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atsec virtually at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
atsec is excited to have been invited to the virtual kick-off meeting for the “Automation of the NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program” at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE). The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) organized the kick-off meeting on June 1st of, 2022. It…
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NIST Entropy Source Validation Server Available
NIST plans to offer a separate validation program apart from FIPS 140 to cover entropy sources: the ESV (Entropy Source Validation) program (hereafter ESVP). As part of the new validation effort, NIST recently launched an automated system to upload the required information in a structured manner: the Entropy…
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atsec becoming first cybersecurity MetaLab
We are excited to announce that atsec information security has become the first IT Security Lab that has been accredited as a testing lab for the Metaverse. IT Security in virtual environments is as important as in the real world. While in the real world there are a…
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New Cybersecurity Initiative will use Detection Dogs to spot Cyber Security Attacks to the US IT Infrastructure
Washington, DC—A new cybersecurity initiative dubbed PAWS (Puppy Assisted Warning Systems) has been introduced today by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to combat and deter the rising threat of cybersecurity attacks from countries who have vested interests to undermine US IT infrastructure and businesses. The 1.7 trillion…
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atsec is recognized as a NESAS Security Test Laboratory to perform Security Evaluation of Telecommunication Equipment
The GSMA (Global System for Mobile Communications) organization recognizes atsec’s ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation that now allows network product evaluations against NESAS Security Assurance Specifications (SCAS). The NESAS scheme is a collaboration and jointly led by 3GPP and the GSMA, and is open to all vendors of network equipment…
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Transitioning to NIST SP 800-56A Rev3: what you need to know
by Swapneela Unkule NIST SP 800-56A provides recommendations for Pair-Wise Key-Establishment Schemes Using Discrete Logarithm Cryptography. Diffie-Hellman (DH), Elliptic Curve DH (ECDH) and Menezes-Qu-Vanstone (MQV) key-agreement schemes are specified in this standard. These Key-Agreement Schemes (KAS) are widely used in network protocols such as TLS. The SP 800-56A…
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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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atsec’s Rome office is accredited by OCSI for Common Criteria evaluations
atsec is pleased to announce that the atsec Rome office has been accredited by the Italian scheme, OCSI, for performing Common Criteria evaluations. This is in addition to the accreditations by the Italian security agency, OCSI of our atsec laboratories in the U.S., Germany and Sweden. Garibaldi Conte:…
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Congratulating Qualcomm on CC certification of their Snapdragon 855 SOC
atsec congratulates Qualcomm on the successful evaluation of their Snapdragon 855 system on a chip (SOC) processor. The evaluation was performed jointly by atsec information security laboratory GmbH and T-Systems International GmbH laboratory; with the software evaluation being performed by atsec, and the hardware evaluation performed by T-Systems. atsec…
