History

The SAIC CCTL was one of the initial four laboratories accredited to perform IT Evaluation Assurance Levels (EAL) 1 through 4 within the CCEVS under the authority of the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP).

The SAIC CCTL has experience spanning all the U.S. IT Evaluation Schemes from the NSA Trusted Product Evaluation Program (TPEP), through the NSA Trust Technology Assessment Program (TTAP), and the NIAP Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS).

SAIC CCTL personnel were key players on the team that developed the Common Criteria, the first international standard for IT security evaluation and validation/certification, for the NIAP. Current SAIC CCTL employees include a former NSA Chief Evaluator, Technical Review Board (TRB) members, Interpretations Working Group (IWG) member, and U.S. Representative directly responsible for the development of the Common Criteria itself.