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Common Criteria Certification Report
Dell PowerProtect Data Manager v19.22
14 July 2026
v1.0
CAN-675-LSS
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Foreword
This certification report is an UNCLASSIFIED publication, issued under the authority of the Chief,
Communications Security Establishment (CSE).
The Information Technology (IT) product identified in this certification report, and its associated
certificate, has been evaluated at an approved testing laboratory established under the Canadian
Centre for Cyber Security (a branch of CSE). This certification report, and its associated certificate,
applies only to the identified version and release of the product in its evaluated configuration. The
evaluation has been conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Canadian Common Criteria
Program, and the conclusions of the testing laboratory in the evaluation report are consistent with the
evidence adduced.
This report, and its associated certificate, are not an endorsement of the IT product by Canadian
Centre for Cyber Security, or any other organization that recognizes or gives effect to this report, and
its associated certificate, and no warranty for the IT product by the Canadian Centre for Cyber
Security, or any other organization that recognizes or gives effect to this report, and its associated
certificate, is either expressed or implied.
If your organization has identified a requirement for this certification report based on business needs
and would like more detailed information, please contact:
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
Contact Centre and Information Services
contact@cyber.gc.ca | 1-833-CYBER-88 (1-833-292-3788)
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Overview
The Canadian Common Criteria Program provides a third-party evaluation service for evaluating the
security of IT products. Evaluations are performed by a commercial Common Criteria Testing
Laboratory (CCTL) under the oversight of the Certification Body, which is managed by the Canadian
Centre for Cyber Security.
A CCTL is a commercial facility that has been approved by the Certification Body to perform Common
Criteria evaluations; a significant requirement for such approval is accreditation to the requirements
of ISO/IEC 17025, the General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration
Laboratories.
By awarding a Common Criteria certificate, the Certification Body asserts that the product complies
with the security requirements specified in the associated security target (ST). A security target is a
requirements specification document that defines the scope of the evaluation activities. The
consumer of certified IT products should review the ST, in addition to this certification report, to gain
an understanding of any assumptions made during the evaluation, the IT product's intended
environment, the evaluated security functionality, and the testing and analysis conducted by the
CCTL.
The certification report, certificate of product evaluation and ST are posted to the Common Criteria
portal (the official website of the International Common Criteria Program).
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword.......................................................................................................................................................1
Overview .......................................................................................................................................................2
Executive Summary CAN-675-LSS .............................................................................................................4
Identification of Target of Evaluation ........................................................................................................5
Common Criteria Conformance ..............................................................................................................5
TOE Description........................................................................................................................................6
Security Policy..............................................................................................................................................7
Assumptions and Clarification of Scope ...................................................................................................8
Usage and Environmental Assumptions ................................................................................................8
Clarification of Scope...............................................................................................................................8
Evaluated Configuration...........................................................................................................................9
Documentation .........................................................................................................................................9
Evaluation Analysis Activities...................................................................................................................10
Development...........................................................................................................................................10
Guidance Documents.............................................................................................................................10
Life-Cycle Support ..................................................................................................................................10
Testing Activities .......................................................................................................................................11
Assessment of Developer tests ............................................................................................................11
Conduct of Testing.................................................................................................................................11
Independent Testing...............................................................................................................................11
Vulnerability Analysis ................................................................................................................................13
Vulnerability Analysis Results ...............................................................................................................13
Results of the Evaluation ..........................................................................................................................14
Recommendations/Comments.............................................................................................................14
Supporting Content....................................................................................................................................15
List of Abbreviations ..............................................................................................................................15
References ..............................................................................................................................................15
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Executive Summary CAN-675-LSS
Dell PowerProtect Data Manager v19.22 (hereafter referred to as the Target of Evaluation, or TOE),
from Dell Technologies , was the subject of this Common Criteria evaluation. The results of this
evaluation demonstrate that the TOE meets the following conformance claim: EAL 2+ ALC_FLR.2
Lightship Security is the CCTL that conducted the evaluation. This evaluation was completed on 14
July 2026 and was conducted in accordance with the rules of the Canadian Common Criteria
Program.
The scope of the evaluation is defined by the Security Target, which identifies assumptions made
during the evaluation, the intended environment for the TOE, and the security functional/assurance
requirements. Consumers are advised to verify that their operating environment is consistent with
that specified in the security target, and to consider the comments, observations, and
recommendations in this Certification Report.
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, as the Certification Body, declares that this evaluation meets
all the conditions of the Arrangement on the Recognition of Common Criteria Certificates and that the
product is listed on the Certified Products list for the Canadian Common Criteria Program and the
Common Criteria portal (the official website of the International Common Criteria Program).
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Identification of Target of Evaluation
The Target of Evaluation (TOE) is identified as follows:
Table 1: TOE Identification
TOE Name and Version Dell PowerProtect Data Manager v19.22
Developer Dell Technologies
See the Evaluated Configuration section for more details on the evaluated configuration of the TOE.
Common Criteria Conformance
The evaluation was conducted using the following methodology:
Common Methodology for Information Technology Security Evaluation, 2022 Release 1, for
conformance to the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation, 2022 Release 1
The TOE claims the following conformance:
EAL 2+ ALC_FLR.2
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TOE Description
The TOE is a virtual appliance that allows administrators to provision data paths between asset
sources and storage targets, enabling users to initiate backup and restore operations on user data.
Administrators can create protection policies to automate, schedule, and monitor backups for
VMware virtual machines.
Self-service users can perform on-demand backup and restore operations using a Web GUI or REST
API. Administrators can manage the TOE using the Web GUI and REST API.
TOE Architecture
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Security Policy
The TOE implements and enforces policies pertaining to the following security functionality:
 Security Audit
 Identification and Authentication
 Trusted Path
 User Data Protection
 Security Management
Complete details of the security functional requirements (SFRs) can be found in the Security Target.
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Assumptions and Clarification of Scope
Consumers of the TOE should consider assumptions about usage and environmental settings as
requirements for the product’s installation and its operating environment. This will ensure the proper
and secure operation of the TOE.
Usage and Environmental Assumptions
The following assumptions are made regarding the use and deployment of the TOE:
 The TOE will be located within controlled access facilities, which will prevent unauthorized
physical and logical access.
 There are one or more competent individuals assigned to manage the TOE. These administrators
are not careless, wilfully negligent, or hostile, are appropriately trained and will follow the
instructions provided by the TOE documentation.
 The TOE will rely on external storage for maintaining backup and recovery data.
 The TOE will rely on the operational environment for reliable time.
 Non-administrative users of the TOE are trusted and follow all guidance.
Clarification of Scope
The following features are excluded from this evaluation:
 Log offloading
 SupportAssist
 Data Deduplication and Data Replication provided by DDVE and DD Boost
The following asset types are also supported by the TOE but are excluded from this evaluation:
 File Systems
 Kubernetes Clusters
 MS Exchange Server and SQL Server Databases
 Oracle Databases
 SAP HANA Databases
 Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Shares
 PowerStore, PowerMax, and VMAX Storage
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Evaluated Configuration
The evaluated configuration for the TOE comprises:
Table 2: Evaluated Configuration
TOE Software/Firmware PowerProtect Data Manager v19.22 build 19.22.0-24 packaged with
SLES15 SP4 Operating System.
Environmental Support VMware ESXi with vCentre Server 8.0, Active Directory Server, NTP Server,
DDVE 8.3, DD Boost 8.6.
Documentation
The following documents are available to the consumer to assist in the configuration and installation
of the TOE:
a) PowerProtect Data Manager 19.22 Administrator Guide, February 2026, Rev.02
b) PowerProtect Data Manager 19.22 Deployment Guide, February 2026, Rev.02
c) PowerProtect Data Manager 19.22 Security Configuration Guide, November 2025, Rev. 01
d) PowerProtect Data Manager 19.22 VMware Virtual Machine User Guide, November 2025, Rev.
01
e) PowerProtect Data Manager (V19.22.0) REST API
f) Dell PowerProtect Data Manager v19.22 Common Criteria Guide, Version 1.7
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Evaluation Analysis Activities
The evaluation activities comprised a structured assessment of the TOE. Documentation and
processes related to Development, Guidance Documentation, and Life-Cycle Support were reviewed
and analyzed.
Development
The evaluators analyzed the documentation provided by the vendor; they determined that the design
completely and accurately describes the TOE security functionality (TSF) interfaces and how the TSF
implements the security functional requirements. The evaluators determined that the initialization
process is secure, that the security functions are protected against tamper and bypass, and that
security domains are maintained.
Guidance Documents
The evaluators examined the TOE preparative user guidance and operational user guidance and
determined that it sufficiently and unambiguously describes how to securely transform the TOE into
its evaluated configuration and how to use and administer the product. The evaluators exercised the
preparative and operational guidance and determined that they are complete and sufficiently detailed
to result in a secure configuration.
Life-Cycle Support
An analysis of the TOE configuration management system and associated documentation was
performed. The evaluators found that the TOE configuration items were clearly marked.
The evaluators examined the delivery documentation and determined that it described all the
procedures required to maintain the integrity of the TOE during distribution to the consumer.
The developer’s flaw remediation procedures were reviewed and found to be effective in tracking and
correcting identified flaws, as well as in distributing flaw-related information and corrective updates.
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Testing Activities
Testing consists of the following three steps: assessing developer tests, performing independent
tests, and performing a vulnerability analysis.
Assessment of Developer tests
The evaluators verified that the developer has met their testing responsibilities by examining their
test evidence, and reviewing their test results, as documented in the Evaluation Test Report (ETR).
The correspondence between the tests identified in the developer’s test documentation and the
functional specification was complete.
Conduct of Testing
The TOE was subjected to a comprehensive suite of formally documented, independent functional
and penetration tests. The detailed testing activities, including configurations, procedures, test cases,
expected results and observed results are documented in a separate proprietary test results
document.
Independent Testing
During this evaluation, the evaluator developed independent functional & penetration tests by
examining design and guidance documentation.
All testing was planned and documented to a sufficient level of detail to allow repeatability of the
testing procedures and results. The following testing activities were performed:
a. Repeat of Developer's Tests: The evaluator repeated a subset of the developer's tests;
b. HTTPS Proxy Testing: The evaluator verified whether the WebUI and the REST API can use the
same interface;
c. Concurrent REST API: The evaluator confirmed the separation of roles with concurrent users
using the REST interface;
d. Direct Use of WebUI by REST Client: The evaluator attempted to use the WebUI as a non
administrator user and verified correct access control was enforced;
e. Separation of LDAP group membership: The evaluator assigned an LDAP user to multiple
groups to verify the TOE provides access based on group membership;
f. Asset Group Access: The evaluator verified that different asset groups limit access based on
roles;
g. Reset OS passwords via REST API: Using a proxy the evaluator attempted to reset OS
passwords as a user without permissions;
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h. Reset asset passwords via REST API: Using a proxy the evaluator attempted to reset asset as
a user without permissions; and
i. Interoperability Testing: Using a known good implementation the evaluator confirmed that the
TOE uses the claimed cipher suites for SSH and TLS connections.
Independent Testing Results
The testing produced the expected results, supporting the conclusion that the TOE correctly
implements the functional requirements specified in the ST and the TOE functional specification.
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Vulnerability Analysis
The evaluators conducted an independent review of all evaluation evidence, public domain
vulnerability databases, and technical community sources. Additionally, the evaluators used
automated vulnerability scanning tools to discover potential network, platform, and application layer
vulnerabilities. Based upon this review, the evaluators formulated flaw hypotheses , which they used
in their vulnerability analysis.
Public domain searches were conducted on 13 May 2026 and included the following search terms:
Power Protect Data Manager PPDM Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
OpenSSL 1.1.1l NGINX 1.26.3 ESXi 8.0
DD Boost OpenSSH 8.4p1
The evaluator also used a Software Bill Of Materials during the public domain search.
Vulnerability searches were conducted using the following sources:
Dell security advisories
https://www.dell.com/support/security/en-au
NIST National Vulnerabilities Database
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search
CISA - Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-
catalog
CCCS – Alerts and advisories
https://cyber.gc.ca/en/alerts-advisories
Vulnerability Analysis Results
The vulnerability analysis did not uncover any security relevant residual exploitable vulnerabilities in
the intended operating environment.
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Results of the Evaluation
The Information Technology product identified in this certification report, and its associated
certificate, has been evaluated at an approved testing laboratory established under the Canadian
Centre for Cyber Security. This certification report, and its associated certificate, apply only to the
specific version and release of the product in its evaluated configuration.
The overall verdict for this evaluation is PASS. These results are supported by evidence in the ETR.
Recommendations/Comments
It is recommended that all guidance be followed to configure the TOE in the evaluated configuration.
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Supporting Content
List of Abbreviations
Term Definition
ACVP Automated Cryptographic Validation Protocol
CAVP Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program
CCTL Common Criteria Testing Laboratory
CMVP Cryptographic Module Validation Program
CSE Communications Security Establishment
EAL Evaluation Assurance Level
ESV Entropy Source Validation
ETR Evaluation Technical Report
IT Information Technology
PP Protection Profile
SFR Security Functional Requirement
ST Security Target
TOE Target of Evaluation
TSF TOE Security Function
References
Reference
Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation, 2022 Release 1.
Common Methodology for Information Technology Security Evaluation, CEM, 2022
Release 1.
Dell PowerProtect Data Manager v19.22 Security Target, v1.8, July 13, 2026.
Dell PowerProtect Data Manager v19.22 Evaluation Technical Report, July 14, 2026.