Your Security Strategy – Are You At Risk?
$7 Million Dollars – According to a recent study by IBM, that’s the average cost of a security breach. The overall brand damage can be catastrophic, huge financial losses and customer abandonment. Companies like Target and …
Monthly FED Roundup – November 2016
DISA’s November News The annual forecast event to industry was held in Baltimore, MD this month. NIST’s November News NIST Draft Releases: Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-187, Guide to LTE Security for public comment Draft …
Corsec Cares Collects Food During Holiday Season
Every year Corsec Cares collects donations from team members and delivers them to a local organization to help ensure families in the district are able to enjoy and celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday season. For the second …
Are Your Partners Putting Your IP at Risk?
What if your intellectual property was at risk and you weren’t even aware? In today’s highly competitive and often vulnerable world, the companies we choose to partner with play a large role in the security …
Monthly FED Roundup – October 2016
DISA’s October News Those trying to establish, re-accredit, or re-certify their connections to the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) will not have access to training provided by DISA’s Risk Adjudication and Connection Division. NIST’s October News …
Corsec Cares Assists FIRST LEGO League
As part of Corsec Cares, Corsec’s CEO, Matthew Appler, teamed up with FIRST Lego League (FLL), a local organization to help students expand their engineering enthusiasm and find solutions to real word issues. FLL is …
iDirect’s Secure Satellite Broadband Solution Completes FIPS Validation
Corsec would like to congratulate our partner iDirect, a global leader in IP-based satellite communications, on their recent completion of the FIPS 140-2 validation process for their satellite broadband solution. iDirect has now completed and finalized all …
Monthly FED Roundup – September 2016
DISA’s September News The DoD’s tool to detect and counter known cyber attacks, The Host Based Security System (HBSS), will be combined with other solutions to create a holistic approach to protecting our nation’s critical …
Ionic Security Inc. Completes FIPS 140-2 Validation
Corsec is pleased to announce that Ionic Security Inc.’s FIPS Crypto Module has been awarded FIPS 140-2 certificate number 2761 by the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP). This module has now completed and finalized all the necessary …
Common Criteria Updates: Protection Profiles & Re-Evaluations
Full Drive Encryption v2.0 Collaborative Protection Profiles (FDE cPP) Published The Full Drive Encryption (FDE) international Technical Community (iTC) has published version 2.0 of the FDE Encryption Engine (EE) and FDE Authorization Acquisition (AA) cPPs …
Corsec at Modern Day Marine 2016
Next week Corsec will be joining thousands of government leaders, industry partners, and members of academia at Modern Day Marine in Quantico, VA to discuss the future of technology within the DoD. Companies looking to meet …
Monthly FED Roundup – August 2016
DISA’s August News DISA releases its Three-Tiered Approach to Cloud Computing DISA assists DoD cloud service providers with the Cloud Provisional Authorization (PA) process NIST’s August News A release was published on Post-Quantum Cryptography – …
Update On NIST’S Post-Quantum Cryptography Requirements
After a great discussion in Japan at the 7th Annual Post-Quantum Crypto Conference (PQCrypto 2016) back in February, NIST has taken the next step and announced they are seeking additional input and comments on their draft proposal for “Post-Quantum Cryptography: Proposed Requirements …
Ciena Secures Network Solution With FIPS Validation
Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Ciena Corporation, for completing their Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validation on the 6500 Flex3 WaveLogic 3e OCLD Encryption Module. The successful completion of the FIPS 140-2 …
Siemens’ Rugged Operating System Achieves FIPS “In Process” Status
Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Siemens, for being listed as Implementation Under Test (IUT) as part of a FIPS 140-2 validation for their product, the Rugged Operating System (ROS) v2.7.1. This listing signifies …
Is Our Critical Infrastructure At Risk?
Everyday we rely on technology to ensure continuation of our routine day to day activities. Access to clean drinkable water, open roadways free of congestion and chaos, power to brighten our homes and businesses, and oil …
RedSeal Completes Common Criteria Assurance Continuity
Corsec is pleased to announce that RedSeal Inc.’s Common Criteria Assurance Continuity for the RedSeal Platform v8.2.0 is now official and all the listings have been posted. The RedSeal product completed a EAL 2+ evaluation through the Network …
Corsec Discusses Product Security At BlackHat
BlackHat USA is on the horizon and product security enhancement is a huge focal point this year. Modern-day cryptography provides a level of security that was previously unimagined, but how do we ensure that the precautionary …
Monthly FED Roundup – July 2016
DISA’s July News DISA receives $9.7M in funds to help the American Warfighter from DOD Rapid Innovation Fund Program DISA PAC has new leadership – Col. Joseph E. Delaney COL Andrew S. McClelland assumes command of …