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Presidential Memorandum on Securing the DoD & Intel Communities

7th February 202227th January 2022

On January 19th, 2022, President Biden signed a National Security Memorandum (NSM) to further improve the cybersecurity of the United States. This NSM signifies a renewed focus by the administration to protect National Security Systems ...

Fed Roundup: December 2021

7th February 20225th January 2022

DISA News Former chief of staff Laura Radney became DISA’s first Culture and Employee Engagement Program Director STIG Updates Draft Canonical Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) benchmark ...

Fed Roundup: November 2021

7th February 202230th November 2021

DISA News DISA has a new Chief of Staff The changes that DISA Joint Service Provider (JSP) centers have made to accommodate telework personnel continue to pay off STIG Updates CA IDMS Security Technical Implementation ...

FED Roundup: October 2021

7th February 20229th November 2021

DISA News None STIG Updates Microsoft Edge Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Apple iOS/iPad OS 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Ivanti MobileIron Sentry 9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Google Android 12 Security Technical ...

FED Roundup: September 2021

7th February 202230th September 2021

DISA News DISA issued a two-year Provisional Authorization for Unclassified Splunk Cloud Fed STIG Updates IBM WebSphere Liberty Server Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) SCC Development Team released SCC 5.4.2 HYCU for Nutanix Security Technical ...

FED Roundup: July 2021

7th February 20221st August 2021

DISA News

DISA is scheduled to sunset the Defense Collaboration Services for non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network on September 1, 2021

STIG Updates

FED Roundup: June 2021

7th February 20222nd July 2021

DISA News None STIG Updates Samsung SDS EMM Zebra Android 10 NIST News Announcements: None Special Publications & Updates: Draft NISTIR 8270, "Introduction to Cybersecurity for Commercial Satellite Operations" NIST Cybersecurity White Paper, "Combinatorial Coverage ...

Cybersecurity Executive Order

7th February 20222nd June 2021

In an effort to improve the United States' ability to identify, deter, protect against, detect, and respond to malicious actors and attacks, the President of the U.S. has issued a new Executive Order (EO) to ...

FED Roundup: May 2021

7th February 20221st June 2021

DISA News Initial Zero Trust Reference Architecture delivered STIG Updates Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 with Ansible Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 STIG Benchmark SRG/STIG Applicability Guide for Linux, Mac, and Windows SRG/STIG Library Compilations ...

FED Roundup: April 2021

7th February 202230th April 2021

DISA News Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner discusses data security STIG Updates Canonical Ubuntu 20.04 LTS STIG Released VMware vSphere 6.7 STIG Released Kubernetes STIG Released Cisco ISE STIG Released NIST News Announcements: The ...

Further Automation Within The CMVP

7th February 202229th April 2021

The Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) is a part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) which operates under the Department of Commerce. The CMVP's role is to promote the use of validated ...

FED Roundup: February 2021

7th February 20221st 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

7th February 20221st 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 ...

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

7th February 20222nd 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

7th February 20224th 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 ...

FED Roundup: September 2020

7th February 20221st 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 ...

FED Roundup: August 2020

7th February 20221st 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

29th April 202130th 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

7th February 202231st 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 ...