Acronyms

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• 2G: 2nd Generation
• 3G: 3rd Generation
• 4G: 4th Generation
• AP: Access Point
• API: Application Programming Interface
• BYOD: Bring Your Own Device
• COPE: Corporately Owned Personally Enabled
• COTS: Commercially Available off the Shelf
• CSFB: Circuit Switched Fallback
• CVE: Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures
• CVV: Card Verification Value
• DoS: Denial of Service
• EMM: Enterprise Mobility Management
• GSM: Global System for Mobile Communications
• FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standard
• HD: High Definition
• IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• IoT: Internet of Things
• IP: Internet Protocol
• LTE: Long Term Evolution
• MAC: Media Access Control
• MAM: Mobile Application Management
• MDM: Mobile Device Management
• MNO: Mobile Network Operator
• MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service
• NCCoE: National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
• NFC: Near Field Communication
• NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology
• NISTIR: NIST Interagency Report
• OAM: Operations, administration and maintenance
• OS: Operating System
• PAN: Personal Area network
• PIN: Personal Identification Number
• PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Networks
• RAT: Remote Access Trojans
• RCS: Rich Communication Services
• RFID: Radio Frequency Identification
• SD: Secure Digital
• SIG: Special Interest Group
• SIM: Subscriber Identity Module
• SMS: Short Message Service
• SoC: System on a Chip
• SP: Special Publication
• SSID: Service Set Identifier
• UICC: Universal Integrated Circuit Card
• UMTS: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
• USIM: Universal Subscriber Identity Module
• USB: Universal Serial Bus
• USSD: Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
• WAP: Wireless Access Point
• WPAN: Wireless Personal Area Network
• VPN: Virtual Private Network