[Public Interpretations Database]

I-0411: Guidance Includes AGD_ADM, AGD_USR, ADO, And ALC_FLR

 
TYPE:                 NIAP Interpretation
NUMBER:               I-0411
STATUS:               Formally Superseded

TITLE:                Guidance Includes AGD_ADM, AGD_USR, ADO, And ALC_FLR
SUPERSEDED BY:        
     CCIMB-INTERP-0140

EFFECTIVE:            2000-12-22
SUPERSEDED:           2003-07-15

SOURCE REFERENCE:     CC v2.1 Part 1 Subclause 2.3
                      CC v2.1 Part 3 Clause 11 AGD
RELATED TO:           <None>
CCIMB ENTRY:          CCIMB-INTERP-0140

ISSUE:

Many CC requirements refer simply to administrator and user guidance, which in the strict reading, would refer only to those documents called out in AGD_ADM and AGD_USR. However, this guidance should also include delivery instructions; installation, generation, and startup instructions; and flaw remediation guidance.

STATEMENT

User and Administrative Guidance includes ADO and ALC_FLR guidance documentation as well as AGD_USR, AGD_ADM.

RECOMMENDED CRITERIA CHANGES

To address this interpretation, the following changes are made to CC v2.1, Part 1: (additions marked thusly; deletions marked thusly)

  • In Subclause 2.3, the definition of Target of Evaluation is replaced with the following:

    Target of Evaluation (TOE)--An IT product or system and its associated administrator and user guidance documentation that is the subject of an evaluation.

  • The following new term is added to the glossary in CC v2.1 Part 1 Subclause 2.3:

    Guidance Documentation--Guidance documentation includes user and administrator guidance and, when included in a PP or ST, the specific guidance for users and administrators resulting from the requirements in the ADO class and the ALC_FLR family.

Additionally, the following changes are made to CC v2.1, Part 3: (additions marked thusly; deletions marked thusly)

  • In Clause 11, paragraph 370, the following text is appended:

    Guidance documentation includes user and administrator guidance and, when included in a PP or ST, the specific guidance for users and administrators resulting from the requirements in the ADO class and the ALC_FLR family.

SUPPORT:

This interpretation is simply a straight-forward application of the concept captured in CCIMB-INTERP-0094. While CCIMB-INTERP-0094 has ALC_FLR as the subject, that interpretation focuses on the concept of guidance documentation being AGD plus input from other CC components.