**Update: As of 17 Feb 2023, (2) new manufacturers and (6) new FIPS 140-3 modules have been certified For vendors offering capability to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the use of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) validated cryptography can be a make or break feature within their products. Active FIPS certification for all […]
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LORTON, VA – Washington DC-based Information Technology firm, and leading DoD UC APL consulting company, Tachyon Dynamics partnered with Pulse Secure, a leading provider of secure access and mobile security solutions to deliver key product certifications. All software and equipment used within the DoD must pass the UC APL certification process, which includes rigorous Information
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LORTON, VA – Washington DC-based Information Technology firm, and leading DoD UC APL consulting company, Tachyon Dynamics aided Professional Computing Resources (PCR), a developer of enterprise management tools, in receiving the DoD UC APL certification for the PCR-360 integrated enterprise tool set. PCR-360 system delivers a comprehensive set of integrated functions: Service/Help Desk, Asset Tracking,
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For those product vendors that have been able to get listed and certified on the DoD Unified Capabilities Approved Products List (UC APL), there is a prerequisite certification required called FIPS 140-2. FIPS 140-2 is a certification program managed by the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) and more specifically the Cryptographic Module Validation
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FAIRFAX, VA – Washington DC-based Information Technology firm, and leading DoD UC APL consulting company, Tachyon Dynamics, helped Microwave-radio networking vendor Aviat Networks receive the DoD UC APL certification for its Eclipse INU and Eclipse INUe microwave radio devices. All IT equipment used within the DoD must pass the UC APL certification process, which includes
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** Originally posted on MarketWired ** Blue Coat Products Are the Only Web Proxy Devices Included on Unified Capabilities Approved Products List SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 24, 2015) – Blue Coat Systems, Inc., a market leader in enterprise security, today announced that two of its ProxySG secure web gateway devices have achieved certification and
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Tachyon Dynamics has once again helped NetApp receive its DoD UC APL Certification for the following platforms: NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP version 8.2.1 NetApp 7-Mode Data ONTAP version 8.2.1 NetApp published an article stating their satisfaction with our UC APL engineers and the quality of their work. Here’s the article: http://community.netapp.com/t5/Industries/The-Importance-of-Security/ba-p/98425 For more information on
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In a previous post, I warned everyone that accessing the DoD’s Approved Products List Integrated Tracking System (APLITS) will require a client certificate. Currently, the APLITS system accepts the use of a DoD Common Access Card, or CAC, to access. However, this limits access to the APLITS site to only DoD civilian, military and contractor
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Completing the hurdle of DoD Unified Capabilities Testing (UC APL) in a decent amount of time is already a challenge. However, if you have Microsoft Windows workstations (Vista, 7, 8, etc) or Windows Servers (2008, 2008 R2, 2012, etc), then your validation, hardening and testing gets so much more complicated. For the DoD, Windows security
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Fairfax, VA — (October 29, 2013) – Hewlett-Packard TippingPoint (NASDAQ: HPQ), a leader in intrusion protection system (IPS) security products achieved the Defense Department Unified Capabilities Approved Products List (UC APL) certification with the help of the Washington DC-based Information Technology firm: Tachyon Dynamics. HP TippingPoint received its certification as one of the few IPS
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