Authorized Vendor Program
nounid
1617·updated May 9, 2026candidate
Program in which a vendor, producing an information systems security (INFOSEC) product under contract to NSA, is authorized to produce that product in numbers exceeding the contracted requirements for direct marketing and sale to eligible buyers. Eligible buyers are typically U.S. government organizations or U.S. government contractors. Products approved for marketing and sale through the AVP are placed on the Endorsed Cryptographic Products List (ECPL).
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Process75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- acronym
- AVP
- plural
- Authorized Vendor Programs
- possessive
- Authorized Vendor Program's
- pluralpossessive
- Authorized Vendor Programs'
Framework definitions
- §1
- Program in which a vendor, producing an information systems security (INFOSEC) product under contract to NSA, is authorized to produce that product in numbers exceeding the contracted requirements for direct marketing and sale to eligible buyers. Eligible buyers are typically U.S. government organizations or U.S. government contractors. Products approved for marketing and sale through the AVP are placed on the Endorsed Cryptographic Products List (ECPL).
- §1
- Program in which a vendor, producing an information systems security (INFOSEC) product under contract to NSA, is authorized to produce that product in numbers exceeding the contracted requirements for direct marketing and sale to eligible buyers. Eligible buyers are typically U.S. government organizations or U.S. government contractors. Products approved for marketing and sale through the AVP are placed on the Endorsed Cryptographic Products List (ECPL).
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