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 ...
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 ...
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: February 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
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
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
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: MAY 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
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
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
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 ...
Certes Finalizes CEP FIPS Validation
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
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
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
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 ...