Assuming CIP stands for Critical Infrastructure Protection. In the US this was set up by the PDD-63 directive of May 1998. The European equivalent 'European Programme for Critical Infrastructure...
The W3C or World Wide Consortium, supposedly oversees the internet. Visit www.w3.org for more information.
ISOC oversees the IAB
In an industrial context it means Clean in Place. See Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean-in-place
CIP = cummercial important person