Common Criteria Development Board:
India has been nominated as the Chair of the Common Criteria Development Board (CCDB) from April 2026 to April 2028.
- It serves as the technical core of the Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA).
- It focuses on the technical standards and evaluation criteria that secure global IT products.
- The Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA) is the foundational international treaty that enables the mutual recognition of IT security certificates across borders.
- India has been an active member of the CCRA since 2013, as a Certificate Authorizing Nation.
- Nodal Agencies: In India, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) and STQC Directorate which acts as the official Certification Body for IT security evaluations.
- The CCRA comprises 20 certificate-authorizing nations and 18 certificate-consuming nations.
- Key Functions of Common Criteria Development Board:
- Common Evaluation Methodology (CEM): It is managing the international work program for the Common Criteria (CC) and the Common Methodology for Information Technology Security Evaluation (CEM).
- Portal Management: It maintains the Common Criteria Portal, which is the authoritative global repository for certified secure IT products.
- Global IT security evaluation frameworks
- Technical work programmes for secure technology certification.
