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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Government Innovation Awards
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Cloud
The intelligence community's top IT official said that DOD is "where we were five years ago" when the CIA opted to pursue a single vendor, single cloud solution.
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CYBERSECURITY
Some of the biggest civilian agencies have failed to act on internal cybersecurity audits dating back multiple years, a Senate report found.