AD — Active Directory
ADKAR — Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability, and Reinforcement
ADMS — Advanced Distribution Management System
AMI — Advanced Metering Infrastructure
AmpUp — Advancing Modern Power through Utility Partnerships
AMR — Automatic Meter Reading
APN — Access Point Name
APT — Advanced Persistent Threat
BESS — Battery Energy Storage System
C2M2 — Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model
CIE — Cyber Informed Engineering
CIP — Critical Infrastructure Protection
CISA — Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
CISO — Chief Information Security Officer
CMF — Collection Management Framework
CRM — Customer Relationship Management
C-SCRM — Cybersecurity – Supply Chain Risk Management
CSIRT — Cybersecurity Incident Response Team
CSO — Chief Security Officer
CVE — Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
DER — Distributed Energy Resources
DERCF — Distributed Energy Resources Cybersecurity Framework
DERMS — Distributed Energy Resources Management System
DMS — Distribution Management System
DMZ — Demilitarized Zone
DSO — Distribution System Operator
EDR — Endpoint Detection and Response
EEI — Edison Electric Institute
E-ISAC — Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center
FAN — Field Area Network
FAT — Factory Acceptance Testing
FEPs — Front-End Processors
GDP — Gross Domestic Product
GDPR — Global Data Protection Regulations
GIS — Geographic Information System
HMI — Human-Machine Interface
IACS — Industrial Automation and Control System
ICS — Industrial Control System
IDS — Intrusion Detection System
IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
IMP — Incident Management Plan
INL — Idaho National Laboratory
IP — Internet Protocol
IPS — Intrusion Prevention System
IR — Incident Response
IRP — Incident Response Plan
ISA — International Society of Automation
ISMS — Information Security Management System
ISO — International Standards Organization
IT — Information Technology
KESH — Albanian Energy Corporation
KPI — Key Performance Indicator
MFA — Multi-Factor Authentication
MISO — Midcontinent Independent System Operator
MPLS — Multiprotocol label switching
MSSP — Managed Security Service Provider
NAS — Network Attached Storage
NATF — North American Transmission Forum
NVD — National Vulnerabilities Database
NERC — North American Electric Reliability Corporation
NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory
OCM — Organizational Change Management
OMS — Outage Management System
OT — Operational Technology
OT/OPS — Operational Technology / Operations
OT-CERT — Operational Technology - Cyber Emergency Readiness Team
PAM — Privileged Access Management
PCI — Payment Card Industry
PKI — Public Key Infrastructure
PLC — Programmable Logic Controller
PUD — Public Utility District
RaaS — Ransomware as a Service
RBAC — Role Based Access Control
RFP — Request for Proposal
RTU — Remote Terminal Unit
SAT — Site Acceptance Testing
SCADA — Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SCE — Southern California Edison
SDN — Software-Defined Networking
SD-WAN — Software-Defined Wide Area Network
SEL — Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
SIEM — Security Incident and Event Management
SLA — Service Level Agreement
SOC — Security Operations Center
SOC2 — Service Organization Control 2
TSO — Transmission System Operator
TLS — Transport Layer Security
TSA — Transportation Security Administration
USAID — United States Agency for International Development
USEA — United States Energy Association
VPN — Virtual Private Network —
XDR — Extended Detection and Response
YoY — Year-over-Year
ZTA — Zero Trust Architecture