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Limiting the Use of FIPS 186-2

20th November 202522nd April 2020

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 ...

FED Roundup: March 2020

20th November 202531st 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 ...

FED Roundup: February 2020

20th November 20254th March 2020

DISA News DISA Drumbeat DISA hosts members of academia to expand its #NEXTGEN outreach to enhance cybersecurity moving forward NIST News Announcements: None Releases & Special Publications: NISTIR 8287: "A Roadmap for Successful Regional Alliances ...

FED Roundup: January 2020

7th February 20224th February 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 ...

FED Roundup: December 2019

7th February 20221st January 2020

DISA News DISA celebrates 244th Marine Corps birthday NIST News Announcements: None Releases & Special Publications: Special Publication (SP) 800-189, "Resilient Interdomain Traffic Exchange: BGP Security and DDoS Mitigation," Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-208, "Recommendation ...

2019 FIPS Implementation Guidance Updates

20th November 202518th December 2019

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 ...

FED Roundup: November 2019

20th November 20252nd December 2019

DISA News The Fourth Estate Network Optimization Execution Guidance memorandum was signed, designating DISA as the single service provider of common use information technology services DISA held its annual Forecast to Industry on Nov 4, ...

FED Roundup: October 2019

20th November 20254th November 2019

DISA News The U.S. Air Force selects Core Automated Maintenance System for Mobility to be singular Maintenance Information System NIST News Announcements: None Releases & Special Publications: Draft FIPS 186-5 and Draft NIST Special Publication ...

Algorithm Testing & Automation: The Change from CAVS to ACVTS

7th February 202225th October 2019

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: SEPTEMBER 2019

20th November 20254th October 2019

DISA News DISA moderated a panel during TechNet Augusta 2019 that discussed classified mobile capabilities, assured identity, and secure access to data NIST News Announcements: None Releases & Special Publications: NISTIR 8183A (3 volumes), Cybersecurity ...

FED ROUNDUP: AUGUST 2019

20th November 20253rd September 2019

DISA News DISA improves Cloud Authorization process DISA Deployed the DOD Secure Access File Exchange (DOD SAFE) NIST News Announcements: None Releases & Special Publications: SP 800-52 Revision 2, "Guidelines for the Selection, Configuration, and ...

FED ROUNDUP: JULY 2019

20th November 202531st 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 ...

FED ROUNDUP: MAY 2019

20th November 20254th June 2019

DISA’s May News DISA enhances collaboration with a Global Video Services throughout DoD DISA aims to consolidate the common use information technology (IT) infrastructure for the Department of Defense’s (DOD) “fourth estate” The DoD continues ...

FIPS 140-3 APPROVED

21st November 20251st May 2019

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 ...

FED ROUNDUP: APRIL 2019

20th November 202530th 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 ...

FED ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY 2019

20th November 202526th 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 ...

FED ROUNDUP: JANUARY 2019

20th November 202530th January 2019

DISA’s January News DISA's Mission Partner Engagement Office (MPEO) increases forum frequency NIST’s January News Announcement: NIST PQC Standardization Process Candidates Announced Releases & Special Publications: Draft NISTIR 8196, "Security Analysis of First Responder Mobile ...

FED Roundup – November 2018

21st November 202528th November 2018

DISA’s November News DISA holds Forecast to Industry DISA celebrates Marines Corp Birthday NIST’s November News Releases & Special Publications: Draft NISTIR 8219, "Securing Manufacturing Industrial Control Systems: Behavioral Anomaly Detection SP 1800-19, Trusted Cloud: Security ...

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 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 ...