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Fed Roundup: January 2023

31st January 2023

DISA News Announcements: DISA has begun user testing of the DOD365-Sec cloud system STIG Updates: Updates to the Group Policy Objects (GPOs) Quarterly Updates to the SRG/STIG Library Compilation Updates to Application STIGs Updates to ...

Fed Roundup: November 2022

1st December 2022

DISA News Announcements: To meet the need of DoD changes in the workforce, DISA has established the DOD365 Integrated Phone System DISA continues to seek partners to combat global threats On November 7th, DISA held ...

DINAMO Completes FIPS 140 Level 3 Validation of HSMs

2nd March 2022

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, DINAMO Networks, Inc., for completing the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validation on their CD/XP/ST Hardware Security Modules (HSM). To achieve this milestone, DINAMO partnered with ...

Microchip’s Drive Now FIPS 140 Validated

7th February 202219th October 2021

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Microchip Technology, Inc., on completing a Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validation on their NV-2108 Flashtec™ PCIe NVRAM Drive. To achieve this milestone, Microchip partnered ...

Onclave Completes FIPS 140 Object Module Validation

7th February 202216th September 2021

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Onclave Networks, Inc. on completing the Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validation on their Onclave FIPS Object Module for OpenSSL. To achieve this milestone, Onclave ...

FIPS 140 Validation of Aqua OpenSSL Module

7th February 202216th September 2021

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, Aqua Security Software Ltd. on completing the Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validation on their Aqua OpenSSL Module. To achieve this milestone, Aqua partnered with ...

PESA Secures Crypto Module with FIPS 140 Validation

3rd September 2021

Corsec would like to congratulate our partner, PESA, Inc. on completing the Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) validation on their PESA Crypto Module. To achieve this milestone, PESA partnered with Corsec, completing ...

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: 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 ...

Limiting the Use of FIPS 186-2

7th February 202222nd 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 ...

NIST Guidance: Teleworking Security

7th February 202220th 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

7th February 20224th 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: 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 ...

Forcepoint NGFW Engine Added to DoDIN APL

29th July 2019

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

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 ...