Title :
Evaluation of IT security products, devices and systems
Author_Institution :
Commun.-Electron. Security Group, Cheltenham, UK
Abstract :
Evaluation is the assessment of an IT system or product against defined evaluation criteria, and it is the international harmonising of the different national evaluation criteria that the author focuses on. The following areas are discussed: sponsoring organisations; objectives of the common criteria (CC); high alignment issues; alignment options; and CC advantages and disadvantages
Keywords :
security of data; CC advantages; IT security product evaluation; IT system assessment; alignment options; common criteria; defined evaluation criteria; high alignment issues; international harmonising; national evaluation criteria; sponsoring organisations; standards;
Conference_Titel :
Information Security - Is It Safe?., IEE Colloquium on (Digest No: 1996/151)
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19960884
