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ABCI: Associate of the Business Continuity Institute
ABCP: Associate Business Continuity Professional
ACD: Automatic Call Distribution
ACP: Association of Contingency Planners, Access Control Point
ALE: Annual Loss Expectancy
ANSI: American National Standards Institute
ARC: American Red Cross
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B
BCC: Business Continuity Coordinator
BCI: Business Continuity Institute
BCM: Business Continuity Management
BCP: Business Continuity Plan, Planning or Program
BIA: Business Impact Analysis
BIRRA: Business Impact Resource Recovery Analysis (BCI)
BRC: British Red Cross
BRC: Business Recovery Coordinator
BRF: Business Recovery Facility
BRICK: Business Recovery and Insurance Claims Kit
BRP: Business Resumption Planning
BS: British Standard
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C
CAT: Crisis Action Team
CBCP: Certified Business Continuity Professional
CBRM: Certified Business Resilience Manager
CD: Civil Defense
CDC: Centers for Disease Control (US)
CDRG: Catastrophic Disaster Response Group (FEMA)
CDRP: Certified Disaster Recovery Planner
CEAS: Corporate Emergency Access System (NY)
CEM: Certified Emergency Manager
CEMP: Comprehensive Emergency Management Program
CERT: Community Emergency Response Team
CFCP: Certified Functional Continuity Professional
CM: Crisis Management
CMT: Crisis Management Team
COBIT: Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies
COOP: Continuity of Operations Plan
COSO: Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
CP: Contingency Plan, Contingency Planning
CPG: Civil Preparedness Guide
CPU: Central Processing Unit
CRC: Canadian Red Cross
CRP: Certified Recovery Planner
CRSA: Control & Risk Self Assessment (BCI)
CRTC: Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
CS: Canadian Standard
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D
DASD: Direct Access Storage Device
DBMS: Database Management System
DFO: Disaster Field Office (FEMA)
DHS: Department of Homeland Security (US)
DID: Direct Inward Dial
DOD: Department of Defense (US)
DOH: Department of Health (US/Canada)
DOT: Department of Transportation (US)
DR: Disaster Recovery
DRC: Disaster Recovery Coordinator
DRII: Disaster Recovery Institute International
DRP: Disaster Recovery Plan or Planning
DND: Department of National Defense (Canada)
DNS: Domain Naming Server, Domain Naming System
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E
EAB: Editorial Advisory Board
EBS: Emergency Broadcast System
ECC: Emergency Control Center (BCI)
EM: Emergency Management
EMA: Emergency Management Agency
EMT: Emergency Management Team
EO: Executive Oder (US)
EOC: Emergency Operations Center
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency (US)
EPO: Emergency Planning Officer (BCI)
ER: Emergency Response
ERC: Employee Relief Center
ERT: Emergency Response Team (FEMA)
ERT-A: Emergency Response Team - Advance Element (FEMA)
ESF: Emergency Support Function (FEMA)
ESS: Enterprise Storage System
EST: Emergency Support Team (FEMA)
ETR: Estimated Time to Recovery
EZ: Exclusion Zone (BCI)
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F
FAA: Federal Aviation Administration (US)
FAX: Facsimile
FBCI: Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute
FCC: Federal Communications Commission (US)
FCO: Federal Coordinating Officer (FEMA)
FCPA: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (US)
FDA: Food and Drug Administration (US)
FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency (US)
FFIEC: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
FIRM: Flood Insurance Rate Maps
FNMA: Federal National Mortgage Association
FSA: Financial Services Authority (BCI)
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G
GAP: Generally Accepted Practices
GE: General Emergency
GIS: Geographic Information System
GNMA: Government National Mortgage Association
GSA: General Services Administration (US)
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H
HA: High Availability
HAZMAT: Hazardous Materials
HC: Health Canada
HHS: Department of Health & Human Services (US)
HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996)
HMTUSA: Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act
HRDR: Human Resources Disaster Recovery
HSPD: Homeland Security Presidential Directive
HVAC: Heating,Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
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I
ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross
ICS: Incident Command System
IM: Information Management
IMP: Incident Management Plan
IMT: Information Management Team
I/O: Input/Output
IP: Internet Protocol
IPT: Internet Protocol Telephony
ISO: International Standards Organization
IT: Information Technology
ITIL: Information Technology Information Library
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J
JIC: Joint Information Center
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K
KI: Potassium Iodide (Thyroid Blocking Agent)
PSC: Public Safety Canada
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L
LAN: Local Area Network
LEC: Local Exchange Carrier
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M
MBCI: Member of the Business Continuity Institute
MBCP: Master Business Continuity Professional
MICR: Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MODEM: Modulator Demodulator
MOE: Ministry of the Environment (Canada)
MSDS: Material Safety Data Sheet
MTO: Maximum Tolerable Outage (BCI)
MTPD: Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption (BCI)
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N
NANPA: North American Numbering Plan Administration
NAWAS: National Warning System
NECC: National Emergency Coordination Center (FEMA)
NFIP: National Flood Insurance Program
NFPA: National Fire Protection Agency (US)
NIMS: National Incident Management System (US)
NLEEC: National Law Enforcement Emergency Channel
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
NRP: National Recovery Plan
NTSB: National Transportation Safety Board (US)
NWS: National Weather Service
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O
OLTP: Online Transaction Processing
OPS: Operations
OLA: Operational Level Agreement
OSHA: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (US)
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P
PBX: Private Branch Exchange
PDD: Presidential Decision Directive
PEST Analysis: Political/Environment/Social/Technical Analysis (BCI)
PIO: Public Information Officer
PIPEDA: Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada)
PMP: Project Manager Professional
PPBI: Public & Private Businesses, Inc
PP: Professional Practices
PMI: Project Management Institute
PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTT: Push To Talk
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Q
No acronyms.
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R
RAID: Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disk
ROC: Regional Operations Center (FEMA)
RPO: Recovery Point Objective
RTO: Recovery Time Objective
RA: Risk Assessment
RVP: Rendezvous Point (BCI)
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S
SAN: Storage Area Network
SBA: Small Business Association
SBCI: Specialist of the Business Continuity Institute
SCO: State Coordinating Officer (FEMA)
SEMO: State Emergency Management Office
SFHAs: Special Flood Hazard Areas
SITREPs: Situation Reports
SLA: Service Level Agreement
SLM: Service Level Management
SOP: Standard Operating Procedure
SOX: Sarbanes-Oxley
SQL: Structured Query Language
SWOT Analysis: Strengths/Weaknesses/Opportunities/Threat Analysis (BCI)
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T
2PC: Two Phase Commit
TIA: Technical Impact Analysis
TNA: Training Needs Analysis
TC: Transport Canada
TVSS: Transient Voltage Surge Suppression
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U
UBC: Uniform Building Code
UPS: Unassisted Power Supply
URL: Universal Resource Locator
USACE: US Army Corps of Engineers (US)
USCG: United States Coast Guard
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture (US)
USGS: United States Geological Survey
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V
VA: Veteran's Administration (US)
VPN: Virtual Private Network
VSAT: Very Small Aperture Terminal
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W
WAN: Wide Area Network
WHO: World Health Organization
WMD: Weapons of Mass Destruction
WRC: Work Recovery Center
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X
No acronyms.
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Y
No acronyms.
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Z
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