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FAF - Financial Accounting Foundation (U.S. organization responsible for overseeing financial reporting standards - oversees the FASB)
FAIR - Factor Analysis of Information Risk (Risk model developed by the FAIR Institute which provides a framework for quantitatively assessing risk basedom specific probabilities of loss from specific kinds of threats.)
FAIR Institute - Factor Analysis of Information Risk Institute (non-profit professional organization dedicated to advancing the discipline of measuring and managing cyber and operational risk - promotes risk management best practices through risk analysis modeling, training, and conferences)
FASAC - Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (advisory committee of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) which advises the FASB on US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP))
FASB - Financial Accounting Standards Board (nongovernmental body whose statements on accounting issues are considered the authoritative interpretation of GAAP for the U.S. accounting industry)
FAST - Federation Against Software Theft (organization promoting the enforcement of software proprietary rights)
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation (federal agency charged with investigating criminal activity and enforcing U.S. federal laws)
FCAS - Fellow, Casualty Actuarial Society (designation granted by the Casualty Actuarial Society for passing examinations in subject areas including mathematics of property and casualty insurance, actuarial science, insurance, accounting, and finance)
FCC - Federal Communications Commission (federal agency regulating telecommunications systems, including voice and data transmissions)
FCPA - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (federal legislation, passed in 1977, aimed at preventing corruption, and forbidding U.S. corporations from paying bribes to foreign officials)
FedRAMP - Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (federal multi-agency collaborative effort managed by the General Services Administration (GSA) that provides a standard process for assessing cloud service providers)
FEI - Financial Executives International (U.S. professional association for corporate financial executives)
FINRA - Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (nonprofit organization created by the securities industry in 1987 to oversee brokers and dealers)
FIPS - Federal Information Processing Standards (standards for information systems and processing which must be followed by federal agencies)
FIRST - Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (coalition of computer security incident response teams from governmental, commercial, and academic organizations whose goal is to foster cooperation and coordination in incident response)
FISMA - Federal Information Security Management Act (federal legislation, passed in 2002, which established a framework for federal agencies to manage their information security - overhauled and strengthened by the passage of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014)
FLMI - Fellow, Life Management Institute (certification sponsored by the Life Office Management Association in the field of life and health insurance requiring the passage of exams in subject areas such as insurance, finance, marketing, law, information systems, accounting, management, and employee benefits)
FRC - Financial Reporting Council (British accounting regulatory authority providing guidance and oversight of the accounting industry in the United Kingdom)
FRRP - Financial Reporting Review Panel (British accounting regulatory board which oversees compliance with British Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP))
FSA - Fellow, Society of Actuaries (designation granted by the Society of Actuaries for advanced studies in the field of actuarial analysis requiring the passage of exams on subjects including insurance, finance, marketing, law, information systems, accounting, management, and employee benefits)
FTK - Forensic Toolkit (AccessData company software for the forensic examination of computer disks and drives)