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 ...
FIPS 140-3
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 ...
FED Roundup: September 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 ...
FED Roundup: August 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
FED Roundup: November 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, ...
FIPS Inside & FIPS Compliant: A Resource Guide
Implementing a FIPS 140-2 / FIPS 140-3 validation into your product is a great way to strengthen your solution, enhance your brand, and secure your bottom line. When pursuing FIPS, you will be faced with difficult ...
Entropy for FIPS and Common Criteria: What Is It?
In the world of cryptography, data is only safe as long as the keys used to protect that data are kept secure. While, on one hand, this means that keys must be protected against unauthorized access, it also means that keys must be created in a way that makes them difficult for an attacker to guess. To produce cryptographically strong…