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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
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
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
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 ...
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FED Roundup: April 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
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 will be impacting a number of FIPS 140-2 validations in the near future. This guidance will send many ...
FED Roundup: 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 ...
NIST Guidance: Teleworking Security
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new IT Laboratory Bulletin on Telework Security. The bulletin draws from the original 2016 NIST Special Publication 800-46 Revision 2, Guide to Enterprise Telework, ...
FED Roundup: January 2020
DISA News DISA works to improve JRSS capabilities NIST News Announcements: None Releases & Special Publications: Draft NISTIR 8278, "National Cybersecurity Online References (OLIR) Program: Guidance for OLIR Users and Developers." Draft NIST Special Publication ...
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. ...
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Forcepoint NGFW Engine Added to DoDIN APL
Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Forcepoint, on completing the DoDIN APL process for their Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) Engine. Forcepoint partnered with Corsec to achieve this milestone and over the past year the ...
FED ROUNDUP: JUNE 2019
DISA’s June News DITCO, DISA's contracting arm, reduces its enterprise acquisition services fee NIST’s June News Announcements: NIST announces Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL), Version 1.0.0 - Milestone 1 has been released Releases & ...
FED ROUNDUP: APRIL 2019
DISA’s April News DISA profiles their Network Mapping Tool for Internet Attack Surface DISA's Defense Collaboration Services (DCS) now has an integrated teleconferencing capability available to DOD employees DISA Command Center (DCC) plans to implement ...
HPE Smart Array Gen10 P-Class RAID Controllers
Corsec would like to congratulate the entire HPE Smart Array team on completing the FIPS 140-2 validation process. The completion of the certification process not only opens the doors to new and exciting markets for HPE, but also demonstrates their fervent commitment ...
Pivot3’s Acuity Completes Common Criteria
Corsec would like to congratulate our partner Pivot3 on achieving Common Criteria certification on their Acuity v10.4 solution. Pivot3, the company that delivers smarter hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) for high performance Enterprise information technology workloads, announced that ...
FED ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY 2019
DISA’s February News DISA grants Provisional Authorization (PA) with conditions to the Adobe Experience Manager for Managed Services (AEMMS) at data Impact Level 4 DISA grants Provisional Authorization (PA) with conditions to PTC Cloud Services ...
CDM: The Old and The New
The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program was originally a multiple award IDIQ released under the GSA Schedule 7o Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). It was created to establish "a dynamic ...
Virtual Instruments Completes Common Criteria Certification for FED & Regulated Industries
Corsec would like to congratulate our partner Virtual Instruments, a leader in hybrid infrastructure management that delivers solutions that help customers ensure their applications and infrastructure perform better together, on announcing that its VirtualWisdom Platform Appliance ...
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