What is BS EN 419211-1 - Protection profiles for secure signature creation device about?
BS EN 419211-1 is the first part of the multiple series that focuses on Protection profiles for secure signature creation device
BS EN 419211-1 specifies terms used in specifying protection profiles for secure signature creation devices, functional and operational requirements for secure signature creation devices and describes the targets of evaluation for these protection profiles.
Who is BS EN 419211-1 - Protection profiles for secure signature creation device for?
BS EN 419211-1 on protection profiles for secure signature creation device are useful for:
- Entities that use authentication for their business
- Software engineers/IT firms
- Trust services providers
- Certification service providers
- Certification authorities
- Manufacturers of signal creation devices
Why should you use BS EN 419211-1 - Protection profiles for secure signature creation device?
device?
The Target of Evaluation of this PP supports trusted communication with a signature creation application for the protection of authentication data and data to be signed.
BS EN 419211-1 specifies terminology, abbreviated terms, protection profile overview, the target of evaluation, and TOE definitions for protection profiles for secure signature creation devices
BS EN 419211-1 specifies the security functional and assurance requirements to secure signature creation device is the target of evaluation (TOE) for the protection profiles. BS EN 419211-1 specifies TOE for the protection profiles which is a combination of hardware and software configured to securely create, use and manage signature creation data (SCD). This will help you to protect the SCD during its whole life cycle for use in a signature creation process solely by its signatory.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN 419211-1:2014 supersedes CWA 14169:2004.
Significant changes between BS EN 419211-1:2014 and CWA 14169:2004 that are different functional configurations for an SSCD are explicitly mentioned in the titles of its various parts. The functionality referred to as “Type 2” in CWA 14169 can be found in part 3 of BS EN 419211. The functionality referred to as “Type 3” in CWA 14169 can be found in part 2. The functionality referred to as “Type 1” is no longer supported.