Last Updated June 16, 2003
IPA/ISEC (Information-technology SEcurity Center, Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan) is promoting IT security evaluation and certification scheme in Japan, and also researching security standards and assurance.
However the outcome of our activities are mostly in Japanese
News and Information
The Japanese IT security evaluation and certification scheme
- METI announces First Certified Products under Japanese IT Security Evaluation and Certification Scheme (December 26, 2002)
- METI announces First Approval of Evaluation Facilities under Japanese IT Security Evaluation and Certification Scheme (December 24, 2002)
- METI
and NITE announce Intention to participate in CCRA, the International Arrangement on the Recognition of Common Criteria Certificates in the field of Information Technology Security (June,18 2002)
Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
- Japanese Certification Body (NITE) has started accepting the application of ST confirmation and Evaluation Laboratory accreditation (March 14, 2002)
- The Japanese IT security evaluation and certification scheme has started its operation (April 2, 2001)
- JIS X 5070 (Japanese Industrial Standard X 5070), which is Japanese version of the ISO/IEC 15408, was published on July, 2000.