Category: FIPS 140-3

2013-09-30

A Summary of the First ICMC

The first ICMC is over.It was a wonderful event and thanks are due to all of the 171 participants for making it so. Participant Quote: “This conference is Win Win Win!”These attendees represented developers, governments, laboratories, consultants, and academics from the cryptographic module community. It turned out to…
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Conferences, FIPS 140-3, ICMC, Information Security
2013-01-21

The Top 3 Mistakes When Starting a FIPS 140-2 Project

1. Starting without the standard in mindProbably the biggest problem causing issue in a FIPS 140-2 validation project is when the developer decides to ‘back into’ the standard after the fact. Trying to validate a product that was developed without being mapped to the standard is more difficult…
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atsec information security, FIPS 140-3, Information Security