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gateprotect Firewall Obtains EAL4+ Certification under Common Criteria
February 2013 by Marc Jacob
The German IT security specialist gateprotect has successfully completed the internationally recognized EAL4+ certification under Common Criteria. In the course of development, the firewall packet filtering core was evaluated by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) in Germany.
Common Criteria is the most important international security standard for IT security products. For products that are freely available in the market, level 4+ is the highest possible level of evaluation. The certification assures customers around the globe that the firewall solution has been developed in accordance with strict regulations and complies with high quality and security standards. The certification was conducted based on the CC version 3.1 and involved the inspection of the source code by independent experts as well as the approval of the development environment by the BSI.
In addition, the mechanisms of quality assurance, the testing procedures as well as the measures of protection against the intrusion of unauthorized codes were examined. The successful certification evidences that gateprotect is complying with security requirements and the procedures used.
The next generation firewalls from gateprotect protect companies of any size against malware attacks, viruses, unauthorized access and misuse. They are characterized by a multitude of sophisticated security features – as well as optimal scalability, security and performance.
