If you are a network engineer in 2018, and still think that your career is safe being a Putty Bandit (AKA console monkey) for the foreseeable future, then you are sorely mistaken. In fact, Python is the language (part scripting, part programming) that will be automating your job in the next 10 years. So the …
On 28 Dec 2017, Jeremy Duncan, from Tachyon Dynamics, gave a webinar on “Multifactor Authentication Challenges.” Below is the recording and slides from the event. Thanks for all the questions and for Cover6 for hosting! Here’s the slides:
The time finally came for multifactor authentication in DoD. The DoD finally put their feet down on securing privileged account access. For all devices/products coming into DoD (especially through DoDIN/UC APL testing), will be held to account for the Network Device Management (NDM) Security Requirements Guide (SRG). The NDM SRG contains only a single CAT …
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 …
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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A requirement for all DoD-facing systems on a network is to have a notice and consent banner. This is outlined specifically in the DoD memorandum “Policy on Use of Department of Defense (DoD) Information Systems-Standard Consent Banner and User Agreement,” from May 9, 2008. In this requirement, all systems have to have a notice and …
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 …
LORTON, VA – Washington DC-based Information Technology firm, and leading DoD UC APL consulting company, Tachyon Dynamics, helped high-throughput 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet/Infiniband networking vendor, Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ: MLNX) receive the DoD UC APL certification for its Access-Layer SX-Series Data Center Ethernet Switches. All IT equipment used within the DoD must pass the UC …
The DoD has done an excellent job in annotating the best security practices for operating systems for years with its Security Technical Implementation Guides, or STIGs. In fact, STIGs for networking systems like routers, IDS/IPS, switches, devices, etc have been updated to reflect the new reality: IPv6. However, with STIGs on the operating system there …
Fairfax, VA – Tachyon Dynamics has partnered with Averalink Information Systems, LLC and Chugach Information Technology to provide the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and standardized data center architecture and design. Tachyon Dynamics will engineer a more standardized, IPv6 compliant, and robust solution. Tachyon Dynamics will also assist DLA in …
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