IFPC TERMS STUDY GUIDE
CSS - Answer -Central Security Service
DIA - Answer -Defense Intelligence Agency
DIOCC - Answer -Defense Intelligence Operations Coordination Center
DIRNSA/CHCSS - Answer -Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security
Service
DNI - Answer -Director of National Intelligence
DoD CIO - Answer -DoD Chief Information Officer
DoDD - Answer -DoD Directive
DOSC - Answer -DoD Open Source Council
IC - Answer -Intelligence Community
ICD - Answer -Intelligence Community Directive
MIP - Answer -Military Intelligence Program
NGA - Answer -National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NIP - Answer -National Intelligence Program
NOSC - Answer -National Open Source Committee
NSA - Answer -National Security Agency
OSINT - Answer -Open Source Intelligence
RDT&E - Answer -Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
USD(AT&L) - Answer -Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and
Logistics
USD(I&S) - Answer -Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security
Lead Component - Answer -For the purposes of this Instruction, a Lead Component
leads collaboration and facilitates coordination within a specific intelligence discipline or
set of intelligence activities. In addition, a Lead Component may also advise on and
, develop technical architectures, programmatic resources, or performance metrics on
behalf of a collective whole.
CCMD - Answer -Combatant Command
CCDR - Answer -Combatant Commander
CI - Answer -Counterintelligence
DTRA - Answer -Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Foreign Intelligence Entity (FIE) - Answer -Any known or suspected foreign
organization, person, or group (public, private, or governmental) that conducts
intelligence activities to acquire U.S. information, block or impair U.S. intelligence
collection, influence U.S. policy, or disrupts U.S. systems and programs. The term
includes foreign intelligence and security services and international terrorists.
Force Protection Detachment (FPD) - Answer -A CI element that provides CI support to
transiting and assigned ships, personnel, and aircraft in regions of elevated threat.
IDSRS - Answer -Integrated Defense Source Registration System
Military Department Counterintelligence Organization (MDCO) - Answer -A CI element,
within a Military Department, that is authorized to conduct CI investigations. The
MDCOs are Army CI, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and the Air Force Office of
Special Investigations.
Mission Tasking Authority (MTA) - Answer -The authority to task a DoD Component's
organic CI element, through appropriate command channels, to execute a specific CI
mission or conduct a CI activity within that Component's charter.
NCIX - Answer -National Counterintelligence Executive
OIG DoD - Answer -Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense
OFCO - Answer -Offensive CI Operations
CI (Counterintelligence) - Answer -Information gathered and activities conducted to
identify, deceive, exploit, disrupt, or protect against espionage, other intelligence
activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted for or on behalf of foreign powers,
organizations, or persons or their agents, or international terrorist organizations or
activities.
Counterintelligence Activity - Answer -One or more of the CI functions of analysis,
collection, functional services, investigations, operations, and production.
CSS - Answer -Central Security Service
DIA - Answer -Defense Intelligence Agency
DIOCC - Answer -Defense Intelligence Operations Coordination Center
DIRNSA/CHCSS - Answer -Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security
Service
DNI - Answer -Director of National Intelligence
DoD CIO - Answer -DoD Chief Information Officer
DoDD - Answer -DoD Directive
DOSC - Answer -DoD Open Source Council
IC - Answer -Intelligence Community
ICD - Answer -Intelligence Community Directive
MIP - Answer -Military Intelligence Program
NGA - Answer -National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NIP - Answer -National Intelligence Program
NOSC - Answer -National Open Source Committee
NSA - Answer -National Security Agency
OSINT - Answer -Open Source Intelligence
RDT&E - Answer -Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
USD(AT&L) - Answer -Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and
Logistics
USD(I&S) - Answer -Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security
Lead Component - Answer -For the purposes of this Instruction, a Lead Component
leads collaboration and facilitates coordination within a specific intelligence discipline or
set of intelligence activities. In addition, a Lead Component may also advise on and
, develop technical architectures, programmatic resources, or performance metrics on
behalf of a collective whole.
CCMD - Answer -Combatant Command
CCDR - Answer -Combatant Commander
CI - Answer -Counterintelligence
DTRA - Answer -Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Foreign Intelligence Entity (FIE) - Answer -Any known or suspected foreign
organization, person, or group (public, private, or governmental) that conducts
intelligence activities to acquire U.S. information, block or impair U.S. intelligence
collection, influence U.S. policy, or disrupts U.S. systems and programs. The term
includes foreign intelligence and security services and international terrorists.
Force Protection Detachment (FPD) - Answer -A CI element that provides CI support to
transiting and assigned ships, personnel, and aircraft in regions of elevated threat.
IDSRS - Answer -Integrated Defense Source Registration System
Military Department Counterintelligence Organization (MDCO) - Answer -A CI element,
within a Military Department, that is authorized to conduct CI investigations. The
MDCOs are Army CI, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and the Air Force Office of
Special Investigations.
Mission Tasking Authority (MTA) - Answer -The authority to task a DoD Component's
organic CI element, through appropriate command channels, to execute a specific CI
mission or conduct a CI activity within that Component's charter.
NCIX - Answer -National Counterintelligence Executive
OIG DoD - Answer -Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense
OFCO - Answer -Offensive CI Operations
CI (Counterintelligence) - Answer -Information gathered and activities conducted to
identify, deceive, exploit, disrupt, or protect against espionage, other intelligence
activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted for or on behalf of foreign powers,
organizations, or persons or their agents, or international terrorist organizations or
activities.
Counterintelligence Activity - Answer -One or more of the CI functions of analysis,
collection, functional services, investigations, operations, and production.
