U.S. Gov

MONTHLY FED ROUNDUP – SEPTEMBER 2017

DISA’s September News DISA receives clean audit hired by the Office of the Inspector General DISA cuts rates by 50% for the DoD Mobility Program Air Force Col John T. Caranta III assumes command of …

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Securing Medical Devices, Where to Start?

During a recent discussion held at the Bipartisan Policy Center titled, Cybersecurity and Medical Devices: Risk Assessment and Response, an esteemed panel of experts lead a discussion about increasing medical device standards and educating the …

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Federal Modernization Efforts Continue

As part of the May 11th Executive Order on strengthening the U.S. Federal cybersecurity framework and technology infrastructure; the Director of the American Technology Council (ATC) has submitted its draft report to the President on the …

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MONTHLY FED ROUNDUP – AUGUST 2017

DISA’s August News DISA formulates strategy to upgrade telecommunications infrastructure in Hawaii for 2018 DISA Central Field Command changes leadership as Army COL Corey Brumsey assumes command Air Force Col Trevor A. Wall takes command of …

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Corsec - FIPS 140-2

FIPS Validation of Ixia NPB Tools Complete

Congratulations to Ixia on completing the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) for two of their products, the Vision 7300 Network Packet Broker (NPB) and Vision ONE. Ixia is a leader in providing testing, visibility, and security …

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DoDIN APL

DoD Changes UC APL name to DoDIN APL

The Department of Defense has changed the name of the list it uses for the procurement of IT products to be used over the DoD network infrastructures. Previously names the Unified Capabilities Approved Products List (UC APL), …

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MONTHLY FED ROUNDUP – JULY 2017

DISA’s July News DISA’s Joint Staff Support Center (JSSC) has transferred leadership as Air Force Col Douglas S. Shahan assumes command DISA offers training for DoD and Non-DoD entities trying to establish, re-accredit, or re-certify …

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Common Criteria

Version 2 of the NDcPP Is Here

NIAP has endorsed and listed the second version of the Network Device Collaborative Protection Profile (NDcPP) to be used for Common Criteria evaluations in the United States. The use of the Protection Profile is for those …

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DHS Begins Work to Meet New EO

In May, President Trump issued a new Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure, requiring all heads of executive agencies and departments to modernize and strengthen the cybersecurity utilized within …

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Assurance Through Federal Certifications

Shashi Karanam, Corsec’s Senior Certification Consultant, will be speaking on Providing Assurance Through Federal Certifications from FISMA to NIST SP 800-53 Security Controls at this years Certified InfoSec Conference in the Washington DC metro area …

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MONTHLY FED ROUNDUP – JUNE 2017

DISA’s June News Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) training courses offered globally from July through December DISA moves forward with milCloud 2.0 through IDIQ award to connect DoD networks for use by the community and …

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Pentagon Releases New Security Policies

Last Friday’s DoD Industry Day on Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services came with a big announcement from the Pentagon’s head of IT – DoD CIO John Zangardi. The Pentagon will begin to hold contractors …

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Protecting Your Brand

The financial losses associated with damage to your brand can be devastating, sometimes in the millions of dollars. According to an IBM study, 66% of threats impacting brand damage can be attributed to IT system failures …

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DISA Network Modernization

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is evolving their infrastructure to combat concerns over connectivity and security, efficiency, and cost. DISA’s present issues relate to outside components connecting to its network because the infrastructure is outdated. …

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President Doubles Down on Cybersecurity

On May 11th, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order requiring all heads of executive agencies and departments to modernize and strengthen cybersecurity within Federal networks and critical infrastructure. The order acknowledged that the government’s …

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