A Review of U.S. and European Security Evaluation Criteria

Dinkel, Charles

doi:https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.4774

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NIST IR 4774

A Review of U.S. and European Security Evaluation Criteria

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Date Published: March 1992

Author(s)

Charles Dinkel (NIST)

Abstract

Several United States and European documents describing criteria for specifying and evaluating the trust of computer products and systems have been written. This report reviews five of these documents and discusses the approach each one uses to provide criteria for specifying and evaluating the trust of computer products and systems.

Keywords

computers; computer security; ITSEC; Orange Book; Red Book; security evaluation criteria, trust; trusted computer system

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.4774
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Document History:
03/01/92: IR 4774 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

testing & validation