accelerated security certification — the faster certificate
The accelerated security certification (BSZ) gives manufacturers a faster way of proving the security of their IT products with a BSI certificate.
The absence of vulnerabilities is a decisive factor for users in assessing the trustworthiness of a product. In order to be able to prove this product characteristic, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) had previously only provided for tests and certifications in accordance with the Comon Criteria (CC). These certifications involve a great deal of effort and are therefore only required by customers for a few, very demanding areas of application.
In order to open up areas of application beyond CC certification, the BSI has expanded its portfolio to include accelerated security certification (BSZ). Their focus is on checking the safety performance promised by the manufacturer. These are checked by penetration tests with a product-related, predefined scope, whereby the penetration tests follow currently known attack scenarios. Compared to CC certification, the BSZ offers more predictable evaluation periods and, from the manufacturer’s point of view, reduced documentation effort.
The BSZ allows users of the certified products to benefit from a clear presentation of the security performance and the assurance of updates to the constantly changing security situation over a defined period of time.
The actual certification is preceded by the evaluation of the product by a BSI-recognized testing body such as SRC. The resulting test report serves the BSI as the basis for awarding the certificate.
An evaluation by SRC usually includes the following services:
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