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# Abbreviations
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+  ACL - Access Control List 
+  AMF - Access and Mobility Management Function 
+  AMI - Amazon Machine Image 
+  API - Application Programming Interface 
+  AEAD - Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data 
+  BYOK - Bring Your Own Keys 
+  CCoE - Cloud Center of Excellence 
+  CDR - call detail records 
+  CEC - cloud enablement center 
+  CI/CD - continuous integration/continuous deployment 
+  CNF - containerized network functions 
+  COTS - commercial off-the-shelf 
+  CSP - communications service provider 
+  DNS - Domain Name System 
+  ETL - extract transform load 
+  HSM - hardware security module 
+  HSS - home subscriber service 
+  HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol 
+  IAM - identity and access management 
+  IdP - identity provider 
+  IMEI - International Mobile Equipment Identity 
+  IMS - IP Multimedia Core Subsystem 
+  IMSI - International Mobile Subscriber Identity 
+  IPsec - Internet Protocol Security 
+  ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network 
+  ISV - independent software vendor 
+  L2 - Layer 2 
+  MACsec - Media Access Control Security 
+  MFA - multi-factor authentication 
+  MSISDN - Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number 
+  NATGW - Network Address Translation Gateway 
+  NEF - Network Exposure Function 
+  NF - Network Function 
+  NVMe – non-volatile memory express 
+  OU - organizational unit 
+  PGW - Packet Data Network Gateway 
+  PII - personal identifiable information 
+  RAN - radio access network 
+  RTP – Real-time Transport Protocol 
+  SCTP - Stream Control Transmission Protocol 
+  SDK - software development kit 
+  SIP - Session Initiation Protocol 
+  SLDC - Software Development Life Cycle 
+  TCP - Transmission Control Protocol 
+  TLS - Transport Layer Security 
+  TME - Total Memory Encryption 
+  UDM - Unified Data Management 
+  UDP - User Datagram Protocol 
+  UPF - User Plane Function 
+  VNF - Virtual Network Functions 
+  VPC - virtual private cloud 
+  VPN - virtual private network 
+  XKS - external key store 
+  XTS-AES - XEX Tweakable Block Ciphertext Stealing- Advanced Encryption Standard