Protection Profiles in Development

The following table lists all U.S. Government Protection Profiles currently being developed or modified and gives a general indication of their current status. For additional information, please send inquiries to scheme-comments@niap-ccevs.org.

PPs in Development
Technology Type PP Type Status Est. Completion Date
AntiVirus Interim US Government PP being updated to Interim PP. In process of incorporating applicable common requirements into the PP. 04/2010
Certificate Management Interim US Government PP being updated to Interim PP. In process of incorporating applicable common requirements into the PP. 04/2010
Common Requirements Guidance Document This document has common security requirements that are applicable to multiple technologies. This document is intended for use during the development of PPs and STs. Currently distributed to vendors for review and comment. Following final review submitting through NSA Pre-publication approval process. TBD
Databases (DBMS) Interim US Government PP being updated to Interim PP. Currently distributed to vendors for review and comment. 04/2010
Disk Encryption Standard This PP is in final review through the NSA Pre-publication approval process. 03/2010
Enterprise Firewall Standard This PP is being jointly developed by government and industry. This PP is in the early stages of develop with Firewall vendors. All firewall vendors are welcome to participate. To join this group, please contact NIAP via email (scheme-comments@niap-ccevs.org). TBD
Enterprise Security Management Standard This PP is being jointly developed by government and industry. This PP is in the early stages of development with ESM vendors. All ESM vendors are welcome to participate. To join this group, please contact NIAP via email (scheme-comments@niap-ccevs.org). TBD
Firewall Interim US Government PP being updated to Interim PP. In process of incorporating applicable common requirements into the PP. 04/2010
IDS/IPS Interim US Government PP being updated to Interim PP. In process of incorporating applicable common requirements into the PP. 04/2010
Operating System Interim This PP is in final review within CCEVS and preparing for entry into the NSA Pre-publication approval process. 04/2010
Peripheral Switch Interim US Government PP being updated to Interim PP. In process of incorporating applicable common requirements into the PP. 03/2010
Router Interim US Government PP being updated to Interim PP. In process of incorporating applicable common requirements into the PP. 04/2010
USB encryption Standard Currently distributed to vendors for review and comment due to NIAP by 1 March. Following final review submitting through NSA Pre-publication approval process. 06/2010
VPN Interim US Government PP being updated to Interim PP. In process of incorporating applicable common requirements into the PP. 04/2010
Wireless LAN - Access Point Interim US Government PP being updated to Interim PP. In process of incorporating applicable common requirements into the PP. 04/2010
Wireless LAN - Client Interim US Government PP being updated to Interim PP. In process of incorporating applicable common requirements into the PP. 05/2010

Notes: The above estimated completion dates are subject to change. Each PP will need to be reviewed and depending on the comments received may require additional time to complete. The PP may also need additional time for public release co-ordination.

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