The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued a request for information in support of its effort to provide mission partners with a new blockchain as a service offering. Interested vendors have until Nov. 10 to submit 15-page white papers in response to the RFI.
Read More »NIST Certifies Gigamon Inline Decryption Platform
Gigamon has secured a Level 2 FIPS 140-2 validation status from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for an inline decryption technology based on transport layer security and secure sockets layer protocols.
Read More »Red Hat Enterprise Linux Platform Earns NIST Security Recertification; Paul Smith Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 26, 2019 — Red Hat renewed its Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 security certification for version 7.6 of its Enterprise Linux platform, GovCon Wire reported Dec. 12.
Read More »Chef Reaches Security Milestones With Two Automation Platforms
Chef has reached three security milestones for two technology platforms the company designed to help government and enterprise clients automate compliance in cloud computing environments.
Read More »NIST Approves CipherLoc’s Encryption Platform
CipherLoc has received certification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for a data security platform that is based on the company's polymorphic encryption engine,
Read More »Oracle Gets Security Certification for Session Board Controllers; Doug Suriano Quoted
Oracle has obtained security accreditation for five Enterprise Session Board Controllers designed to secure communications between government networks. The company said Monday the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 certification seeks to validate the capability of its E-SBCs to shield internet protocol networks from cybersecurity threats. “We are proud to have met this high standard …
Read More »Red Hat’s Operating System Gets NIST Data Security Recertification; Paul Smith Quoted
Red Hat has received Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 recertification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for its Enterprise Linux 7.5 operating system. Paul Smith, senior vice president and general manager of Red Hat’s public sector in North America, said in a statement published Thursday the FIPS 140-2 recertification …
Read More »Blue Cedar Joins Industry Effort to Update Open Source Cryptographic Module
Blue Cedar has partnered with four other technology companies to update a cryptographic module designed to secure data transfer across web servers and connected devices. San Francisco-based Blue Cedar said Thursday it will collaborate with Open SSL, Akamai, NetApp and VMware develop a new Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2 module for the OpenSSL software library. The …
Read More »Army to Expand Use of Vocera-Built Comms Tech at 3 Military Healthcare Facilities
The U.S. Army will expand its use of Vocera Communications-developed technology platforms at three military health facilities as part of a $2.8 million contract with the company. Vocera said Wednesday the Army Regional Health Command-Pacific will deploy the company’s mobile and wearable devices at the Brian Allgood Army Hospital in South Korea …
Read More »Thales Hardware Security Module, Encryption Offerings Receive FIPS 140-2 Certification
Thales has received a Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 certification for its hardware security modules and Vormetric Application Encryption system. The company said Thursday that the FIPS 140-2 certification helps validate the capacity of the company’s offerings to protect sensitive data of industry and government sector clients. Peter Galvin, vice president of strategy at …
Read More »Protected: Executive Spotlight: Interview with Bill Downer, Sr. Director of National Programs for Seagate
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Read More »Carahsoft to Serve as Govt Sector Distributor of Seagate-Developed Encryption Tech; Craig Abod Comments
Carahsoft will offer encryption devices from Seagate‘s government solutions business unit in the government market as a public sector distributor. The two companies said Thursday that Seagate’s Trade Agreements Act-compliant self-encrypting drives were developed to help clients address security risks meet regulatory compliance and provide transparency. Seagate offers disk drives that have received …
Read More »Druva Cloud Data Protection Tech Gets FedRAMP ‘In Process’ Designation
Druva‘s cloud-based data protection technology offering has received “in process” status under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The designation is for the Druva inSync platform and reflects the company’s commitment to meet federal government security requirements for data availability management and information governance across cloud applications, Druva said Tuesday. InSync is designed to support cloud application backup …
Read More »Thales to Provide Hardware-Based Encription Tech for Tunisia’s Natl Digital Certification Agency
Thales will deliver hardware-based encryption technology to Tunisia’s National Digital Certification Agency to help the country secure newly modernized national public key infrastructure designed to offer online services for e-government, e-commerce, e-banking and e-health applications. Thales said Wednesday its hardware security modules will help generate and defend keys against cyber attacks or …
Read More »DLT, FinalCode Form File Sharing Security Partnership; Jeremy Young Comments
DLT Solutions and FinalCode have teamed up to provide file collaboration and sharing security platforms to public sector clients. FinalCode said Tuesday it will integrate its file security-based digital rights management platform with DLT’s portfolio of information security tools. Jeremy Young, vice president of cybersecurity for DLT, said the combination …
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