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FED Roundup: May 2021

7th February 20221st June 2021

DISA News Initial Zero Trust Reference Architecture delivered STIG Updates Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 with Ansible Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 STIG Benchmark SRG/STIG Applicability Guide for Linux, Mac, and Windows SRG/STIG Library Compilations ...

Epiq’s Flying Fox Listed on DoD’s APL

7th February 202219th May 2021

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Epiq Solutions, Inc., on completing the DoDIN APL process for their Flying Fox Enterprise solution. Epiq partnered with Corsec to achieve this milestone and over the past year ...

FED Roundup: April 2021

7th February 202230th April 2021

DISA News Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner discusses data security STIG Updates Canonical Ubuntu 20.04 LTS STIG Released VMware vSphere 6.7 STIG Released Kubernetes STIG Released Cisco ISE STIG Released NIST News Announcements: The ...

Further Automation Within The CMVP

7th February 202229th April 2021

The Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) is a part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) which operates under the Department of Commerce. The CMVP's role is to promote the use of validated ...

Vocera Validates Smartbadge Under FIPS 140

7th February 202225th March 2021

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Vocera Communications, Inc., on completing the Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validation on their Smartbadge Cryptographic Module. To achieve this milestone, Vocera partnered with Corsec, ...

FED Roundup: February 2021

7th February 20221st March 2021

DISA News Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner takes command of the JFHQ-DODIN DoD's Cloud Computing Program Office supports DISA's telework environment DISA has a new Executive Deputy Director, Christopher M. Barnhurst STIG Updates Group ...

FED Roundup: January 2021

7th February 20221st February 2021

DISA News DISA continues to work towards implementation of the DISA Strategic Plan FY 2019-2022 Version 2, released in December of 2020. Assessment Requirements for IT services will now be placed in DISA contracts as ...

Dell Completes FIPS 140 Validation

7th February 202228th January 2021

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Dell Technologies Inc., on completing the Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validation on their VNX 6 Gb/s SAS I/O Module with Encryption. To achieve this ...

FED Roundup: December 2020

5th January 2021

DISA News DISA continues telecommunication modernization efforts amid COVID pandemic U.S. Army Fort Bliss to integrate Apple iPad devices into Emergency Vehicles STIG Updates DISA has released the Samsung Android 11 with Knox 3.x Security ...

FED Roundup: November 2020

7th February 20222nd December 2020

DISA News DISA's Global Video Services – Unclassified expands to include voice dial-in capability STIG Updates DISA has released the Juniper SRX for Anisble Automation Package DISA has released the Canonical Ubuntu 18.04 STIG DISA ...

Nutanix Achieves Common Criteria Certification on their Cloud Platform

7th February 20229th November 2020

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner Nutanix, Inc. on completing the Common Criteria certification process for the Nutanix Cloud Platform (AOS & AHV) v5.15 solution. Nutanix and Corsec have a successful history of partnering together to complete ...

FED Roundup: October 2020

7th February 20224th November 2020

DISA News DISA has released updates to the SRG/STIG Library Compilations DISA celebrates National Cybersecurity Awareness Month STIG Updates Application STIGs Mobility STIGs and SRGs Network STIGs and SRGs Operating System STIGs and Overviews Benchmarks ...

Citrix Completes FIPS 140-2 Validation of ADC VPX

7th February 202224th October 2020

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Citrix Systems, Inc., for completing the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validation on their ADC VPX. To achieve this milestone, Citrix partnered with Corsec, completing the ...

FED Roundup: September 2020

7th February 20221st October 2020

DISA News (None) NIST News Announcements: (None) Special Publications & Updates: Draft NISTIR 8301, "Blockchain Networks: Token Design and Management Overview" Draft NISTIR 8235, "Security Guidance for First Responder Mobile and Wearable Devices," Special Publication ...

AudioCodes Completes FIPS 140-2 Validation

7th February 202224th September 2020

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, AudioCodes, for completing the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validation on their Mediant Session Border Controllers. To achieve this milestone, AudioCodes partnered with Corsec, completing the validation ...

Enovate Medical Crypto Module Achieves FIPS 140 Validation

7th February 202210th September 2020

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Enovate Medical LLC, for completing the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validation on their FIPS Cryptographic Module for EcoFlex, Rhythm, Envoy, and Encore. To achieve this ...

FED Roundup: August 2020

7th February 20221st September 2020

DISA News The National Background Investigative System Directorate has become one of the first DoD agencies to adopted DevSecOps DISA has extended the Provisional Authorization for the Microsoft Azure Secret Region as a cloud service ...

Algorithm Transition Dates

29th April 202130th August 2020

Recent Implementation Guidance (IG) from NIST could impact vendor algorithms. The following overview has been created to summarize those critical dates and associated algorithms. AES CBC-CS1, CBC-CS2, CBC-CS3 (IG A.12) Until Sep. 1, 2020, implementations ...

FED Roundup: July 2020

7th February 202231st July 2020

DISA News The DISA Commander, Navy Vice Adm Norton, announced a new path to address cybersecurity for the warfighter DISA and other DoD agencies can now use the Systems Engineering, Technology and Innovation contract The ...

Forcepoint Attains CC Certification of Data Guard Solution

7th February 202213th July 2020

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner Forcepoint on completing the Common Criteria certification process on their Forcepoint Data Guard v3.0. To achieve this milestone, Forcepoint partnered with Corsec, completing the evaluation under a custom ...