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CBCA - Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (agency handling appeals by contractors for non-military contract disputes)
CBO - Congressional Budget Office (arm of Congress which prepares legislative budgets, provides budgetary analysis and advice to Congress on legislative proposals, and tracks congressional programs)
CCIPS - Cyber Crime and Intellectual Property Section (division within the Department of Justice (DOJ) responsible for the prosecution of criminal violations of Cyber-related crimes)
CCTA - Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta-based agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which studies diseases and provides data and advice on disease outbreaks and transmision)
CDP - Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (agency within the U.S. State Department which deals with issues of Cyber policy - began operations on April 4, 2022)
CEA - Council of Economic Advisers (group of economists appointed by the President of the United States to provide counsel on economic policy)
CENTCOM - Central Command (organization within the Department of Defense (DoD) with overall responsibility for coordinating worldwide operations of all branches of the U.S. military)
CERT - Computer Emergency Response Team (organization that is responsible for monitoring and advising users and companies about security preparation and security breaches)
CFIUS - Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (interagency committee chaired by the Secretary of Treasury which reviews all investments that would result in foreign controlling ownerhips of a U.S. business)
CFPB - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (agency within the Federal Reserve created by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 to enforce consumer protection regulations across all federal agencies)
CFTC - Commodities Futures Trading Commission (independent agency created by Congress in 1974, responsible for regulating the U.S. commodity futures and options market)
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency (agency responsible for collecting and analyzing intelligence, primarily related to foreign governments and threats against the U.S.)
CIA triad - confidentiality, integrity, availability (three major tenets of information security
confidentiality - guarding information from everyone except those with rights to access
integrity - maintaining and assuring the accuracy and consistency of information - preventing corruption
availability - making sure data is available to authorized users when needed)
CIAO - Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (agency formerly within the Department of Commerce responsible for overseeing the security of U.S infrastructure system - transferred to the Directorate of Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection (IAIP) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in March 2003)
CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor (certification offered by ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) in the field of information systems auditing)
CISA - Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (agency established in 2018 by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responsible for protecting critical infrastructure - facilities, systems, and networks considered essential to the economic and political survival or functioning of the nation - in the areas of security, economic survival, and public health and safety)
CISA Act of 2015 - Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (federal law designed to promote information sharing between federal agencies and private companies)
CISA Act of 2018 - Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 (federal law enacted in 2018 creating the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responsible for protecting infrastructure, facilities, systems, and networks considered critical to the U.S. - in the areas of security, economic survival, and public health and safety)
CMS - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which administers Medicare and Medicaid programs and provides guidance to thee U.S. health system)
CNPP - Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
CNSS - Committee on National Security Systems (body which develops training standards for systems security programs)
CONOPS - Concept of Operations (term often used in military planning for the development of a plan detailing how a proposed plan will work in operation when implemented)
COPS - Community Oriented Policing Services (agency within the Department of Justice which promotes cooperation between local law enforcement and the communities they serve)
CPB - U.S. Customs and Border Protection - also referred to as the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP) (agency charged with enforcement of US immigration and customs laws - transferred to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Homeland Security Act of 2002)
CPSC - Consumer Product Safety Commission (agency dealing with safety issues related to products sold to the public)
CRS - Congressional Research Service (body serving Congress which provides research, analysis, and advice to Congress on proposed legislation and legislative issues)
CYBERCOM - U.S. Cyber Command (military command created in 2010 to deal with threats from cyber attacks to computers and U.S. computer networks by providing intelligence, analysis, expertise, and cyber capabilities)