Global Certifications & Security Assurance

Common Criteria is an international standard for evaluating IT product security and reliability.

It is recognized by over 15 countries around the world including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, UK, South Korea and the United States. Many government customers around the world consider Common Criteria a mandatory requirement for purchasing network security products. Common Criteria is a methodology for product evaluation and does not simply provide a specification. There are seven levels of evaluation, and products typically target EAL2 or EAL4. Only levels 1-4 are mutually recognized, which means that an evaluation conducted in one country is valid for any of the countries participating in the Common Criteria. Cisco continues to be a global leader in completing and pursuing Common Criteria evaluations; listed below are current, completed Common Criteria certifications, as well as evaluations that are not yet finalized. Learn more about Common Criteria or for more information please contact us or request a call.

Federal Information Processing Standard

(FIPS) 140 is a US and Canadian Government standard that specifies security requirements for "cryptographic modules." A cryptographic module is defined as "what is being validated." Learn more about CMVP and FIPS 140 or for more information please contact us or request a call.

Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program (I3MP)

(I3MP) is a collection of efforts (Voice/data/cable/long-haul gateway/Enterprise Management) that modernizes the core enterprise information infrastructure at Army installations (CONUS/Pacific/Europe/SWA) worldwide. I3MP product evaluation is performed by the Army Technology Integration Center (TIC), located at Ft. Huachuca, AZ. Current Cisco product certifications and validations for the U.S. Army Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program (I3MP) evaluation program are listed below.  Learn more about I3MP or for more information please contact us or request a call.

The U.S. Army and NATO

Testing required to get products on the AIAAPL can be performed in any approved lab. Testing requires a FIPS certificate for the product (if encryption is used) and the product must be in process for Common Criteria evaluation. Learn more about the U.S. AIA program or for more information please contact us or request a call. Learn more about the NATO evaluation program or for more information please contact us or request a call.