Alicia Squires, Cisco Certifications Engineer and Common Criteria Users Forum (CCUF) Chair, discussed the benefits of Common Criteria yesterday at the International Common Criteria Conference (ICCC).
- Single certification recognized by 26 nations
- Improves availability of evaluated, security-enhanced IT products
- Contributes to higher levels of citizen confidence in IT security
- Improves the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the evaluation and certification process
- Allows vendors to focus their resources on a common set of requirements to improve the security of products overall
- Increases the breadth of certified products and technologies available to IT administrator
For more information visit the Common Criteria Users Forum.
Alicia Squires, CCUF Chair
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Alicia Squires, Common Criteria Users Forum (CCUF) Chair, and Cisco Certifications Engineer, CC Users Forum press conference reviews the mission of the CCUF and the benefits of Common Criteria at the 13th Annual International Common Criteria Conference, held in Paris September 18-20, 2012.
The Common Criteria User Forum mission is to provide a voice and communications channel amongst the CC community including the vendors, consultants, testing laboratories, Common Criteria organizational committees, national schemes, policy makers, and other interested parties.
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In this age of emerging technologies and increasingly complex cyber threats, government and enterprise organizations of all types need to ensure that products they use meet key security criteria, are standards based, perform as expected and interoperate reliably with existing technology.
As these organizations adopt new emerging technologies in hopes of saving on infrastructure and maintenance costs, is this at the risk of security? Without the proper security mechanisms in place and validated, the results could be catastrophic.
Common Criteria is an international standard for evaluating IT product security and reliability, recognized by more than 26 countries around the world. Common Criteria is considered a mandatory requirement for purchasing network security products by many governments.
The 13th International Common Criteria Conference, this year being held in Paris from September 18-20, will bring together leaders from governments and organizations of all types from around the world.
The ICCC Conference offers certification/validation schemes, evaluation laboratories, product developers, system integrators and product users to exchange expertise, experiences and skills on the application of the Common Criteria and security for Information and Communication Technology [ICT] solutions, such as Cloud Computing.
Cisco will participate in speaking sessions at the conference focused on topics including Supply Chain Security, Architectural approaches to Technical Communities and Collaborative Protection Profiles, Cloud Security and Innovation.
Details on the speaking sessions presented by and in collaboration with Cisco are below:
Progress Report from the Supply Chain Security Technical Workgroup
Sept. 19 at 11:30 CET
Track 1 – Room B/Chagall + Van Dongen
Michael Grimm, senior program manager, Microsoft and Terrie Diaz, product certification engineer, Cisco
An Architectural Framework Approach in the Development of Technical Communities and Collaborative Protection Profiles
Sept. 19 at 11:30 CET
Track 2 – Room C/Soutine & Utrillo
Axel Munde, BSI
Dirk Jan Out, Brightsight
Jen Gilbert, lead, global certifications strategy and policy, Cisco
Cloud Security and Common Criteria
Sept. 19 at 14:30 CET
Track 3 – Room D/Picasso
Ashit Vora, manager, security assurance – FIPS/Common Criteria, Cisco
Innovation and the Common Criteria
Sept. 19 at 15:00 CET
Track 3 – Room D/Picasso
Audrey Plonk, Intel
Jen Gilbert, lead, global certifications strategy and policy, Cisco
Visit ICCC and Cisco Global Government Certifications for more information.
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It’s summer and my kids have been testing for swim certification so they can swim in the big pool. When they complain about the swim exam, I assure them that it’s not only to be safe, but also to validate that they have reached a recognized standard of performance. Similarly, governments worldwide require proof of certification before allowing equipment, including commercial wireless devices and technology, to be deployed on their networks.
With the growing trend towards BYOD, countless organizations must strategize how to best protect data in-transit across wireless networks, while optimizing the benefits of a mobile workforce. For government and public sector organizations, it is especially imperative that the solutions employed to mitigate risks associated with BYOD and WLAN are compliant with the highest standards and certifications.
Certification is an ongoing effort in a changing landscape. Cisco maintains an active product certification program for government customers by staying as current as possible with certifications to enable our customers to confidently deploy our solution. As of July 26, 2012, we are proud to announce the Common Criteria Certification award to one of our recent 7.0 software releases.
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Tags: access point, AP, byod, certification, Common Criteria, dod, fips, release 7.0, UCAPL, wireless LAN controller, wlan
The Global Certification Team is pleased to announce that we have achieved Common Criteria certification on the CRS 1-3 and the ASR 9K!
Link to the certification: http://www.niap-ccevs.org/st/vid10439/
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Tags: 9006, 9010, asr, asr9k, certification, Common, Common Criteria, criteria, crs1, crs1-3, CRS3, evaluation
