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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

The semi-annual Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA) meetings were just held in Ottawa, Canada, in conjunction with the Common Criteria Users Forum (CCUF).  We appreciate and thank our Canadian colleagues for a job well done in hosting this event. 

Meetings with the CCUF proved especially productive.  Major topics of discussion included updates from the Mobility, USB, and Multi-Function Printer Technical Communities, evolution of technical communities, international Protection Profile (PP) developments, and the status of the ongoing various working groups.  Vendors expressed their appreciation at being included earlier in the technical community PP development process. 

The number of product evaluations against NIAP approved Protection Profiles continues to grow as the vendor community embraces the new generation PPs.  The following vendors currently have evaluations against NIAP approved PPs in CCEVS Labs: 

  • Brocade Communications Systems
  • CA Technologies
  • Cisco Systems
  • Fortress Technologies
  • Haivision Network Video
  • HP
  • Jericho Systems
  • Juniper
  • Layer 7
  • Lumeta
  • Microsoft

NIAP continues to engage with CCRA Schemes and the vendor community to promote commercial product evaluations against NIAP approved PPs to ensure they meet user requirements and essential security functionality.  Watch this space for more news on our combined collaborative progress. 

NIAP/CCEVS
National Information Assurance Partnership
9800 Savage Road, Suite 6940
Ft. Meade, Maryland 20755-6940
niap@niap-ccevs.org
Tele: 410-854-4458

Director, CCEVS
Mark S. Loepker (bio)