The National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) provides third-party accreditation to testing and calibration laboratories. NVLAP's accreditation programs are established in response to Congressional mandates or administrative actions by the Federal Government or from requests by private-sector organizations.
NVLAP is in full conformance with the standards of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), including ISO/IEC 17025 and Guide 17011
NVLAP accreditation is the primary requirement for becoming a Common Criteria Testing Laboratory. The purpose of the NVLAP accreditation is to ensure that the Common Criteria laboratories meet the requirments of ISO/IEC Guide 17025, General Requirement for Competence of Calibration and Testing Laboratories and specific Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme requirements for IT security evaluations.