The CCN as Certification Body
The Certification Body (CB) of the Spanish Evaluation and Certification Scheme operates under the scope of the National Cryptologic Center, as laid out in the Act 11/2002, 6th May, regulating the National Intelligence Centre, and the Royal Decree 421/2004, 12th March, regulating the National Cryptologic Centre.
The Certification Body operates under request of any private o public parties that may wish to perform as security evaluation accredited laboratories, as well as under request of any private or public product or system developers that may wish to certify the security properties by the Scheme and when such products or systems are subject to be included under the scope of the National Cryptologic Centre.
The Certification Body licenses laboratories based on the
compliance of the requirements laid out in the Third Title, and in
accordance with the procedure established in the Fourth Title of the
The Certification Body certifies the security of information
technology products in accordance with the procedure
established in the Fifth
Title, and following the evaluation standards, criteria
and methodology listed in the Sixth Title of the cited
The “Common Criteria” certificates issued by this Certification Body are recognized by more than twenty countries.
In addition, the Certification Body is accredited by the Entidad Nacional de Acreditación, in accordance with the requirements laid out in the standard UNE-EN 45011:1998 for product certification.