NIAP recently released Labgram #118 – Entropy Source Validation Certificates. It mandates that ESV certificates must be included as part of the Entropy Assessment Report (EAR) for all products that enter evaluation with NIAP from January 1st, 2025. Effective immediately, vendors may submit EARs that refer to an ESV certificate. This blog post discusses what ESV is, how it relates to Common Criteria under NIAP and the impact of this policy on vendors undertaking evaluations outside of NIAP (e.g. Canada etc.) but seeking NIAP PCL entry.
How to get on the NSA/NIAP Product Compliant List (PCL)
Many vendors seeking to sell hardware or software to the U.S. Government, particularly to defense and intelligence agencies, will find that cyber security product certification is mandated by federal procurement requirements (CNSSP 11) for these environments. We know, because many …
Quantitative Analysis of Entropy
[Jan 12, 2018 update: With the final release of NIST SP 800-90B, we’ve updated this post to reflect the new published status of this NIST SP as well as to correct any differences between rev2 and the final publication.] …