| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| AFPPS |
Armed Forces Preventive Protection Service |
| AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
| ArmA |
Federal Act of 3 February 1995 on the Armed Forces and the Military Administration (Armed Forces Act, SR 510.10) |
| Art. |
Article |
| BCM |
Business Continuity Management |
| CAS |
Certificate of Advanced Studies |
| CDel |
Control Delegation |
| CEA |
Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities Service |
| CIS |
Cantonal Intelligence Service |
| DDPS |
Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport |
| FAC |
Federal Administrative Court |
| FDPIC |
Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner |
| FIS |
Federal Intelligence Service |
| FoIA |
Federal Act of 17 December 2004 on Freedom of Information in the Administration (Freedom of Information Act, SR 152.3) |
| FOJ |
Federal Office of Justice |
| GEVER |
Business management system |
| HUMINT |
Human Intelligence |
| IASA-ICC |
Information and Analysis System All-Source Integral Control Centre |
| ICA |
Independent Control Authority for Radio and Cable Communications Intelligence |
| ICT |
Information and Communications Technology |
| IntelSA |
Federal Act of 25 September 2015 on the Intelligence Service (Intelligence Service Act, SR 121) |
| IntelSO |
Ordinance of 16 August 2017 on the Intelligence Service (Intelligence Service Ordinance, SR 121.1) |
| IOWG |
Intelligence Oversight Working Group |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITSCM |
IT Service Continuity Management |
| MIS |
Military Intelligence Service |
| NSIRA |
National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (Canada) |
| NW |
Canton of Nidwalden |
| OA-IA |
Independent Oversight Authority for Intelligence Activities |
| OP |
Operation |
| OPI |
Operational inquiry |
| OSINT |
Open Source Intelligence |
| OW |
Canton of Obwalden |
| para. |
paragraph |
| SEM |
State Secretariat for Migration |
| SFAO |
Swiss Federal Audit Office |
| SIGINT |
Signal Intelligence |
| SR |
Classified Compilation of Federal Legislation |
| SA-OAG |
Supervisory Authority for the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland |