27 Aug, 2009
Security Product Evaluation Completion
At the recent successful stratsec Developer Forum held in Canberra in early-August each of the following vendors were awarded Common Criteria certificates for their respective IT security products by Andrea Wood of DSD andstratsec CEO, Peter Lilley: Juniper (JUNOS 9.3); Microsoft (Windows Mobile 6.1, SCMDM 2008 and SCMDM 2008 SP1) and SanDisk / Tudor Australia (SanDisk Cruzer -FIPS Edition). Eaglehawk representatives were presented with their certificate at the Defence Signals Directorate's (DSD) premises in May for the completion of the evaluation of their data protection product, SMX Enigma.
Each of these products is now formally recognised on the Evaluated Products List as certified products:http://www.dsd.gov.au/infosec/evaluation_services/epl/epl.html.
With these formal evaluations now complete, the stratsec team is currently in the process of evaluating products for local Australian IT product developers, Cocoon Data (Secure Objects/Envelopes); and Sydney-based Noggin IT (OCA Incident Manager). In addition, UK IT developer, becrypt's, flagship products Trusted Client and Disk Protect are in the process of being tested; these products along with the above are now recognised as 'In Evaluation' on the Evaluated Products List.
Common Criteria certifications are considered a prerequisite in many government procurements in Australia and internationally, and reflect extensive evaluations of the security features and capabilities of information technology and networking products in clearly specified, real-world operating environments.