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FED Roundup: February 2021

1st March 2021

DISA News Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner takes command of the JFHQ-DODIN DoD's Cloud Computing Program Office supports DISA's telework environment DISA has a new Executive Deputy Director, Christopher M. Barnhurst STIG Updates Group ...

FED Roundup: January 2021

1st February 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 ...

Dell Completes FIPS 140 Validation

28th January 2021

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Dell Technologies Inc., on completing the Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validation on their VNX 6 Gb/s SAS I/O Module with Encryption. To achieve this ...

FED Roundup: December 2020

5th January 2021

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

2nd December 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

3rd November 20204th November 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 ...

Citrix Completes FIPS 140-2 Validation of ADC VPX

25th November 202024th October 2020

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Citrix Systems, Inc., for completing the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validation on their ADC VPX. To achieve this milestone, Citrix partnered with Corsec, completing the ...

FED Roundup: September 2020

29th September 20201st October 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 ...

AudioCodes Completes FIPS 140-2 Validation

24th November 202024th September 2020

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, AudioCodes, for completing the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validation on their Mediant Session Border Controllers. To achieve this milestone, AudioCodes partnered with Corsec, completing the validation ...

Enovate Medical Crypto Module Achieves FIPS 140 Validation

3rd December 202010th September 2020

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 ...

FED Roundup: August 2020

29th September 20201st September 2020

DISA News The National Background Investigative System Directorate has become one of the first DoD agencies to adopted DevSecOps DISA has extended the Provisional Authorization for the Microsoft Azure Secret Region as a cloud service ...

Algorithm Transition Dates

4th November 202030th August 2020

Recent Implementation Guidance (IG) from NIST could impact vendor algorithms. The following overview has been created to summarize those critical dates and associated algorithms. AES CBC-CS1, CBC-CS2, CBC-CS3 (IG A.12) Until Sep. 1, 2020, implementations ...

FED Roundup: July 2020

30th July 202031st July 2020

DISA News The DISA Commander, Navy Vice Adm Norton, announced a new path to address cybersecurity for the warfighter DISA and other DoD agencies can now use the Systems Engineering, Technology and Innovation contract The ...

FED Roundup: June 2020

26th June 202030th June 2020

DISA News DISA & JFH-DODIN hold virtual awards ceremony NIST News Announcements: Release of OSCAL 1.0.0 Milestone 3 Special Publications & Updates: SP 800-63, Digital Identity Guidelines: SP 800-63A Enrollment and Identity Proofing SP 800-63B Authentication ...

Key Agreement Schemes

26th June 2020

As the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) prepares for the transition to automated algorithm testing, more and more algorithms are being subjected to the testing process. Testing for the key agreement schemes specified in NIST ...

FED Roundup: April 2020

4th May 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 ...

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 ...

FED Roundup: March 2020

31st March 202031st 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

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 ...