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The National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) is responsible for U.S. implementation of the Common Criteria, including management of the NIAP Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS) validation body.  NIAP manages a national program for developing Protection Profiles, evaluation methodologies, and policies that will ensure achievable, repeatable, and testable requirements.  In partnership with NIST, NIAP also approves Common Criteria Testing Laboratories to conduct these security evaluations in private sector operations across the U.S. 

NIAP takes a collaborative approach to technology-specific protection profile development by supporting the creation of international technical communities of representatives from industry, government, end users, and academia.  This results in consistent evaluation methodologies across U.S. testing labs and among labs associated with international Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement schemes. 

NIAP also works with NATO and international standards bodies (ISO) to share Common Criteria evaluation experiences and avoid duplication of effort.  In the U.S., NIAP engages with other National Security Systems (NSS) users to ensure Protection Profiles, along with their associated DoD Annexes, provide a streamlined certification path for IA and IA enabled COTS products employed with NSS. 


  • See the NIAP First Quarter Progress Report to learn about recent NIAP accomplishments and activities, and upcoming releases. Read the report here.

  • Cryptographic Technical Community Kickoff on 12th of April, 1100 EST

    The kickoff meeting for the Cryptographic Technical Community will take place on the 12th of April at 1100, EST. If you previously sent your interest and did not receive confirmation, please resend your request to tc-crypto-staff@niap-ccevs.org as per the previous announcement (https://www.niap-ccevs.org/Announcements/Announcements.cfm#ann1287).

  • New Scheme Policy Letter #29 Published

    NIAP has issued Policy Letter #29, Certificate Maintenance Length of Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Services (CCEVS) Evaluations. Please review and contact NIAP with any questions.

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