Describe ISCA Labs certification program

• ICSA Labs is a division of TrueSecure Corporation, privately held international managed security services provider
• Provides certification services which test resistance to security threats and risks; certification is awarded based on pass/fail scheme
• Relied on by end user community to set and apply objective testing and certification criteria for measuring product compliance and reliability.
• Evaluation criteria updated continuously to address evolving updates therefore certification requires constant iterative updates.
• Test 95% of products in key technology categories such as anti-virus, cryptography, PKI, IPSEC, VPN, firewall, PC firewall, intrusion detection and content security.

How does ISCA Labs certification differ from Common Criteria and ITSEC?

• Vendors must maintain product certification by testing subsequent versions of the product ICSA Labs' evolving set of criteria.
• Evaluation is focused on hands-on security, cryptographic and interoperability testing products
• Goal is to ensure that the product provides the security services intended and meets ICSA criteria.
• Common Criteria and ITSEC evaluations are tested against specific product version, and include evaluation of documentation, engineering and design.