{"id":103668,"date":"2026-05-16T12:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T07:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=103668"},"modified":"2026-05-16T12:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T07:19:17","slug":"common-criteria-development-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/common-criteria-development-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Criteria Development Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Common Criteria Development Board Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India has been nominated as the Chair of the Common Criteria Development Board (CCDB) from April 2026 to April 2028.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Common Criteria Development Board<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It serves as the technical core of the <\/span><b>Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA).<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It focuses on the <\/span><b>technical standards<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and evaluation <\/span><b>criteria that secure global IT products.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CCRA) is the <\/span><b>foundational international treaty<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that enables the mutual recognition of <\/span><b>IT security certificates across borders.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been an <\/span><b>active member of the CCRA since September 16, 2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as a Certificate Authorizing Nation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Nodal Agencies:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India, the <\/span><b>Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (MEITY) and STQC Directorate which acts as the official Certification Body for IT security evaluations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CCRA comprises <\/span><b>20 certificate-authorizing nations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>18 certificate-consuming nations.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Key Functions of Common Criteria Development Board<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Common Evaluation Methodology (CEM):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is managing the international work <\/span><b>program for the Common Criteria<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CC) and the Common Methodology for Information Technology Security Evaluation (CEM).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Portal Management:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It maintains <\/span><b>the Common Criteria Portal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is the authoritative global repository for certified secure IT products.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global IT security evaluation frameworks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technical work programmes for secure technology certification<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2261117&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common Criteria Development Board serves as the technical core of the Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA). 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