Joshua Brickman
Senior Director, Security Evaluations
Joshua Brickman is a Senior Director of Security Evaluations in the Global Product Security Team at Oracle Corporation. Brickman and his team are responsible for all Common Criteria, FIPS and other security related certifications. He is a frequent speaker at relevant security conferences. He holds an undergraduate degree from Emerson College and a Masters in Management from Lesley University.
Recent Blogs
FIPS-140 and FedRAMP Cloud “Compliance” Explained
Cloud customers and prospects often inquire about whether a specific cloud solution is compliant with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) and FedRAMP. Compliance with the requirements of FIPS-140 and FedRAMP is commonly misunderstood. This blog entry is intended to provide a high-level overview of the FIPS-140 standard, the FedRAMP program, and how they relate to each other.
Oracle Linux certified under Common Criteria and FIPS 140-2
Oracle Linux 7 has just received both a Common Criteria (CC) Certification which was performed against the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) General Purpose Operating System Protection Profile (OSPP) v4.1 as well as a FIPS 140-2 validation of its cryptographic modules. Oracle Linux i...
Improving the Speed of Product Evaluations
Hi there, Oracle Security blog readers; Josh Brickman here again. Today I want to share some of our thoughts about Common Criteria (CC) evaluations specifically those under the US Scheme of the CC run by the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP). NIAP is one of the leaders behind the sig...
FIPS: The Crypto "Catch 22"
Hello, Oracle blog reader! My name is Joshua Brickman and I run Oracle's Security Evaluations team (SECEVAL). At SECEVAL we are charged with shepherding certain Oracle products through security certifications and accreditations, mostly for government use. Today in my initial blog I'd like to talk to...