Symantec: Solutions Achieve Common Criteria Certifications [Professional Services Close – Up]

Symantec Corporation announced Symantec Data Loss Prevention, Symantec Control Compliance Suite and Risk Automation Suite have achieved Common Criteria certification at Evaluation Assurance Level 3 under the Common Criteria Information Technology Security Evaluation.

In a release, the Company noted that these follow the recent certification of Symantec'sVeriSign eToken series, which achieved a Common Criteria certification at EAL4+.

In addition, the Java Cryptographic Module for Symantec Data Loss Prevention and Symantec Cross-Platform Cryptographic Module for Symantec Security Information Manager were validated to Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 for security requirements for cryptographic modules under certification. FIPS are requirements issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology that apply to federal government computer systems.

Common Criteria certification verifies that the software has completed a rigorous independent testing process of specification, implementation and evaluation, and conforms to standards sanctioned by the International Standards Organization (ISO/IEC 15408).

The testing is managed by an independent evaluation firm and is recognized by public sector security authorities and organizations with high-level security requirements for its expertise and adherence to published international security regulations.

Symantec Control Compliance Suite, the company's enterprise- class IT governance, risk and compliance solution, provides a compliance and risk management solution.

The Company said Symantec Data Loss Prevention's Common Criteria and FIPS certifications provide U.S. federal government agencies and the organizations that do business with them an objective assessment for reliably qualifying the security of the solution.

"Government agencies increasingly need to protect sensitive intellectual property and manage IT risk in a complex and increasingly at-risk environment," said Gigi Schumm, vice president and general manager of Symantec's Public Sector organization. "These certifications are a testament to our unwavering commitment to provide customers with the most secure solutions available for their mission-critical IT resources."

Symantec is a provider of security, storage and systems management solutions.

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