Abstract:
Given several years of real world experience
with evaluations, evaluated products, and market reactions to the
Common Criteria, it is appropriate
to ask whether the Common Criteria is in fact succeeding and what
the reasons are for its level of success. This presentation will
summarize a vendor’s perspective on the actions and reactions
of vendors, evaluation laboratories, government evaluation agencies
and customers. In particular, the similarities and differences
to
prior evaluation regimes and the costs and benefits of evaluation
will be emphasized. From this experience, we’ll go on to draw
some conclusions about where the Common Criteria are on a path to
success
and where tuning or course corrections are indicated.