PD ISO/IEC/TR 15446:2017

Information technology. Security techniques. Guidance for the production of protection profiles and security targets. | Status: Current

1 Scope This document provides guidance relating to the construction of Protection Profiles (PPs) and Security Targets (STs) that are intended to be compliant with the third edition of ISO/IEC 15408 (all parts). It is also applicable to PPs and STs compliant with Common Criteria Version 3.1 Revision 4[6], a technically identical standard published by the Common Criteria Management Board, a consortium of governmental organizations involved in IT security evaluation and certification.

NOTE This document is not intended as an introduction to evaluation using ISO/IEC 15408 (all parts). Readers who seek such an introduction can read ISO/IEC 15408-1.

This document does not deal with associated tasks beyond PP and ST specification such as PP registration and the handling of protected intellectual property.