Security odds n' sods
The IBM
z/OS operating system (version 1.7) has been awarded Common Criteria certification at evaluation assurance level (EAL) 4+,
trumpeted Atsec Information Security Corp., of Austin, Texas. Atsec, which conducted the evaluation, has called the z/OS the world's most complex OS. Big Blue itself
FIPS 140-2 validation for the
OpenSSL open-source security modules are cursing their plight these days. Back in January, the
received certification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. That premonition turned out to be premature, though. Shortly after the announcement, the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (a joint program between NIST and the Canadian Communications Security Establishment that validates products) requested additional changes to OpenSSL documentation and source-code packaging. The team has submitted those changes and is awaiting NIST response,
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Comment
A former Digital Service specialist at the Department of Veterans Affairs explains efforts to transition government from a legacy "project" approach to a more user-centered "product" method.
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Cloud
A pressing data center closure schedule and an ensuing scramble to move applications means that some Homeland Security components might need more than one hop to get to the cloud.
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Comment
The Department of Veterans Affairs CIO explains why digital transformation is not optional.