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Master Acronym & Abbreviations Glossary

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ACRONYMDEFINITION
AAAmerican Airlines
AA26-097aCISA Advisory — Iranian APT active PLC exploitation (07 Apr 2026)
ACLEDArmed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
ADCOPAbu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline (UAE, Habshan–Fujairah)
AGLAbove Ground Level
AGRAgriculture (DTR threat sector code)
AH-64Apache Attack Helicopter (Boeing)
AISAutomatic Identification System (maritime vessel tracking)
AMLAnti-Money Laundering
AMSAgricultural Marketing Service (USDA)
ANOPRAdvance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
APAdditional Premium (war-risk insurance)
APTAdvanced Persistent Threat
ARCAmerican Red Cross
ARESAmateur Radio Emergency Service
ASARArea-Specific Assessment Report
ASD-ACSCAustralian Signals Directorate – Australian Cyber Security Centre
ASHPAmerican Society of Health-System Pharmacists
ATAAnnual Threat Assessment (ODNI)
AUHAbu Dhabi International Airport (IATA code)
AUXCOMMAuxiliary Communications
AVNAviation (DTR threat sector code)
BABritish Airways
BIMCOBaltic and International Maritime Council
BLUFBottom Line Up Front
BOIBeneficial Ownership Information (FinCEN / CTA)
BOMBill of Materials
BSABank Secrecy Act
CADComputer-Aided Dispatch
CBOCongressional Budget Office
CDUControl Display Unit (aviation navigation)
CENTCOMUnited States Central Command
CERTCommunity Emergency Response Team
CET1Common Equity Tier 1 (bank capital ratio)
CFCeasefire
CFPBConsumer Financial Protection Bureau
CGASCoast Guard Air Station
CHCoronal Hole (solar weather)
CHEMChemical (DTR threat sector code)
CICritical Infrastructure
CIRCIACyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act
CISACybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
CLARITY ActDigital Asset Market Clarity Act (proposed)
CMA CGMCompagnie Maritime d’Affrètement – Compagnie Générale Maritime
CMBSCommercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
CMMICenter for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMS)
CMSCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
COGContinuity of Government
COGCONContinuity of Government Condition
COMCONCommunications Condition (Fortune Favors the Prepared scale)
CONCertificate of Need (healthcare)
COWCell on Wheels (deployable cellular base station)
CRECommercial Real Estate
CREUComputing-Related Energy Use (DATA Act exemption term)
CSETCenter for Security and Emerging Technology
CTACorporate Transparency Act
CVECommon Vulnerabilities and Exposures
CVSSCommon Vulnerability Scoring System
CYBCyber (DTR threat sector code)
CYBERCONCybersecurity Condition (DTR Alert Panel)
CZIBConflict Zone Information Bulletin (EASA)
DCData Center
DDoSDistributed Denial of Service
DEFCONDefense Readiness Condition (estimated)
DFPICalifornia Department of Financial Protection and Innovation
DIBDefense Industrial Base (DTR threat sector code)
DISRUPT ActDefense and Intelligence Support to Protect and React from Unprecedented Threats Act (NDAA §1273)
DMATDisaster Medical Assistance Team
DMRDigital Mobile Radio
DoDDepartment of Defense
DOHDoha, Qatar (IATA airport code)
DOJDepartment of Justice
DPBDaily Preparedness Brief
DPRKDemocratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)
DSHDisproportionate Share Hospital
DTRDaily Threat Report
DTR-SARDaily Threat Report — Search and Rescue Edition
DVEDomestic Violent Extremism
EASEmergency Alert System
EASAEuropean Union Aviation Safety Agency
ECGElectrocardiogram
ECSEmergency Conflict Surcharge (shipping)
EDEmergency Directive (CISA)
EHRElectronic Health Record
EIAEnergy Information Administration
EMEmergency Management / Emergency Manager
EMACEmergency Management Assistance Compact
EMCOMMEmergency Communications
EOCEmergency Operations Center
EOPEmergency Operations Plan
EOPLEast of Port Klang (shipping transshipment zone, Malaysia)
ePHIElectronic Protected Health Information
ERCOTElectric Reliability Council of Texas
EWElectronic Warfare
FBIFederal Bureau of Investigation
FBSOFort Bend County Sheriff’s Office
FCCFederal Communications Commission
FCEBFederal Civilian Executive Branch
FEMAFederal Emergency Management Agency
FERCFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
FEUForty-Foot Equivalent Unit (shipping container)
FINFinance / Financial (DTR threat sector code)
FinCENFinancial Crimes Enforcement Network
FINRAFinancial Industry Regulatory Authority
FIRFlight Information Region
FMAPFederal Medical Assistance Percentage
FOAFighting Online Antisemitism
FPCONForce Protection Condition (estimated)
FS-ISACFinancial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center
GAOGovernment Accountability Office
GBU-72Guided Bomb Unit-72 (Advanced 80,000-lb penetrator munition)
GCCGulf Cooperation Council
GENIUS ActGuiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act
GEOGeopolitical (DTR threat sector code)
GNSSGlobal Navigation Satellite System
GPSGlobal Positioning System
GSIBGlobal Systemically Important Bank
GTRGlobal Threat Report (CrowdStrike annual publication)
HAYIHarakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (Iran-linked European proxy group)
HCSOHarris County Sheriff’s Office
HFHigh Frequency (radio, 3–30 MHz)
HFGCSHigh Frequency Global Communications System (USAF)
HGXNWS Houston/Galveston Weather Forecast Office identifier
HIPAAHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HPDHouston Police Department
HPOPHHS Health Preparedness and Operations Program
HRSAHealth Resources and Services Administration
HSEEPHomeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
HSSHigh-Speed Stream (solar wind / coronal hole outflow)
IATAInternational Air Transport Association
ICIntelligence Community
ICPIncident Command Post
ICSIncident Command System; also Industrial Control Systems (context-dependent)
IDFIsrael Defense Forces
IEAInternational Energy Agency
IEDImprovised Explosive Device
IEEPAInternational Emergency Economic Powers Act
INSInertial Navigation System; also Instability (DTR threat sector code)
IOInformation Operations (DTR threat sector code)
IOCIndicator of Compromise
IPAWSIntegrated Public Alert and Warning System
IRGCIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Iran)
IRGC-CECIRGC Cyber-Electronic Command
ISIslamic State (ISIS/ISIL)
ISMInstitute for Supply Management
JBLMJoint Base Lewis-McChord
JSOCCJewish Stakeholder and Operations Coordination Call (SCN)
JTTFJoint Terrorism Task Force
JWCLloyd’s Joint War Committee
KEVKnown Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV catalog)
KFFKFF Health Policy Research (formerly Kaiser Family Foundation)
KHUMHouma-Terrebonne Airport ICAO identifier
KIAKilled in Action
KpPlanetary K-index (geomagnetic disturbance scale, 0–9)
LADOTDLouisiana Department of Transportation and Development
LA-GOHSEPLouisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
LANGLouisiana Army National Guard
LEOLow Earth Orbit
LHALanding Helicopter Assault (US Navy amphibious ship class)
LMELondon Metal Exchange
LMRLand Mobile Radio
LNGLiquefied Natural Gas
LPSOLafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office
MBAMortgage Bankers Association
MCASMarine Corps Air Station
MCBMarine Corps Base
MCPMaster Continuity Professional (credential, DRI International)
MCSOMontgomery County Sheriff’s Office
MEPMaster Exercise Practitioner (credential, FEMA)
MFAMulti-Factor Authentication
MHXNWS Newport/Morehead City Weather Forecast Office identifier
MLCAPEMixed-Layer Convective Available Potential Energy (severe weather metric)
MMBtuMillion British Thermal Units
MoEMixture of Experts (AI model architecture)
MOISMinistry of Intelligence and Security (Iran)
MREMeal, Ready to Eat
MSCMediterranean Shipping Company
MUSCMedical University of South Carolina
MVFRMarginal Visual Flight Rules
NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAVCENNavigation Center (USCG — GPS/GNSS GUIDE Tool)
NCEMNorth Carolina Emergency Management
NDAANational Defense Authorization Act
NDBCNational Data Buoy Center (NOAA)
NGONon-Governmental Organization
NIAHONational Integrated Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations (DNV)
NIMNet Interest Margin (banking)
NMNautical Mile
NOAANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTAMNotice to Air Missions
NPRMNotice of Proposed Rulemaking
NSGPNonprofit Security Grant Program (DHS)
NSINational Security Institute
NTASNational Terrorism Advisory System
NTPNetwork Time Protocol
NVISNear-Vertical Incidence Skywave (HF propagation mode for regional coverage)
NWSNational Weather Service
NYDFSNew York Department of Financial Services
OBBBAOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (signed 4 Jul 2025)
OCCOffice of the Comptroller of the Currency
OCROffice for Civil Rights (HHS)
ODNIOffice of the Director of National Intelligence
OEMOffice of Emergency Management
OFACOffice of Foreign Assets Control (US Treasury)
OHSEMOffice of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
OPPSOutpatient Prospective Payment System (CMS)
OSINTOpen Source Intelligence
OTOperational Technology
P25Project 25 (APCO/TIA public safety digital radio standard)
PACSPicture Archiving and Communication System
PAYGOPay-As-You-Go (federal budget scoring rules)
PCEPersonal Consumption Expenditures (Fed inflation measure)
PFDPersonal Flotation Device
PHLPhiladelphia International Airport (IATA code)
P&IProtection and Indemnity (maritime insurance clubs)
PLAPeople’s Liberation Army (China)
PLCProgrammable Logic Controller
PMIPurchasing Managers Index (ISM)
PoPProbability of Precipitation
PPEPersonal Protective Equipment
PREP-CONPreparedness Condition (Fortune Favors the Prepared readiness scale)
PSAPPublic Safety Answering Point (911 dispatch center)
PSIRTProduct Security Incident Response Team
PSKReporterPropagation Spot Keeper Reporter (amateur radio real-time propagation network)
PTPPrecision Time Protocol
PTTPush-to-Talk
PWRPower / Energy (DTR threat sector code)
RACESRadio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
RBNReverse Beacon Network (amateur radio propagation tool)
RCERemote Code Execution
RDPRemote Desktop Protocol
RDURaleigh-Durham International Airport
RECCRegional Emergency Communications Center
RFIRequest for Information
RMMRemote Monitoring and Management (software tools)
ROAD ActRevitalizing Outdated and Aging Dwellings Act (Senate housing bill)
SALUTESize, Activity, Location, Unit, Time, Equipment (military/intel reporting format)
SAMESpecific Area Message Encoding (NOAA Weather Radio alert targeting)
SARSearch and Rescue
SATSatellite (DTR threat sector code)
SAT-ENVSatellite Environmental sub-track (DTR COMMS section)
SAT-NETSatellite Network sub-track (DTR COMMS section)
SCSupply Chain (DTR threat sector code)
SCADASupervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SCFIShanghai Containerized Freight Index
SCNSecure Community Network
SDOHSocial Determinants of Health
SD-WANSoftware-Defined Wide Area Network
SEOCState Emergency Operations Center
SFISolar Flux Index (10.7 cm radio flux, proxy for solar activity)
SHIP ActStopping Harmful Imports and Penalizing Iran Act
SIGINTSignals Intelligence
SNSCSupreme National Security Council (Iran)
SOCSecurity Operations Center
SOPStandard Operating Procedure
SPCStorm Prediction Center (NOAA)
SPOTSatellite Personal Tracker (Globalstar product line)
SPRStrategic Petroleum Reserve
STEOShort-Term Energy Outlook (EIA monthly publication)
STSBSoft Target Security Brief
SVRForeign Intelligence Service of Russia
SWIFTSociety for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
SWPCSpace Weather Prediction Center (NOAA)
SWXSpace Weather (DTR threat sector code)
T1 / T2 / T3Tier 1 / Tier 2 / Tier 3 (DTR source reliability classification)
TACTactical (radio channel designation)
TAFTerminal Aerodrome Forecast
TDEMTexas Division of Emergency Management
TERTerrorism (DTR threat sector code)
TEUTwenty-Foot Equivalent Unit (standard shipping container)
THBThe Household Brief
TILFTurtle Island Liberation Front
TJCThe Joint Commission (healthcare accreditation)
TLVTel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport (IATA code)
TMCTexas Medical Center
TPM26Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference 2026
TPSOTerrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office
TRVTravel (DTR threat sector code)
TSATransportation Security Administration
TTPTactics, Techniques, and Procedures
TxDOTTexas Department of Transportation
TxWARNTexas Wide Area Radio Network (P25 statewide system)
UANIUnited Against Nuclear Iran
UASUnmanned Aircraft System (drone)
UAT-8616Cisco Talos threat actor cluster designation (Cisco SD-WAN exploitation)
UDAAPUnfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices (consumer protection)
UHFUltra High Frequency (radio, 300 MHz–3 GHz)
UPSUninterruptible Power Supply
USCGUnited States Coast Guard
USDAUnited States Department of Agriculture
USGSUnited States Geological Survey
USNIUnited States Naval Institute
VCCVirtual Command Center (Everbridge platform)
VDEMVirginia Department of Emergency Management
VFRVisual Flight Rules
VHFVery High Frequency (radio, 30–300 MHz)
VIPERVoice Interoperability Plan for Emergency Responders (NC statewide P25 system)
VOACAPVoice of America Coverage Analysis Program (HF propagation modeling tool)
VoIPVoice over Internet Protocol
VPNVirtual Private Network
WATWater (DTR threat sector code)
WEAWireless Emergency Alert
WFOWeather Forecast Office (NWS)
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