Product certification providers like Lightship have been relatively insulated from the pace of change that other industries have been forced to adapt to over the past several years.
That is no longer the case. Increasingly technical, prescriptive test requirements, product complexity and new assurance demands mandated by governments mean that product certification labs are being forced to evolve and adapt.
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If you’ve ever spent any amount of time delving into the world of Common Criteria (CC), you’ve no doubt come across the veritable Roman/biblical hierarchy of relationships between the various components. At times, it would make even Cersei Lannister blush. In support of the CC automation we are doing at Lightship Security, I took on the daunting task of modelling this complex family tree in software. Here’s what I learned about who begat whom in the family tree of CC requirements.
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Lightship Security has been named as Ottawa’s second Fastest Growing Company for 2019.
Every year the Ottawa Business Journal (OBJ) recognizes 10 regional companies for their substantial, sustainable, and profitable growth.
Fueled by an industry first automated approach to product security certification, we have bootstrapped our way to substantial growth over a three-year period to earn the 2019 award.
Lightship’s mission to modernize the legacy approach to 3rd party product security certifications (like Common Criteria) through our automated test platform, Greenlight is proving a key differentiator and driver of sales growth. Our approach dramatically eliminates the risk of certification delays, product re-development and reduces time to market for a growing list of international clients.
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When first exposed to the Network Device collaborative Protection Profile (NDcPP), vendors are often surprised by the extremely narrow scope. It is critical to realize that the Protection Profile (PP) refers to an abstract “network device” with required functionality that should appear in any good network citizen. It doesn’t look to any specific vendor or technology type. Rather, the PP refers to the minimalist ideal of security-relevant functionality focused almost entirely on how security administrators interface and interact with the device.
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Conan Hoye and Greg McLearn contributed to this article.
At Lightship, we test a lot of NDcPP-compliant products. As part of those evaluations, we are required, as per Appendix A in the Supporting Document, to perform network fuzzing against the in-scope IP networking stacks. Recently we had a rather unique TOE which claimed conformance against RFC 1149 for one of their remote management interfaces.
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In part 2 of our multi-part Lightship Security video tutorial series geared toward vendors who are new to FIPS 140-2, we discuss the concept of cryptographic boundaries, cryptographic libraries and the design aspects required for FIPS 140-2 compliance. The previously published part 1 of the series can be found here.
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[March 14, 2019 update] The NIAP list of TDs is now up to date with NDcPP v2.1 attribution.
NIAP announced their endorsement today of version 2.1 of the Network Device collaborative Protection Profile. We’ve previously described the changes in NDcPP v2.1. In this post, we look at which NIAP Technical Decisions (i.e. interpretations / minor edits) will still apply to this new version.
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Vendors undertaking a Common Criteria project for the first time are often surprised by the scope and focus of the testing for a Network Devices collaborative Protection Profile (NDcPP) CC evaluation. Lightship’s Technical Director, Greg McLearn often refers to the testing involved in the NDcPP as “ensuring that the product is a good network citizen”. This is the NDcPP philosophy.
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[March 12, 2019 Update] NDcPPv2.1 has been formally endorsed by NIAP.
There are 41 products listed on the NIAP PCL that are compliant with the collaborative Protection Profile for Network Devices (NDcPP) v1.0. These PCL listings will all expire within the next year or so. What can these vendors expect when updating their certifications from NDcPP v1.0 to NDcPP v2.0e? In this post, we examine the changes that have occurred to the NDcPP to help answer this question.
In this multi-part Lightship Security video tutorial series geared toward vendors who are new to FIPS 140-2, we discuss the “origins” of a cryptographic module and the design requirements for FIPS 140-2 compliance. The tutorial also touches on self-tests and the concept of FIPS 140-2 “modes of operation” including Approved, non-Approved, and Mixed Modes. Stay tuned for further installments.
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