Authorized Vendor Program
- (AVP) Program in which a vendor, producing a COMSEC product under contract to the National Security Agency, is authorized to produce that product in numbers exceeding the contracted requirements for direct marketing and sale to eligible buyers. NOTE: Eligible buyers are typically U. S. Government organizations or U. S. Government contractors. Products approved for marketing and sale through the Authorized Vendor Program are placed on the Endorsed Cryptographic Products List.