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Common Criteria

This is a very basic showcase of some of our statistics. For more, see our research and the notebooks in our documentation.

Category Distribution

32.8% 17.3% 13.9% 11.1% 4.21% 3.98% 3.93% 2.95% 2.56% 1.91% 1.7% 1.28% 1.28% 0.982% 0.05% ICs, Smart Cards and Smart Card-Related Devices and Systems Other Devices and Systems Network and Network-Related Devices and Systems Multi-Function Devices Boundary Protection Devices and Systems Data Protection Operating Systems Products for Digital Signatures Access Control Devices and Systems Mobility Databases Trusted Computing Detection Devices and Systems Key Management Systems Biometric Systems and Devices Number of issued certificates in different categories

Category Distribution per Year

2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 Access Control Devices and Systems Biometric Systems and Devices Boundary Protection Devices and Systems Data Protection Databases Detection Devices and Systems ICs, Smart Cards and Smart Card-Related Devices and Systems Key Management Systems Mobility Multi-Function Devices Network and Network-Related Devices and Systems Operating Systems Other Devices and Systems Products for Digital Signatures Trusted Computing Certificates grouped by category and year Year Number of Certificates

Certificate Validity Periods

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2026 0 5 10 15 20 Variance of certificate validity per years for which a certificate is valid Year of certification Lifetime of certificates (in years)

Evolution of Average EAL Over Time

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 EAL1+ EAL2 EAL2+ EAL3 EAL3+ EAL4 EAL4+ EAL5 EAL5+ Smartcard Category ICs, Smartcards Other 14 categories Average EAL over time for smartcards and other categories Year Average EAL Number

Interesting Schemes Evolution

1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 0 20 40 60 80 Country Code DE FR NL NO SE UK Number of issued certificates for selected schemes Year Size