access

RFC

Request for Comment

RFC

Request for Change

RFP

Request for Proposal

RFS

Request for Service (DITCO)

R-G

Robbins-Gioia

RGC

Routing Group Connector

RGCS

Routing Group Connector Services

RII

Reinvestment in Infrastructure

RMA

Records Management Application

RMC

Raptor Management Console

RMC

Request Management Center

RME

Resource Manager Essentials

RMERQ

Risk Mitigation Engineering Review Questionnaire

RMP

Release Management Process

RMS

Records Management System

ROI

Return on Investment

ROM

Rough Order of Magnitude

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Term

Definition

ROM

Rough Order of Magnitude

RPC

Remote Procedure Calls

RPS

Radia Proxy Server

RR

Readiness Review

RRPTE

Requesting a Release in the Post-Transition Environment

RSP

Remedy Skilled Professional

RTD

Request to Deploy

RTO

Request to Operate

RtOP

Response to Operational Problem

S

Secret

S&T

Science and Technology

SABI

Secret and Below Interoperability

SACK

Selective Acknowledgement

SAM

Status of Acquisition Message (DISA)

SAN

Storage Area Network

SAP

Special Access Program

SAR

Solution Approval Review

SAR

Status of Acquisition Report

SAT

Special Action Team

SATE

Security Awareness, Training, and Education

SAV

Symantec Anti-Virus

SAWG

Security and Accreditation Working Group

SBU

Sensitive But Unclassified

SCG

Security Classification Guide

SCI

Sensitive Compartmental Information

SCM

Site Concurrence Memorandum

SCM

Site Continuity Management

SCM

Supply Chain Management

Scope

The range of activity covered by a process or procedure

SCR

Schedule Change Request

SDM

Site Delivery Manager

SDM

Server Data Migration

SDNI

San Diego

SDP

Service Delivery Point (DISA)

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Term

Definition

SDU

Secure Domain Unit (DISA)

SEAG

Security Enterprise Action Group

SECGRU

Naval Security Group

SECNAVINST

Secretary of the Navy Instruction

SEI

Software Engineering Institute

SEM

Systems Engineering Management

SEMP

Systems Engineering and Migration Planning

SF

Server Farm

SF

Standard Form

SHC

Stakeholders’ Council

SIL

Site Integration Lead

SIMAN

Station Iwakuni Metropolitan Area Network

SIPRNET

Secret Internet Protocol Router Network

SLA

Service Level Agreement. A written agreement between an IT service provider (see EDS NMCI Personnel) and the IT client (DoN or Marine Corps), defining the key service targets and responsibilities of both parties.

SLIP

Service Level Incentive and Penalty

SLM

Service Level Management

SLV

Service Level Variance

SM

Site Manager

SMB

Server Message Blocks

SMD

Site Management Division

SME

Subject Matter Expert

SMO

STEM Management Office

SMP

Service Management Plan

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SOAP

Simple Open Access Protocol

SOC

Site Operations Center

SOE

Standard Office Environment

SONET

Synchronous Optical Network

SOO

Statement of Objectives

SOP

Standard Operating Procedure

SOVT

System Operational Verification Test

SOW

Statement of Work

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Term

Definition

SP

Service Pack

SPAWAR

Space and Naval Warfare

SPAWARCOM

Space and Naval Warfare Command

SPAWARSYSCEN

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center

SPM

Standard Performance Measure

SPPA

Services and Products Purchasing Agreement

SQL

Structured Query Language (structured language protocol for a database query)

SR

Service Request

SRM

Service Request for Maintenance

SRM

Service Request Management

SRO

Service Request Owner

SSA

Software Support Activity

SSAA

System Security Authorization Agreement

SSBI

Single-Scope Background Investigation

SSC

Symantec System Console

SSC-SD

SPAWAR Systems Center—San Diego

SSE

Site Solution Engineer

SSH

Secure Shell

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

SSO

Special Security Officer

SSR

Sea Shore Rotation

SSTB

Small Site Transport Boundary

ST&E

Security Test & Evaluation

Stakeholder

Anyone who has a vested interest in the successful functionality of a process asset and can review the process asset as desired by the process author.

STAQA

Standards, Testing, Audit, and Quality Assurance

STAT

Systems Transition Analysis Team

STE

Secure Terminal Equipment

STEM

Site Transition Execution Manager

Steps

The actions that create or achieve a work product or service; answers the question “How?”

ST-ERQ

System Transition—Engineering Review Questionnaire

STM

Site Transition Manager

SubK Mgt

Subcontracts Management

SW-CMM

Capability Maturity Model for Software

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Term

Definition

SWG

Security Working Group

System

Group of related processes or components that interact as a whole to perform tasks, continually affecting each other over time and operating toward a common goal.

T&E

Test and Evaluation

T/EC

Tivoli Enterprise Console

TAC

Technical Assistance Center

TACACS

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System

TAPM

Tivoli Application Performance Monitor

TART

Technical Application Review Team

Task

Individual activity that is just one element of a larger activity.

TCC

Tivoli Certified Consultant

TCEC

Tivoli Certified Solution Expert

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

TDR

Time Domain Reflect-o-meter

TEAG

Technical Enterprise Action Group

TEAM

Total Enterprise Asset Management

TECOM

Test and Evaluation Command

TELCO

Telephone Company

TELNET

Telecommunications Network

TESP

Test & Evaluation Strategy Plan

TEWG

Test & Evaluation Working Group

TFWeb

Task Force Web

THREATCON

Threat Condition

Tier 1 Review

Place where Legacy applications are collected.

Tier 2 Review

When Legacy applications are determined whether or not to be complex.

Tier 3 Review

When NMCI personnel meet with Legacy application owners (not users) to better understand the application.

TMR

Tivoli Management Region

TO

Task Order

To-Be

Where NMCI is at cutover.

TOD

Technical Objective Document

Tools

An application, database, checklist, SOP, or other job aid used to complete process activities and tasks.

Touch Point

Connection between activities in different processes.

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Term

Definition

TPPR

Transition Program Process Review

TPRB

Technical Prioritization Review Board

TR

Telecommunications Request (DISA)

TRQ

Tempest Requirements Questionnaire

TS

Top Secret

TSG

Technical Support Group

TSO

Telecommunications Service Order

TSR

Technical Solution Request

TSR

Technical Solution Review

TSR

Telecommunications Service Request

TSR

Technical Services Request

TST

Technical Solutions Team

TWR

Technical Work Request

U

Unclassified

UAIF

User Asset and Information Form

UAT

User Acceptance Testing

UC

Underpinning Contracts

UDDI

Universal Description Discovery and Integration

UDP

User Data Protocol

UIC

Unit Identification Code

ULSP

User Logistics Support Plan

U-NNPI

Unclassified Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information

UPN

User Principal Name

UPS

Uninterruptible Power Supply

uRAS

unclassified Remote Access Service

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

USB

Universal Serial Bus

Useful Commercial Life

The commercial utility of the facility (instead of its physical life) with consideration given to factors, such as location of facilities, specialized nature, and obsolescence.

uSF

Unclassified Server Farm

USMC

United States Marine Corps

USN

United States Navy

UTAM

User-to-Application Mapping

UTCM

User-to-CLIN Mapping

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Term

Definition

UTNpp

Unclassified Trusted Network Protect Policy

UTP

Unshielded Twisted Pair

UUNET

Unix-to-Unix Network

VAL

Visit Authorization Letter

VB

Vendor BOM

vBNS

Very High-Speed Backbone Network Service

VERA

Voluntary Early Retirement Authority

VIP

Very Important Person

VLAN

Virtual Local Area Network

VPN

Virtual Private Network

VRF

Visit Letter Request Form

VRU

Voice Response Unit

VSSD

Very Small Site Design

VTC

Video Teleconferencing

W!NGS

WAM!NET Government Services

WAN

Wide Area Network

WAR

Weekly Activity Report

WBT

Web-Based Training

WINS

Windows Internet Name Service

WIP

Work in Progress

WIPT

Working Integrated Product Team

Work Products

The result of agents performing activities; can be a tangible artifact or a service; answers the question “What?”

WR

Work Request

WS

Warehouse Specialist

WSH

Windows Scripting Host

WWW

World Wide Web

XPS

Extensible Portal Software (or Services)

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