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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: January 2020

27th February 20204th 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 January 20201st 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

18th 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

2nd December 20192nd 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, ...

Algorithm Testing & Automation: The Change from CAVS to ACVTS

25th October 201925th 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: 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 ...

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 ...

FIPS 140-3 APPROVED

23rd March 20201st 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

12th June 201930th 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: 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Government Shut Down: Resources

31st July 20197th January 2019

Having trouble finding the right resources during the Government Shut Down? Navigating to government pages that look like the one above? During the shut down, many government services are unavailable, preventing access to information that ...

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 ...

Forcepoint Completes FIPS Validation of NGFW

29th July 201912th November 2018

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Forecpoint, on completing the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validation for their Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). To achieve this milestone, Forcepoint partnered with Corsec, completing the ...