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News about Common Criteria, FIPS, Conferences
and other topics revolving around IT security.
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Data Recycling to Become Mandatory in 2022
According to sources in the DPA (Data Protection Agency) new guidelines will be issued soon that will make digital trash separation mandatory. Every year an estimated 240 zettabytes of re-usable bits are thrown into desktop trash cans. The new guidelines require operating system manufacturers to implement a recycling…
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Meltdown Attack: 2 Years Later
by Richard Fant Meltdown Attack: 2 years laterIn February 2017, independent security researchers discovered a catastrophic security flaw in the cache design for processors developed by Intel Corporation. After embargoing the information for almost a year while working on a fix, Intel publicly announced in January 2018 the…
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International Women’s Day
Happy International Women’s Day to all our wonderful atsec colleagues in Europe, US and Asia.
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Zen, or the Art of FIPS Certificate Maintenance
by Andreas Fabis When we talk to our customers about FIPS 140-2 testing some questions regarding certificate maintenance frequently come up: There are many factors that can lead to module or platform changes: technical, business and marketing, to name a few. Navigating the rules and options of FIPS…
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My Experience During the COVID-19 Outbreak in China
During the period of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in China, I, and many others, have cancelled parties with family, friends and colleagues—even during the traditional Chinese Lunar New Year. We have also decided to work remotely with atsec colleagues, customers, and partners. This gave me more time…
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New Service – eIDAS Trust Service Provider Assessments
atsec is happy to announce that we are now a licensed Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) under Electronic Identification, Authentication and Trust Services (eIDAS). eIDAS is an EU regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions that applies as law within the whole of the EU. Trust…
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“You’ve grown so much!” – atsec’s 20th Birthday
During my almost 20 years with the company (first as a freelancer, then as an employee) I have seen atsec grow from a small, determined group of IT professionals in a crammed room full of computers into an international company with a well-earned, excellent reputation in the IT…
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Holiday Greetings from atsec!
(click on the image or follow this link for a special greeting from atsec) To all of our valued customers, colleagues, friends and family we wish Happy Holidays and a Safe and Secure New Year. We are looking forward to working with you in the coming year. Regards,your…
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A PCI WALK IN THE CLOUDS
November 21, 2019, Melbourne, Australia atsec China participated in the PCI Security Standards Council’s 2019 Asia-Pacific Community Meeting held in Melbourne, Australia from the 20th to 21st of November, and also hosted a booth. atsec’s principal consultants provided a presentation on “a PCI Walk in the Clouds.” atsec…