In our industry there is an acronym for just about everything. While acronyms are meant to make it easier to remember, there are so many
that it can become a little confusing. To help you out, we've pulled together as many acronyms and common terms that we could think of
and put them on this page. Find acronyms and common terms sorted by:
| ABR |
Australian Business Register |
| ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACCC |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| ACSC |
Australian Cyber Security Centre |
| AGD |
Attorney-General's Department (AUS) |
| APRA |
Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority |
| ASBFEO |
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman |
| ASIC |
Australian Securities & Investments Commission |
| ATO |
Australian Taxation Office |
| BRSAC |
Business Registries Strategic Advisory Council (AUS) |
| CAANZ |
Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand |
| COSBOA |
Council of Small Business Organisations Australia |
| CPA Australia |
Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA) Australia |
| DEWR |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (AUS) |
| DTA |
Digital Transformation Agency (AUS) |
| DPO |
Digital Partnership Office - part of the ATO that handles interactions with DSPs |
| FWC |
Fair Work Commission (AUS) |
| FWO |
Fair Work Ombudsman (AUS) |
| GATE |
Gateway Association and Transaction Exchange (AUS) |
| GNGB |
Gateway Network Governance Body (AUS) |
| ICB |
Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (AUS) |
IPA
|
Institute of Public Accountants (AUS) |
IRD / IR
|
Inland Revenue Department (NZ) |
| JCSC |
Joint Cyber Security Centre (AUS) |
MBIE
|
Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (NZ) |
OAIC
|
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner |
ONDC
|
Office of the National Data Commissioner (AUS) |
| TPB |
Tax Practitioner Board (AUS) |
| WGEA |
Workplace Gender Equality Agency (AUS) |
| AP |
Access Point |
| BER |
Business eInvoicing Right |
| BIS |
Business Interoperability Specifications |
| CAN |
Champions Adoption Network |
| CANCC |
Champions Adoption Network Communications Committee |
| EAS |
Electronic Address Scheme |
| eDEC |
eDelivery Domain Community |
| ERP |
Enterprise Resource Planning |
| FMIS |
Financial Management Information System |
| MLR |
Message Level Response |
| OpenPeppol |
The non-profit international association responsible for the development and maintenance of the Peppol specifications, building blocks
and its services and implementation across Europe.
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| P2P |
Procure to Pay |
| PA |
Peppol Authority |
| Peppol |
Set of artefacts and specifications enabling cross-border eProcurement. Currently used by Australia and New Zealand for eInvoicing.
Peppol was originally an acronym that stood for Pan-European Public Procurement On-Line (PEPPOL).
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| PINT |
Peppol International Invoice |
| PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |
| PoAC |
Post-Award Domain Community |
| PrAC |
Pre-Award Domain Community |
| SML |
Service Metadata Locator |
| SMP |
Service Metadata Publisher |
| SP |
Service Provider |
| TIA |
Transport Infrastructure Agreement |
| UBL |
Universal Business Language |
3DES
|
Triple Data Encryption Standard |
| ABN |
Australian Business Number |
| ACSC |
Australian Cyber Security Centre |
| AES |
Advanced Encryption Standard |
| ASD |
Australian Signals Directorate |
| API |
Application Programming Interface |
| DPO |
Digital Partnership Office |
| DSP |
Digital Service Provider |
| EVTE |
External Vendor Testing Environment |
| IaaS |
Infrastructure as a Service |
| ISM |
Information Security Manual |
| iRAP |
Information Security Registered Assessors Program |
| MFA |
Multi-Factor Authentication |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| OS4DSPs |
Online Services for DSPs |
| OSF |
Operational Security Framework |
| OWASP |
Open Web Application Security Project |
| PII |
Personally Identifiable Information |
| PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |
| SaaS |
Software as a Service |
| SSAM |
Security Standard for Add-on Marketplaces |
| SSL |
Secure Sockets Layer |
| SSO |
Single Sign On |
| SSP |
Sending Service Provider |
| TFN |
Tax File Number |
| TLS |
Transport Layer Security - evolved from previous Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol |
| ADR |
Accredited Data Recipient |
| CDR |
Consumer Data Right |
| Data holder |
Providers who hold consumer data e.g. banks |
| Data insights |
Consumers can consent to an ADR disclosing 'CDR' insights about their data in specific circumstances e.g. verifying their identity
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| Derived data |
The definition of CDR data includes data that has been 'wholly or partly derived' from data sets listed in the designation instrument as
well as data derived from any previously derived data
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| Outsourced service provider |
Collect CDR data on behalf of an accredited participant and/or use CDR to provide goods and services to an accredited participant
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| Representative model |
Allows unaccredited participants (known as CDR representatives) to partner with an unrestricted accredited participant (known as the
principal) to provide goods and services using CDR data. CDR representatives can only have one principal
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| Sponsored accreditation |
Accreditation pathway for participants who enter into a sponsorship arrangement with an unrestricted accredited recipient who is willing
to act as their sponsor. Participants accredited at this level are known as an affiliate of their sponsor
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| Unrestricted accreditation |
The highest level of accreditation available to participate in the CDR |
| 2SA |
Two-step authentication |
| 3DES |
Triple Data Encryption Algorithm |
| AES |
Advanced Encryption Standard |
| API |
Application Programming Interface |
| DPO |
Digital Partnership Office |
| DSP |
Digital Service Provider |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| OSF |
Operational Security Framework |
| OWASP |
Open Web Application Security Project |
| SDK |
Software development kit |
| SQL |
Structured Query Language |
| SSL |
Secure Sockets Layer |
| STN |
Superannuation Transaction Network |
| XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
| AML |
Anti Money Laundering |
| CPS 234 |
Information security requirements for APRA regulated entities |
| ISO/IEC 27001 |
Family of standards providing requirements for an information security management system (ISMS) owned by the International Organization
for Standardization (ISO)
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| ISMS |
Information Security Management System |
| MFA |
Multi-Factor Authentication |
| MSSP |
Managed Security Service Providers |
| SOC |
Service Organisation Control (SOC) - type of reporting on the appropriateness and effectiveness of a service organisation's internal
controls. There are three types:
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| SAML |
Security Assertion Markup Language |
| SSO |
Single Sign On |
| TDIF |
Trusted Digital Identity Framework |
