Supporting documents

The following documents are CC Supporting Documents. Supporting documents are used within the Common Criteria certification process to define how the criteria and evaluation methods are applied when certifying specific technologies. They replace multiple individual interpretations and hence provide clarity for developers, evaluators, and users. Their relevance and use for particular technologies is approved by the CCRA Management Committee following submission of a suitable rationale. Their subsequent maintenance is a responsibility of the CCRA Development board.

There are two classes of CC Supporting documentation:

• Those which are termed 'Mandatory Supporting Documents' are required to have been applied when a product involving the particular technology is certified in order to support mutual recognition.
• Those which are termed 'Guidance Supporting Documents' contain more general advice.

For more information see the CCRA Procedure for Supporting Documents.

Supporting Documents related to Smart Cards and similar devices

Document number	Document title	Class
2006-06-001	Rationale for Smart cards and similar devices
CCDB-2006-04-001	Guidance for smartcard evaluation v1-3	Guidance
CCDB-2008-04-001	Application of Attack Potential to Smartcards v2-5	Mandatory
CCDB-2006-04-003	Application of CC to Integrated Circuits v2-0	Mandatory
CCDB-2007-09-01	Composite product evaluation for Smartcards and similar devices v1-0	Mandatory
CCDB-2007-09-02	ETR-template lite for composition v1-0	Guidance

CCRA Supporting Documents