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Limiting the Use of FIPS 186-2

22nd April 202022nd April 2020

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 ...

NIST Guidance: Teleworking Security

20th March 202020th March 2020

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: February 2020

4th 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: AUGUST 2019

3rd 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

1st August 201931st 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 ...

Forcepoint NGFW Engine Added to DoDIN APL

29th July 2019

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

31st July 201928th 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: MAY 2019

12th June 20194th 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 ...

Certes CFNC Achieves Common Criteria

12th June 201915th April 2019

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Certes Networks, Inc. (Certes), for completing the Common Criteria (CC) certification process on their CryptoFlow Net Creator (CFNC) with CEP. To achieve this milestone, Certes partnered with Corsec, ...

FED ROUNDUP: MARCH 2019

31st July 201931st March 2019

DISA’s March News DISA Cloud Based Storage Solution Enables Warfighter DISA National Background Investigation Service (DNBIS) now under DSS control DISA Web Based Platform: Automating Service Orders NIST’s March News Announcements: NIST works to develop ...

Pivot3’s Acuity Completes Common Criteria

4th February 202014th March 2019

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

31st July 201926th 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 ...

Certes Finalizes CEP FIPS Validation

31st July 201926th February 2019

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Certes Networks, Inc. (Certes), for completing the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validation on their Certes Enforcement Points (CEP). To achieve this milestone, Certes partnered with ...

Virtual Instruments Completes Common Criteria Certification for FED & Regulated Industries

4th February 20208th February 2019

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 ...

FED ROUNDUP: JANUARY 2019

31st July 201930th 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 ...

CyberArk Updates PAS On DoDIN APL

4th February 202018th December 2018

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, CyberArk, on achieving listing on the DoDIN APL. CybeArk became the first comprehensive Privileged Account Security solution to be listed on the DoDIN APL in 2016 and has ...

MONTHLY FED ROUNDUP – NOVEMBER 2018

31st July 201928th 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 ...

MONTHLY FED ROUNDUP – OCTOBER 2018

6th December 201830th 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 ...

MONTHLY FED ROUNDUP – SEPTEMBER 2018

25th 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 ...