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List of Symbols, Abbreviations, and Acronyms

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AAL
Authentication Assurance Level
ABAC
Attribute-Based Access Control
API
Application Programming Interface
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
CAC
Common Access Card
CN
Common Name
CSP
Credential Service Provider
CSRF
Cross-Site Request Forgery
DNS
Domain Name System
FACT Act
Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003
FAL
Federation Assurance Level
FEDRAMP
Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program
FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standards
FMR
False Match Rate
FNMR
False Non-Match Rate
IAL
Identity Assurance Level
IdP
Identity Provider
JWT
JSON Web Token
KBA
Knowledge-Based Authentication
KBV
Knowledge-Based Verification
KDC
Key Distribution Center
MAC
Message Authentication Code
MF
Multi-Factor
MFA
Multi-Factor Authentication
MNO
Mobile Network Operator
NARA
National Archives and Records Administration
OIDC
OpenID Connect
NFC (communications protocol)
Near-Field Communication
NFC (Unicode normalization algorithm)
Normalization Form Canonical Composition
OTP
One-Time Password
OWASP
Open Worldwide Application Security Project
PAD
Presentation Attack Detection
PIA
Privacy Impact Assessment
PIN
Personal Identification Number
PIV
Personal Identity Verification
PKI
Public-Key Infrastructure
PPI
Pairwise Pseudonymous Identifier
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network
QR
Quick Response
RMF
Risk Management Framework
RP
Relying Party
SA&A
Security Authorization & Accreditation
SAML
Security Assertion Markup Language
SAOP
Senior Agency Official for Privacy
SCIM
System for Cross-Domain Identity Management
SF
Single-Factor
SMS
Short Message Service
SORN
System of Records Notice
SSO
Single Sign-On
TEE
Trusted Execution Environment
TLS
Transport Layer Security
TPM
Trusted Platform Module
TTP
Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
USB
Universal Serial Bus
VOIP
Voice-Over-IP
XSS
Cross-Site Scripting