Showing posts with label security evaluation schemes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label security evaluation schemes. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Comparison and contrast on TCSEC, CC, SSE-CMM and ISO27001


TCSEC, CC, SSE-CMM and ISO27001 are well-known security evaluation schemes.
  • TCSEC - Trusted Copmuter System Evaluation Criteria
  • CC - Common Criteria
  • SSE-CMM - System Security Engineering Capability Maturity Model

Below table gives a brief comparison among those security evaluation schemes. First six facts shoes the similarities among those schemes while the rest shows the differences.



Description
TCSEC
CC
SSE-CMM
ISO 27001
1
Applicable to all industry sectors
ü   
ü   
ü   
ü   
2
Policy
ü   
ü   
ü   
ü   
3
Documentation
ü   
ü   
ü   
ü   
4
Level of trust
ü   
ü   
ü   
ü   
5
Accountability
ü   
ü   
ü   
ü   
6
Access control policy
ü   
ü   
ü   
ü   
1
Internationally recognized
û   
ü   
ü   
ü   
2
Comprehensive set of controls
ü   
û   
ü   
ü   
3
Emphasis on prevention
ü   
û   
û   
ü   
4
A technical standard
ü   
ü   
û   
û   
5
Product or technology driven
ü   
ü   
û   
û   
6
Process driven
ü   
ü   
û   
ü   
7
An equipment evaluation methodology
û   
ü   
û   
û   
8
Different classes of security
ü   
ü   
û   
û   
9
Assurance
ü   
ü   
ü   
û   
10
Functional requirements
ü   
ü   
ü   
û   
11
Plan-do-check-act cycle possible
û   
û   
û   
ü