U.S. Common Criteria Evaluation & Validation Scheme (CCEVS) Update 25 September 2007 Audrey M. Dale Director, NIAP CCEVS

Agenda The U.S. Scheme this past year Current status of the U.S. Scheme The U.S. Scheme in the upcoming year

The U.S. Scheme This Past Year Program resources severely constrained - Validation process revised – Validation Oversight Reviews (VORs) instead of continuous oversight - Only accepted Medium or High Robustness PP compliant products - Validator resources reduced by 50% Initiated work on fee-for-service model for validation oversight - Government legislation changed to allow fee collection - Proposed fee schedule posted for comment

Current Status of the U.S. Scheme Common Criteria Testing Labs (CCTLs) –8 accredited labs –3 candidate labs Products (Aug 07) –149 products “in evaluation” –210 product certificates issued to date Protection Profiles (PPs) –42 Validated PPs U.S. Government PPs being converted to CC V of the U.S. Government PPs are being sun-setted

Current Status of the U.S. Scheme Common Criteria Testing Labs 1.Booz Allen Hamilton Linthicum, Maryland 2.Arca Sterling, Virginia 3.atsec Austin, Texas 4.COACT, Inc. Columbia, Maryland 5.Computer Sciences Corp. Annapolis Junction, MD 6.CygnaCom Solutions, Inc. McLean, Virginia 7.InfoGard Laboratories, Inc. San Luis Obispo, CA 8.Science Applications Int’l Corp. Columbia, MD Plus 3 Candidate Labs (BKP, BT, DIAL) Sep 07

210 Completed Evaluations149 Evaluations in Progress Current Status of U.S. Scheme Products

The U.S. Scheme in the Upcoming Year Implement fee-for-service model for validation oversight Continue to maintain program with constrained resources –Focus on PP compliant and EAL4 evaluations Research and implement additional methods for increasing the efficiency, consistency and customer value of evaluations –Continue reductions in validation oversight while maintaining quality of evaluations and meeting the requirements for Mutual Recognition –Increase validator training & interaction to help maintain consistency of evaluations –Continue investigating the use of tools

Questions ? The National Information Assurance Partnership / Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme ® NIAP CCEVS Website containing U.S. CC program information to include all U.S. CC evaluated products, products currently “in-evaluation,” Protection Profiles, and accredited U.S. CC testing labs

Audrey M. Dale Director, NIAP CCEVS National Security Agency 9800 Savage Road Fort George G. Meade, MD U.S.A Telephone: Contact Information