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Current Announcements

14th International Common Criteria Conference

The National Information Assurance Partnership/Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (NIAP/CCEVS) is pleased to pass along the CCRA announcement of the 2013 14th International Common Criteria Conference (ICCC), held in Orlando, Florida from 10-12 September 2013. To gain more information about this event, please visit the CCRA Portal and select the ICCC tab; http://www.commoncriteriaportal.org/

Revision of NIAP Policy #12

NIAP has revised Policy #12 (Acceptance Requirements of a product for NIAP Evaluation). Please review the policy and refer to NIAP with any questions.

Mobile OS PP Updates

NIAP is currently in the process of updating the Mobile OS PP. Those vendors considering evaluation against this PP should first consult NIAP for information on how to proceed.

Posting of Software Full Disk Encryption Protection Profile

The National Information Assurance Partnership/Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (NIAP/CCEVS) is pleased to announce the posting of the Software Full Disk Encryption Protection Profile.  This PP can be found here: http://www.niap-ccevs.org/pp/PP_SWFDE_v1.0/

NIAP Director’s Corner

It gives me great pleasure to announce the first product to comply with the NIAP approved Network Device Protection Profile (NDPP) was evaluated and validated by our Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) colleagues. McAfee® Email Gateway (MEG) software v7.0.1, running on appliance models 4000-B, 4500-B, 5000(B,C,&C-2U), 5500(B&C) and the Content Security Blade Server. You may find the product listed on the CCRA Portal under the Boundary Protection Devices and Systems section.

This product complies with NSTISSP 11 and therefore is available for U.S. acquisition to protect National Security Systems.

As we evolve NIAP’s Product Compliant List website, this product and others compliant with NIAP approved Protection Profiles will be visible. However, this area is still under construction. Therefore, we wanted to provide this announcement ensuring the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) was aware of Canada’s success and the ability to acquire this product within the US!

This is only the beginning.
The US has 26 products under evaluation against NIAP approved Protection Profiles. In addition to US efforts, we are teaming with Australia/New Zealand, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom in collaborative Protection Profile evaluations. We welcome all CCRA Certificate Producer nations who wish to review, validate and use a NIAP approved Protection Profile, collaborate on a product evaluation or join a NIAP Technical Community to help develop a Protection Profile. Please review our Protection Profile tab for the latest information on NIAP approved PPs and PPs under development.

This is a new feature for NIAP’s Web Portal. The intent of the Director’s Corner is to provide a monthly blog on what’s happening within NIAP. We encourage your feedback and ideas if there is a topic of interest you would like discussed. Please send your note to the email below and ensure "Director’s Corner" is in the subject line.

NIAP/CCEVS
National Information Assurance Partnership
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Ft. Meade, Maryland 20755-6940
niap@niap-ccevs.org
Tele: 410-854-4458

Director, CCEVS
Mark S. Loepker (bio)