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and other topics revolving around IT security.
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Changes Coming to NIAP Entropy Assessment Reports in 2025
“What do you say to a room full of DRBGs standing around you? Everyone, please be seeded.” -Quin, atsec tester When things change, it can help to approach that change with a light heart like this.Recently, NIAP announced that Entropy Assessment Reports (EARs) must include a NIST Entropy…
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BSI NESAS CCS-GI Scheme Updates
We’d like to inform our customers and partners that the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) recently published new documents approving the use of additional Security Assurance Specifications (SCAS) under the BSI 5G NESAS Certification and Evaluation Scheme (BSI NESAS CCS-GI). We encourage our customers to fully…
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EUCC and Cybersecurity Certification in Europe
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) hosted a cybersecurity certification conference on April 18, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. The conference very much focused on the implementation of the EUCC – European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme. This scheme, based on the established Common Criteria (CC), aims to harmonize cybersecurity…
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atsec Adds FIDO Evaluation Qualification
atsec information security (branded as “atsec”) has been qualified by the FIDO Alliance as one of the FIDO Accredited Security Laboratories to evaluate the authenticator products.
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atsec AB first IEEE 2621 Accredited Medical Device Testing Facility
atsec AB Stockholm, Sweden is thrilled to announce: We are the first IEEE Authorized Testing Facility! We’ve officially been approved as an IEEE Authorized Testing Facility, making atsec AB Stockholm, Sweden the first company able to provide testing of medical devices according to the IEEE 2621 standard. Additional…
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BREAKING NEWS: c@tsec information security Unveils Revolutionary Quantum Computer
Austin, TX: In a groundbreaking announcement today, c@tsec information security, a subsidiary of atsec information security, and the leader in quantum computing technology, proudly unveils its latest innovation: the Quantum PurrProcessor™. The Quantum PurrProcessor™ operates on a revolutionary principle, harnessing the power of Schrödinger’s Cat to perform computations…
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XDRGB – Random Bit Generator using any XOF
Resulting from a joint collaboration between John Kelsey (NIST), Stefan Lucks (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany) and Stephan Müller (atsec information security), a new deterministic random bit generator (DRBG) is published. The XDRBG was publicly presented at the 30th Fast Software Encryption Conference 2024 in Leuven, Belgium. The XDRBG uses…
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Crypto Module Bootcamp 2024
atsec information security hosted a free day-long hybrid event on the Concordia University campus in Austin, TX. With 330 registered attendees, both in-person and remote.
