Bangalore, India,17-18 December 2012 Sustainable Broadband Communications: International Perspective – Common Criteria David Martin, Head of International Assurance, Common Criteria Scheme Director, CESG, UK, Joint ITU-GISFI Workshop on “Bridging the Standardization Gap: Workshop on Sustainable Rural Communications” (Bangalore, India, December 2012)

David Martin Involved in Information Assurance Standards for many years Chair of International Common Criteria Development Board Scheme Director for the UK Common Criteria Scheme (operated by UK government) Representing UK Scheme - reporting on new CC vision statement Bangalore, India,17-18 December

3 Common Criteria - Background Standards for Assurance of IT Product Security 26 Nations (more to come) 16 Nations evaluate/certify products Also an ISO standard (15408 and 18045) Run by a Management Committee (with an executive to support) and a Development Board

Bangalore, India,17-18 December Common Criteria – The Value Manufacturers do not have to evaluate products in multiple places. Evaluation is very expensive in time and money Good cyber defence (and sustainable telecom) needs many more products evaluated All nations agree and procure to the common standard Industry involvement (CCUF)

Bangalore, India,17-18 December Common Criteria – New Vision – Rationale -1 CC usage has been little changed for more than 12 years A number of nations found that:- The focus on ‘assurance level (EAL)’ was damaging product security Not enough products are evaluated - Cyber defence needs many more Expertise is applied in the wrong place, inconsistently, and without wide peer review.

Bangalore, India,17-18 December Common Criteria – New Vision – Rationale -2 Smartcard Community has developed a very effective way of using CC Work has taken place to support a similar approach for general IT products Resulting in the CCMC (management Committee) vision statement – published in September 2012

Bangalore, India,17-18 December For more information Common Criteria Portal: The vision statement links from the front page Other links show the products, schemes, operating documents etc. Also see CCUF at

Existing Approach Bangalore, India,17-18 December

New Approach Bangalore, India,17-18 December

Technical Communities Bangalore, India,17-18 December

Much quicker and more effective Bangalore, India,17-18 December Time

Meeting virtually Bangalore, India,17-18 December

Bespoke design/evaluation Bangalore, India,17-18 December

Better to have known standards Bangalore, India,17-18 December

Other Important developments Common view on cryptography Security Configuration Automation Strong Linkage to Vulnerability/Weakness reporting Supply Chain working group Consistent Government Procurement (and other major users) – addressing what ‘recognition’ really means Bangalore, India,17-18 December

Common support for procurement Bangalore, India,17-18 December

Procurement Links Provide developers with larger market Lower cost and better products Recognise there may be additional national needs These are likely to be <5% of market Major requirement is common and delivered by evaluation anywhere Bangalore, India,17-18 December

Bangalore, India,17-18 December Common Criteria – New Vision – Summary More assurance than a simple ‘EAL approach’ Uses worldwide expertise, instead of relying on single ‘expert’ Open, Transparent, Repeatable – as befitting an International Standard Step change in volume – better for cyberdefence Lowers procurement costs

Bangalore, India,17-18 December Further detail First International Technical Community about to launch – based on USB storage device Many more to follow next year Already many TCs exist (mostly US based)

Example TC Areas Networking (NDPP, Firewalls, VPNs, etc) Storage (USB, Hard disks, etc) Applications on Operating systems Mobile telecoms (VOIP, SIP, MDM, etc) Multifunction devices (printers etc.) Bangalore, India,17-18 December

Process to form an iTC Not yet fully defined but likely to be:- Work with national bodies to formulate an ESR (Essential Security Requirements) Obtain commitment Start iTC – using CCUF etc. Publish cPP (and supporting documents) Continual update Bangalore, India,17-18 December

Outline Process & Detail Notes (1) Request iTC formation Initiate iTC Solicit iTC members CCDB CCUF CCMC CCDB Work Group Create ESR Draft ToRs Agree initial iTC Chair & hold initial meeting Establish levels of commitment & Committed Nations portal iTC entry Define Workplan Define ToRs Elect Chair Define infrastructure

Outline Process & Detail Notes (2) Levels of commitment: Intention to Adopt – Mandated Intention to Adopt – Recommended Uncommitted Opposed Only those with an Intention to Adopt can vote on ESR contents. Intention to Adopt is refreshed every 6 months (by CCDB) as part of monitoring progress. Levels may change, but reducing commitment requires a rationale.

Bangalore, India,17-18 December GISFI Applicability 3GPP discussion – potential development of cPPs Could extend to system approaches Key is to have the real technical expertise setting the standards CCRA maintains the fairness, the reliability/reputation, and the worldwide recognition for vendors 3GPP sets the technical standards

Conclusions and Recommendations This time of change for CCRA is a good time to get involved! Look at Join CCUF (no cost) Great opportunity for 3GPP to use CCRA for its needs (become an international Technical Community) Liaison request from GISFI Bangalore, India,17-18 December