NSA Product Evaluations Yesterday and Today
Historically, �NSA endorsed� has meant �approval to use� plus the implication that the product was �bulletproof� and was applied only to products designed, produced and evaluated in-house
Our customers desire a �NSA endorsement� of COTS security products as �approval to use�
Too many COTS security products for NSA to evaluate in-house - there are no �bulletproof� COTS products
NSA will defer security product testing to NIAP (except for assurance level beyond scope of NIAP) and concentrate on system level engineering and evaluations