Trusted Solaris Operating System - Technical FAQs

Question

What is an ITSEC evaluation? What is a Common Criteria evaluation?

Answer

Evaluation measures a computing system against a defined set of security criteria.

ITSEC

Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria from the United Kingdom See the ITSEC web site for more information.

Common Criteria

The Common Criteria project harmonizes the various evaluation criteria, ITSEC, CTCPEC (Canadian criteria), and United States Federal Criteria (FC), to replace national and regional criteria with a worldwide set acceptable to the International Standards Organization (ISO).

Applies to Trusted Solaris Release

1.2, 2.5.1, 7, 8