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IaaS - Infrastructure-as-a-Service (basic Cloud service model in which users rent computing resources, such as storage, network capacity, and processing power, from Cloud providers)
IAAS - Independent Internal Audit Service (EU agency established in July 2001 responsible for reviewing fiscal compliance of EU agencies)
IaC - Infrastructure-as-Code (Cloud service which provides templates of pre-written computer code script)
IAM - Identity and Access Management (area of security management which deals with the organizational need to identify authorized users, ensure appropriate access to resources, and act in a timely manner - organizational services may range in size from small to thousands of users)
IAP - Internet Access Provider (service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to the Internet - also known as Internet Service Providers (ISPs) or interactive computer services (ICS))
IASB - International Accounting Standards Board (international accounting standards-setting organization based in London)
IBF - International Banking Facility (separate banking center in a U.S. domestic bank or office of a foreign bank, authorized by the Federal Reserve Board in 1981 to participate in Eurocurrency lending through a separate set of accounts)
IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (international lending organization founded in 1944, initially to finance the reconstruction of Europe following World War II and, more recently, to provide developing countries with credit for industrial development - popularly known as the World Bank)
ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (convention providing standards and guidelines related to individual rights)
ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (convention providing standards and guidelines related to economic and social rights sometimes cited by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) )
ICLQ - International and Comparative Law Quarterly
I-CON - International Journal of Constitutional Law
ICJ - International Court of Justice
ICO - Information Commissioner's Office (UK independent authority set up to oversee information rights relating to data collection and use)
ICP - Information Content Provider (any person or entity that is responsible, in whole or in part, for the creation or development of information provided through the Internet, or any other interactive computer service)
ICS - interactive computer service (any information service, system, of access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server (including a service or system that provides access to the Internet, and such systems operated, or services offered by libraries or educational institutions - also known as Internet Service Providers (ISPs) or Internet Access Providers (IAPs)) )
ICSs - industrial control systems (systems, networks, and controls used to operate and/or automate industrial processes)
ICU - International Currency Union (proposal made by John Maynard Keynes at the Bretton-Woods Conference in 1944 to create a single world currency, along with an international central bank and matching institutions)
IDaaS - Identity-as-a-Service (Cloud service model in which the Cloud service provider delivers identification services, such as single sign-on (SSO), identity management (IdM), access control, password management, and account login)
IdEA - Identity, Entitlement and Access Management (form of Identity and Access Management which allows directory services to provide access control on a temporary or long-term basis, giving the right users access to the resources they are allowed to access at a particular time)
IDFP - image detection and filtering process
IdP - Identity Provider (a centralized depository system holding identity information for individuals which organizations can use to establish authenticity, verify identity, and allow, deny, or restrict access to various functions, programs, or databases and data)
IDR - International Depositary Receipt (negotiable bank-issued certificate representing ownership of stock securities by an investor outside the country of origin)
IFRS - International Financial Reporting Standards (reporting standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) )
IGC - Intergovernmental Conference (summit meeting held by representatives of European Union (EU) member states to discuss and make decisions on matters of broad strategic interest)
IGOs - Intergovernmental Organizations (organizations representing national governments and international nongovernmental organizations - the United Nations (UN) )
IJEL - Irish Journal of European Law
ILJ - Industrial Law Journal
ILO - International Labour Organization
IMF - International Monetary Fund (organization set up by the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944, which focuses on lowering trade barriers and stabilizing currencies, helps developing nations pay off debts, but usually imposes tough budgetary guidelines aimed at lowering inflation, cutting imports, and raising exports)
IMI - Internal Market Information System (EU system providing economic data on market activity within/between the EU member states)
IMM - International Monetary Market (division of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange that trades futures in U.S. Treasury bills, foreign currency, certificates of deposit, and Eurodollar deposits)
IMO - International Maritime Organization
IMP - Integrated Mediterranean Programme (Programs/proposals for aiding new members of the Mediterranean countries and integrating them into the EU)
Intrastat - Intra-State (EU system used to collect and report on the movement of goods within and between the EU member states - based on data provided bby EU VAT-registering businesses)
IO - international organization (body that promotes voluntary cooperation and coordination between or among members but without autonomous power or the authority to impose its rulings on its members)
IOSCO - International Organization of Securities Commissions (Madrid-based organization comprised of securities commissions and regulators from their home countries which provides standards, surveillance, and enforcement of regulations having to do with international securities transactions)
IP - Intellectual Property (area of law (or field of study) that deals with a person's, or organization's creative ideas, inventions, and innovations - law that protects ownership rights in creative ideas, and the right to control the use of creative ideas)
IP - Internet Protocol (protocol governing Internet data transmission by providing addressing and routing capabilities for data packets)
IPE - International Petroleum Exchange (London-based energy futures and options exchange which is the leadinng European marketplace for regulated trading of energy contracts)
IPPC - Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Bureau (EU agency responsible for collecting data and providing guidelines and regulations relating to industrial operations and emissions)
IR - international relations (relations between or among nations in the world community - relations between countries, in contrast to domestic or internal affairs within a country)
IR - Irish Reports
IRM - Information Rights Management (a form of system data management focused on protecting privacy and sensitive information from unauthorized exposure or use, often involving additional control procedures which restrict use - permissions can be embedded in a document limiting viewing or printing)
IRM - Insurance Risk Manager (individual or organizational position with responsibility for an organization's compliance with insurance policy requirements (cyber insurance or other insurance) - can involve evaluation of potential claims or oversight of any self-insured loss pool)
ISE - International Securities Exchange (New York City-based, SEC registered, securities exchange started in 2000 for electronic trading of options)
ISE - International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
ISE - Irish Stock Exchange
ISE - Italian Stock Exchange (Borsa Italiana)
ISP - Internet Service Provider (provider of online services or network access involving the transmission, routing or providing of connections for digital online communications - also known as Internet Access Providers (IAPs) or interactive computer services (ICS )
ISRO - International Securities Regulatory Organization