FedRAMP terminology and acronyms

Question 1

AAL

Answer 1

Authenticator Assurance Level

Question 2

AC

Answer 2

Access Control (security control family)

Question 3

ACL

Answer 3

Access Control List

Question 4

3PAO

Answer 4

Third Party Assessment Organization

Question 5

A2LA

Answer 5

American Association of Laboratory Accreditation

Question 6

AA

Answer 6

Annual Assessment

Question 7

API

Answer 7

Application Programming Interface

Question 8

APL

Answer 8

Approved Products List (DoD)

Question 9

ASHRAE

Answer 9

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers

Question 10

AT

Answer 10

Awareness and Training (security control family)

Question 11

ATO

Answer 11

Authority to Operate

Question 12

BCP

Answer 12

Business Continuity Plan

Question 13

BCR

Answer 13

Baltimore Cyber Range

Question 14

BIA

Answer 14

Business Impact Analysis / Business Impact Assessment

Question 15

BOD

Answer 15

Binding Operational Directive (DHS)

Question 16

BPA

Answer 16

Blanket Purchase Agreement

Question 17

C&A

Answer 17

Certification and Accreditation

Question 18

CA

Answer 18

Security Assessment and Authorization (security control family)

Question 19

CAC

Answer 19

Common Access Card

Question 20

CAP

Answer 20

Corrective Action Plan

Question 21

CAPTCHA

Answer 21

Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

Question 22

CCB

Answer 22

Change Control Board / Configuration Control Board

Question 23

CDM

Answer 23

Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation

Question 24

CD-ROM

Answer 24

Compact Disc Read-Only Memory