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Biometric e-Passports
by Richard Fant Figure 1: e-Passports issued by different countries In today’s climate of COVID-19, domestic travel has become difficult, and international travel almost impossible. Many US airlines now require their passengers to submit to a COVID-19 test within 24-48 hours prior to travel to prove the traveler…
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CST Newsletter September 2020
We invite you to take a look at our current newsletter that contains information on algorithm transitions, updates to the FIPS IG and announcements for FIPS 140-2 and FIPS 140-3.
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atsec’s 20 Year Anniversary
It was the beginning of January when I first heard about the new virus causing severe flu-like symptoms, such as upper respiratory infection, spreading throughout China. I started to worry about our China team. Nevertheless, we continued to plan for the global celebration of atsec’s 20th anniversary, assuming…
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atsec leading in Automated Cryptographic Validation Testing
With the sunset of the Cryptographic Algorithm Validation System (CAVS) at end of June 2020, algorithm testing for NIST and NIAP validations and evaluations must now be performed using the Automated Cryptographic Validation Testing System (ACVTS). The list of issued CAVP certificates using ACVTS (i.e. the certificates prefixed…
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Bye bye, CAVS tool, old friend…
Dear CAVS Tool, We want to congratulate you on years and years of dedicated service. Without you, algorithm testing would not have been what it is today, and we salute you for staying with us for so long. On June 30th you will finally get your well-deserved retirement.…
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CST Newsletter June 2020
We invite you to take a look at our current newsletter that contains information on algorithm transitions, updates to the FIPS IG and a breakdown of the changes in TEs from FIPS 140-2 to FIPS 140-3.
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Rise & Fall of MD5
by Richard FantThe RiseMD5 (message digest version 5) was developed in 1991 and is still very popular today, with a wide range of commercial and government applications. MD5 is used to generate hash values of passwords stored on a system as opposed to storing the passwords in plain…
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atsec China adds two PCI SSF Assessor Qualifications
atsec China has been qualified by the PCI SSC (Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council) as a Secure Software Lifecycle (SLC) Assessor and Secure Software Assessor company under the PCI Software Security Framework (SSF) program to evaluate a vendor’s software lifecycle and/or validate a vendor’s payment software. The…
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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…
