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Webinar Recap: Should You Revalidate or Recertify?

27th August 20156th June 2013

If you have been through the certification or validation process for your security product, I don’t need to tell you that it’s a substantial investment in time, resources and cost. Or that it’s worth that investment when you consider the benefits you’ll realize from your ability to sell into the lucrative government market. We discussed…

Budgeting for Certifications: Avoid Cost Creep

10th January 201830th May 2013

Budgeting for a Common Criteria Certification can be difficult, but it’s not impossible. Understanding how to create your certification budget, and taking the necessary steps to follow through with that budget, can reduce your costs and simplify the certification process. We are frequently asked, “How much does certification cost…

Starting a Validation—Don’t Make All of Your Decisions up Front

14th January 20169th April 2013

A security validation is a substantial process—getting it started can be daunting. But you don’t need to decide everything up front—in fact, you shouldn’t. There are definitely some important considerations to work through, but there are some decisions you should put off until you are well into the process.

Is There Value in Maintaining Your Security Validation?

27th August 201526th March 2013

Once you have spent the time and money to pursue a security validation, you’re all done, right? Well, not exactly. However, the good news is that it isn’t hard or expensive to maintain your validation.

For most security validations, the validation applies to a specific version of hardware and software. At the beginning of your evaluation you must choose which versions of your product you are taking through the validation process.

Selecting a Certification Consulting Company: Why the Right Choice Matters

14th January 201614th March 2013

Your customers are asking for your product to go through a security validation. You have begun evaluating your options, have started to develop a strategy, and have decided that this is not a task you can handle on your own. Your first step will be to talk to an expert consultant.

But how do you choose one?

CC Certification: Important Factors

25th May 20168th November 2012

Congratulations! You’ve decided to pursue Common Criteria certification for your information technology security product. Now what? The single most important factor that will influence whether your product is certified on schedule is not the product itself; it’s how you manage the certification process. So before you embark…

Maximize Your Certification ROI – New Corsec Webinar

27th August 201516th May 2012

Your certification or validation was a significant investment of both time and money for your company. While a certification or validation can be a substantial revenue generator for your company, it will only be so if it keeps up with any changes added to your product. Over time your product will undoubtedly be enhanced, whether by new features or by bug fixes. Given the care and effort you have invested in your product development strategy, it is critical to also have a product revalidation strategy in order to maintain a validation or certification on your currently available products.