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Fed Roundup: June 2022

29th June 2022

DISA News Announcements: Air Force Chief Master Sgt. David P. Klink retires New computer equipment and upgrades coming fo the Fourth Estate Network Optimization Program Office STIG Updates: Pre-release version of the STIG Applicability Guide ...

Fed Roundup: May 2022

1st June 2022

DISA News Announcements: The Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) has begun construction on a new testing and evaluation facility A new U.S.-U.K. Defence Communications Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed STIG Updates: Revised Microsoft ...

Fed Roundup: April 2022

3rd May 2022

DISA News Announcements: Assistant to the director, Maj. Gen. Garrett Yee, retires after 35 years New principal civilian deputy of the HaCC DISA modernizing to utilize Next Generation 9-1-1 system DISA has sunset the Defense ...

Fed Roundup: February 2022

2nd March 2022

DISA News Announcements: Army Maj. Gen. Garrett Yee is retiring 2022 AFCEA TechNet Cyber Symposium iis set for April STIG Updates: Automated benchmark for the Ubuntu v20.04 SCAP STIG Draft Oracle Linux 8 STIG SCAP ...

Presidential Memorandum on Securing the DoD & Intel Communities

7th February 202227th January 2022

On January 19th, 2022, President Biden signed a National Security Memorandum (NSM) to further improve the cybersecurity of the United States. This NSM signifies a renewed focus by the administration to protect National Security Systems ...

Fed Roundup: December 2021

7th February 20225th January 2022

DISA News Former chief of staff Laura Radney became DISA’s first Culture and Employee Engagement Program Director STIG Updates Draft Canonical Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) benchmark ...

FED Roundup: October 2021

7th February 20229th November 2021

DISA News None STIG Updates Microsoft Edge Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Apple iOS/iPad OS 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Ivanti MobileIron Sentry 9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Google Android 12 Security Technical ...

FED Roundup: September 2021

7th February 202230th September 2021

DISA News DISA issued a two-year Provisional Authorization for Unclassified Splunk Cloud Fed STIG Updates IBM WebSphere Liberty Server Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) SCC Development Team released SCC 5.4.2 HYCU for Nutanix Security Technical ...

SEL Completes Listing for DoDIN APL

7th February 202223rd July 2021

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL), on completing the DoDIN APL process for their SEL-2740S, SEL-2742S, and SEL-5056 solutions. SEL partnered with Corsec to achieve this milestone and over ...

FIPS 140 Validation of Keeper Security Crypto Module

14th July 2021

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

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 ...

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 ...

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: 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 ...

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 ...

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: April 2020

7th February 20224th May 2020

DISA News DISA provides connectivity to DoD COVID Response Unit NIST News Announcements: None Releases & Special Publications: Draft NIST Cybersecurity White Paper on "Methodology for Characterizing Network Behavior of Internet of Things Devices" Draft ...

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 ...

FED Roundup: March 2020

7th February 202231st March 2020

DISA News Temporary Changes to milDrive DISA Dir Norton Interviews during Women's History Month DISA Protects Teleworks with renewed Anti-Virus licenses NIST News Announcements: NIST ITL Bulletin on Teleworking Releases & Special Publications: Revision 1 ...