Re: [IDS] IDS Common Criteria

[Frederick M Avolio <fred () avolio com>]

Sorry, Randy. To be sure. I was responding directly in context.

Andy asked
> Outside Government and Military circles where I can see Common Criteria
> Certification being extremely useful,  how valuable is it, ie within the
> financial sector etc ?

I don't think it is valuable at all. I don't see how it possibly could be 
for government, either. But, to the poor vendor who now has to comply with 
it... yes, it is essential.

Perhaps it stimulates the economy. :-)

Fred


 At 03:22 PM 1/7/2003 -0500, Randy Taylor wrote:
> > Is Common Criteria useful? I don't see how it is.
> >
> > Fred
>
> If you sell IT security products into the U.S Government, like IDS, firewalls,
> or crypto, or a U.S Government purchaser of same, the usefulness of
> Common Criteria isn't a debatable topic anymore.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Randy