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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 ...

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 ...

Key Agreement Schemes

7th February 202226th June 2020

As the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) prepares for the transition to automated algorithm testing, more and more algorithms are being subjected to the testing process. Testing for the key agreement schemes specified in NIST ...

COVID-19: Corsec Continues to Operate

7th February 202227th April 2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic around the globe, Corsec staff have transitioned to a telework policy to ensure the health and wellbeing of our staff, their family, and the community. We feel fortunate to ...

Limiting the Use of FIPS 186-2

7th February 202222nd April 2020

New guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding the use of Digital Signatures will be impacting a number of FIPS 140-2 validations in the near future. This guidance will send many ...

2019 FIPS Implementation Guidance Updates

7th February 202218th December 2019

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the agency that governs FIPS 140-2 validations in the United States, periodically releases updates and revisions to the Implementation Guidance (IG) used to evaluate products against FIPS ...

Algorithm Testing & Automation: The Change from CAVS to ACVTS

7th February 202225th October 2019

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) and the Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP) will soon be transitioning to an automated process for algorithm testing. ...

FIPS 140-3 APPROVED

7th February 20221st May 2019

A Federal Register Notice has been issued for the "Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules". Having now been signed by the U.S. Commerce Secretary, it is official, FIPS 140-3 has ...

Government Shut Down: Resources

31st July 20197th January 2019

Having trouble finding the right resources during the Government Shut Down? Navigating to government pages that look like the one above? During the shut down, many government services are unavailable, preventing access to information that ...

MONTHLY FED ROUNDUP – OCTOBER 2018

11th March 202430th October 2018

DISA’s October News DISA Global Operations Center West at Hill AF Base Utah up and running DoD Mobility Program expands unclassified service offerings Acropolis, formerly known as the Community Data Center (CDC), strengthens the DoDIN ...

FED IT Spending: Reviewing 2018 & Gauging 2019

11th March 202412th October 2018

2018 FEDERAL YEAR IN REVIEW 2018 was a stellar year for companies doing business with U.S. Federal Agencies. Over $95.6 billion dollars were allocated towards the procurement of secured IT products and solutions across Civilian, DoD, and ...

MONTHLY FED ROUNDUP – SEPTEMBER 2018

25th September 2018

DISA’s September News DISA Celebrates Air Force's 71st Birthday 2nd Operations Watch Floor Added to Protect DoD Information Network ENCORE III SBSA Awarded NIST’s September News Releases & Special Publications: SP 1800-5, IT Asset Management Draft ...

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Shut Down Your Computer

31st July 201925th September 2018

Although Cold Boot Attacks are considered to be somewhat of an antiquated method, largely due to the need for an attacker to have physical access to the machine, they still represent a threat to unprotected ...

MONTHLY FED ROUNDUP – AUGUST 2018

25th September 201829th August 2018

DISA’s August News DISA expands its unclassified mobile device management service DISA's Mission Assurance Branch vows readiness across warfighter domains DISA names a new OSBP Director DoD reviews lessons learned on milCloud 2.0 DISA's Apple ...

MONTHLY FED ROUNDUP – JULY 2018

31st July 2018

DISA’s July News DISA awards $49M contract for National Background Investigation System DISA's Hawaiian network services receive modernization NIST’s July News NIST is withdrawing eleven outdated Special Publications (SP) Releases & Special Publications: SP 1800-2, Identity ...

MONTHLY FED ROUNDUP – JUNE 2018

27th July 201827th June 2018

DISA’s June News DISA SETI IDIQ Contract Awarded to 14 Large Businesses Innovative Solutions for EMS 3 Improvements to the DoD Mobility Program New Security Clearance Application NIST’s June News Special Publications: SP 800-171A, Assessing Security ...

MONTHLY FED ROUNDUP – MAY 2018

5th June 20181st June 2018

DISA’s May News DISA Reshapes Computing Ecosystem DISA and JFHQ-DODIN increase DOD’s Lethality Cloud Migration Lessons Learned Defense Enterprise Office Solution to improve performance, affordability of DOD enterprise services DOD Identity and Access Management Capabilities …

CORSEC CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF SECURING PRODUCTS

7th February 202213th March 2018

A Message From Matthew Appler, Corsec CEO: Our hope when we first founded Corsec was to provide valuable consulting services to the best IT security companies in the world. Twenty years later when we look back ...

Potential DoDIN APL Removals

18th December 20195th February 2018

The APCO (Approved Products Certification Office), which governs the Department of Defense Information Network Approved Products List (DoDIN APL), has taken action to suggest stronger enforcement of regulations regarding how companies address their open Plan ...