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FED Roundup – October 2018

21st November 202530th 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

6th December 201812th 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 ...

FED Roundup – September 2018

21st November 202525th 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 ...

FED Roundup – August 2018

21st November 202529th 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

21st November 202531st 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Investigation System DISA's Hawaiian network services receive modernization NIST’s July News NIST is withdrawing eleven outdated Special Publications (SP) Releases & Special Publications: SP 1800-2, Identity ...

FIPS Inside & FIPS Compliant: A Resource Guide

20th November 20259th July 2018

Implementing a FIPS 140-2 / FIPS 140-3 validation into your product is a great way to strengthen your solution, enhance your brand, and secure your bottom line. When pursuing FIPS, you will be faced with difficult ...

FED Roundup – June 2018

21st November 202527th 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

21st November 20251st 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 …

IoT Expansion Opens The Door to Vulnerabilities

4th February 202011th April 2018

The IoT expansion has been innovative, immersive, and impressive; revolutionizing modern day interactions and connectivity. To meet this demand, companies are deploying products at rapid speed, while lowering prices to promote user adoption; leaving many ...

FED ROUNDUP – MARCH 2018

21st November 20252nd April 2018

DISA’s March News DISA addresses topics in recent newsletter: Classified mobility tablets availability Classified video and phone conferencing with international allies Global Content Delivery Service (GCDS) rate reduction NIST’s March News Special Publications: SP 500-325 "Fog ...

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 ...

FED Roundup – February 2018

21st November 202527th February 2018

DISA’s February News Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) Access Migration Project has been completed DISA's Global Content Delivery Service (GCDS) rates have been reduced DISA looks for help from small businesses for leveraging automation ...

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 ...

CMVP Archives Additional FIPS Validations

7th February 202223rd January 2018

On January 1, 2018, the CMVP carried out the archiving of specific FIPS modules to their Historical validations list as seen below: "per the transition schedule published in SP 800-131Arev1, symmetric key-based key wrapping that ...

FED Roundup – December 2017

21st November 20251st January 2018

DISA’s December News DISA held a symposium at their to address the adoption of cloud architecture solutions within its HQ at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Director of the DISA Development and Business Center,Alfred Rivera retires …

FIPS 140-2: Covering the Basics

21st November 202515th December 2017

What is FIPS 140-2? The Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) is a U.S. and Canadian co-sponsored security standard for hardware, software, and firmware solutions. All products sold into the U.S. federal government are …

FED Roundup – November 2017

21st November 20255th December 2017

DISA’s November News DISA conducted their Annual Industry Forecast DISA sponsors the 1st DoD Knowledge Management Summit The “Mercury Spectrum” mobile application is now available for download NIST’s November News Special Publications: Update to Special …

Corsec Collaborates with NIAP on Labgram #106

15th December 201715th November 2017

In September, Corsec uncovered a policy change that would affect a number of Common Criteria evaluations following this NIAP announcement: “Per published NIST notifications, all non-56B-compliant key transport schemes will be disallowed in the U.S. government …

FED Roundup – October 2017

21st November 20259th November 2017

DISA’s October News Renewed efforts to secure, operate, and defend cyber operations for users across the Department of Defense (DOD) milCloud 2.0 is set to reduce hosting costs by up to 70% NIST’s October News ...