Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Common Criteria”
Vendors are increasingly looking to leverage OpenSSL 3.x as their cryptographic module of choice within their products. At the same time, entropy continues to a be a focus in both FIPS 140-3 and Common Criteria projects. For those transitioning from …
Quantum computing continues to be a hot topic. Within the certification industry, it was most recently covered at the International Common Criteria Conference (ICCC) recently held in Spain. So, what is quantum computing and more importantly, what is the potential …
This post aims to answer the most common questions we get about NDcPP 3.0:
Many modern Common Criteria Protection Profiles include X.509 requirements requiring the evaluator to construct a series of certificates designed to verify that a system under test is correctly parsing and validating them. X.509 certificates appear relatively simple on the surface, …
No computing system is free from security vulnerabilities. Such flaws can manifest themselves within software, firmware and hardware implementations. Often the ease in widespread mitigation is based in part on whether a vendor can provide updates to software (relatively easy), …
The Protection Profile for Application Software (APP PP) v1.4 has recently been published. Here are some key points from our initial review. PP-Modules. Vendors are now allowed to specify additional protection profiles (PPs) and PP-Modules in a PP-Configuration with APP …
Observations from a CC newcomer If you’re new to Common Criteria (CC), you might be feeling a little overwhelmed and find yourself wondering if the effort in performing the certification is really worth it. As a newcomer to the industry …
For the past few years, the Common Criteria program has been mandating entropy analysis for almost all protection profile based evaluations. Since November 2020, NIST 800-90B has also become a mandatory requirement under the FIPS 140-2 and the forthcoming FIPS …
[Updated July 6, 2021 – NIAP requires exact match CPU specs in CAVP certificates] Most CC evaluations performed in North America include cryptographic security claims called out in the target Protection Profile (PP) that is being used. Those requirements are …
Update 2020-Aug-20: There appears to be a discussion within the OpenSSL project on the semantics of checking the OpenSSL flag we describe below. We are working to clarify this. NIAP (the US Common Criteria Scheme) recently published a series of …
