Benefits of the Program

• Improve the competitiveness of Malaysian ICT products in a global ICT market

The Common Criteria (CC) provides a benchmark for comparing and contrasting the security features implemented in ICT products. Malaysian ICT products can leverage the CC benchmark to compete effectively against similar categories of products on the global ICT market.

• Enhance Malaysia's reputation as a provider of ICT security assurance services globally

Being part of the Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA) as certificate consumer participant, ultimately as a certificate authorising participant, enhances Malaysia's reputation in the provision of ICT security assurance services related to ICT product security evaluation.

• Gain access to international markets for Malaysian ICT products

Through its intended participation in the CCRA as a certificate authorising participant, Malaysian ICT products with ICT security certification will receive immediate recognition across the many participating countries to the arrangement.

• Enhance the security of Malaysia's information infrastructure by making available a suite of independently security assured ICT products

Independently security certified products offer increased assurance in their implemented security features over developer asserted security features. Deployment of these products in well managed Malaysia's information infrastructure will provide greater assurance in the protection of this infrastructure.

• Enhance the security of Malaysian ICT products through rigorous independent security analysis

The rigorous independent analysis of the security features of ICT security products is targeted at the discovery and correction of vulnerabilities. Vulnerabilities discovered during evaluation can be corrected by developers adding value to the certification process and the security of the product undergoing evaluation.