Japan Information Technology Security Evaluation and Certification Scheme Certification No. C0048 Certification date 2006/6/28 Name of TOE Remote Communication Gate Application Software Version of TOE 3.34 TOE category IT Product (Software for remote service appliance) Supplier RICOH COMPANY, LTD. Name: Masahiro Itoh Division: Products Planning Department, Products Planning Center, MFP Business Group Tel: +81-3-5742-5765 Contact E-mail: masahiro.itoh@nts.ricoh.co.jp Conformance claim EAL3 PP conformance None Evaluation Facility Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc. Center for Evaluation of Information Security Description of TOE Remote Communication Gate Type N/L/BN1/BM1 (hereafter "RC Gate") is a communication device, which connects an image I/O device to a remote surveillance server. RC Gate is used mostly in business offices and offers the maintenance services such as machine trouble reporting, automatic counter checking, ordering supplies like toner and upgrading firmware for the image I/O device. The TOE is application software embedded in the RC Gate. The security features of RC Gate are identification and authentication of operators, access control facilities for operators, identification and authentication of the remote surveillance server based on a digital certificate, and encrypted communication to protect information from Internet or telephone line threats.