FED Roundup: January 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 ...
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FED Roundup: December 2020
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
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
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
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
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
New guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding the use of Digital Signatures (FIPS 186-2) will be impacting a number of FIPS 140-2 validations in the near future. This guidance will ...
2019 FIPS Implementation Guidance Updates
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
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. ...
FED ROUNDUP: JULY 2019
DISA News DISA Awards SETI IDIQ to 23 Small Businesses DISA Releases 4 Year Strategic Plan NIST News Announcements: None Releases & Special Publications: SP 1800-17, Multifactor Authentication for E-Commerce: Risk-Based, FIDO Universal Second Factor ...
FIPS 140-3 APPROVED
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
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 ...
FED Roundup – 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
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 ...
FED Roundup – 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
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 ...
FED Roundup – 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 ...
FED Roundup – 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 ...
FED Roundup – 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 ...
FED Roundup – May 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 …