National Information Assurance Partnership
Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme
Validation Report
Corelight Sensors with BroLin v28
Report Number: CCEVS-VR-VID11489-2025
Dated: January 16, 2025
Version: 1.0
National Institute of Standards and Technology Department of Defense
Information Technology Laboratory ATTN: NIAP, Suite 6982
100 Bureau Drive 9800 Savage Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20899 Fort Meade, MD 20755-6982
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Validation Team
Linda Morrison
Clare Parran
Lisa Mitchell
The MITRE Corporation
Anne Gugel
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Common Criteria Testing Laboratory
John Messiha
Gossamer Security Solutions, Inc.
Columbia, MD
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Table of Contents
1 Executive Summary.................................................................................................... 1
2 Identification............................................................................................................... 2
3 Architectural Information ........................................................................................... 3
3.1 TOE Description................................................................................................. 3
3.2 TOE Evaluated Platforms ................................................................................... 3
3.3 TOE Architecture................................................................................................ 4
3.4 Physical Boundaries............................................................................................ 4
4 Security Policy............................................................................................................ 6
4.1 Security audit ...................................................................................................... 6
4.2 Cryptographic support ........................................................................................ 6
4.3 Identification and authentication......................................................................... 6
4.4 Security management.......................................................................................... 6
4.5 Protection of the TSF.......................................................................................... 7
4.6 TOE access.......................................................................................................... 7
4.7 Trusted path/channels ......................................................................................... 7
5 Assumptions & Clarification of Scope ....................................................................... 8
6 Documentation............................................................................................................ 9
7 IT Product Testing .................................................................................................... 10
7.1 Developer Testing............................................................................................. 10
7.2 Evaluation Team Independent Testing ............................................................. 10
8 Evaluated Configuration........................................................................................... 11
9 Results of the Evaluation .......................................................................................... 13
9.1 Evaluation of the Security Target (ASE).......................................................... 13
9.2 Evaluation of the Development (ADV) ............................................................ 13
9.3 Evaluation of the Guidance Documents (AGD)............................................... 13
9.4 Evaluation of the Life Cycle Support Activities (ALC) ................................... 14
9.5 Evaluation of the Test Documentation and the Test Activity (ATE) ............... 14
9.6 Vulnerability Assessment Activity (VAN)....................................................... 14
9.7 Summary of Evaluation Results........................................................................ 15
10 Validator Comments/Recommendations .................................................................. 16
11 Annexes..................................................................................................................... 17
12 Security Target.......................................................................................................... 18
13 Glossary .................................................................................................................... 19
14 Bibliography ............................................................................................................. 20
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1 Executive Summary
This report documents the assessment of the National Information Assurance Partnership
(NIAP) validation team of the evaluation of Corelight Sensors with BroLin v28 solution
provided by Corelight, Inc. It presents the evaluation results, their justifications, and the
conformance results. This Validation Report is not an endorsement of the Target of
Evaluation (TOE) by any agency of the U.S. government, and no warranty is either expressed
or implied.
The evaluation was performed by the Gossamer Security Solutions (Gossamer) Common
Criteria Testing Laboratory (CCTL) in Columbia, MD, United States of America, and was
completed in January 2025. The information in this report is largely derived from the
Evaluation Technical Report (ETR) and associated test reports, all written by Gossamer
Security Solutions. The evaluation determined that the product is both Common Criteria Part
2 Extended and Part 3 Conformant and meets the assurance requirements of the collaborative
Protection Profile for Network Devices, version 2.2e, 23 March 2020 (NDcPP22e).
The TOE is the Corelight Sensors with BroLin v28. The TOE identified in this Validation
Report has been evaluated at a NIAP approved Common Criteria Testing Laboratory using
the Common Methodology for IT Security Evaluation (Version 3.1, Rev 5) for conformance
to the Common Criteria for IT Security Evaluation (Version 3.1, Rev 5). This Validation
Report applies only to the specific version of the TOE as evaluated. The evaluation has been
conducted in accordance with the provisions of the NIAP Common Criteria Evaluation and
Validation Scheme and the conclusions of the testing laboratory in the evaluation technical
report are consistent with the evidence provided.
The validation team monitored the activities of the evaluation team, provided guidance on
technical issues and evaluation processes, and reviewed the individual work units and
successive versions of the ETR. The validation team found that the evaluation showed that
the product satisfies all of the functional requirements and assurance requirements stated in
the Security Target (ST). Therefore, the validation team concludes that the testing
laboratory’s findings are accurate, the conclusions justified, and the conformance results are
correct. The conclusions of the testing laboratory in the evaluation technical report are
consistent with the evidence produced.
The technical information included in this report was obtained from the Corelight Sensors
with BroLin v28 Security Target, Version 0.6, December 20, 2024 and analysis performed
by the validation team.
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2 Identification
The CCEVS is a joint National Security Agency (NSA) and National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST) effort to establish commercial facilities to perform trusted product
evaluations. Under this program, security evaluations are conducted by commercial testing
laboratories called Common Criteria Testing Laboratories (CCTLs) using the Common
Evaluation Methodology (CEM) in accordance with National Voluntary Laboratory
Assessment Program (NVLAP) accreditation.
The NIAP Validation Body assigns Validators to monitor the CCTLs to ensure quality and
consistency across evaluations. Developers of information technology products desiring a
security evaluation contract with a CCTL and pay a fee for their product’s evaluation. Upon
successful completion of the evaluation, the product is added to NIAP’s Validated Products
List.
Table 1 provides information needed to completely identify the product, including:
• The TOE: the fully qualified identifier of the product as evaluated.
• The ST, describing the security features, claims, and assurances of the product.
• The conformance result of the evaluation.
• The Protection Profile to which the product is conformant.
• The organizations and individuals participating in the evaluation.
Table 1: Evaluation Identifiers
Item Identifier
Evaluation Scheme United States NIAP Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme
TOE Corelight Sensors with BroLin v28
(Specific models identified in Section 8)
Protection Profile collaborative Protection Profile for Network Devices, version 2.2e, 23 March
2020
ST Corelight Sensors with BroLin v28 Security Target, Version 0.6, December 20,
2024
Evaluation Technical
Report
Evaluation Technical Report for Corelight Sensors with BroLin v28, Version 0.3,
December 20, 2024
CC Version Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation, Version 3.1,
rev 5
Conformance Result CC Part 2 Extended, CC Part 3 Conformant
Sponsor Corelight, Inc.
Developer Corelight, Inc.
Common Criteria
Testing Lab (CCTL)
Gossamer Security Solutions, Inc.
Columbia, MD
CCEVS Validators Lisa Mitchell, Anne Gugel, Clare Parran, Linda Morrison
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3 Architectural Information
Note: The following architectural description is based on the description presented in the
Security Target.
The Target of Evaluation (TOE) is Corelight’s Sensors. Simple to deploy and integrate with
existing analysis tools, the Corelight Sensor Appliances transform high-volume network
traffic into high-fidelity data for incident response, intrusion detection, forensics and more.
The Sensor parses dozens of network protocols and generates rich, actionable data streams
designed for security professionals.
3.1 TOE Description
The TOE is a network device which is composed of hardware and software that offers a
scalable solution to the end users. It satisfies all the criteria to meet the collaborative
Protection Profile for Network Devices, Version 2.2e [NDcPP22e]. The TOE operating
system is BroLin v28. The TOE boundary is the hardware appliance, which comprises
hardware and software components. The SSHv2 client and web browser (running on the
administrator's workstation) as well as the remote SFTP audit server lie in the TOE's
Operational Environment.
3.2 TOE Evaluated Platforms
Detail regarding the evaluated configuration is provided in Section 8 below.
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3.3 TOE Architecture
The TOE operates within a network environment as diagrammed below.
TOE and TOE Operational Environment
An administrator uses an SSHv2 client or a web browser (each running on the administrator's
workstation) to administer the TOE. The TOE does not have distributed components.
Instead, the TOE implements all functionality within each model (physical appliance).
Because the TOE independently satisfies all SFRs in the NDcPP22e without the Management
Component, the NDcPP22e prescribes that the TOE be certified (by itself) according to the
NDcPP22e and without the Management Component. "Figure 4: Non-distributed TOE use
case" in the NDcPP22e depicts the TOE and its dedicated provisioning applications.
As a result, the TOE boundary includes only the TOE itself. The SSHv2 client and web
browser (running on the administrator's workstation) as well as the remote SFTP audit server
lie in the TOE's Operational Environment.
3.4 Physical Boundaries
The TOE boundary is the hardware appliance which consists of hardware and software
components. It is deployed in an environment which contains the various IT components as
depicted in the Figure above.
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The TOE is shipped with the software pre-installed on it. Software updates are available for
download from Corelight.
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4 Security Policy
This section summaries the security functionality of the TOE:
1. Security audit
2. Cryptographic support
3. Identification and authentication
4. Security management
5. Protection of the TSF
6. TOE access
7. Trusted path/channels
4.1 Security audit
The TOE generates audit events for all start-up and shut-down functions, and all auditable
events. Audit events are also generated for management actions specified in FAU_GEN.1.
The TOE can store audit events locally and export them to an external audit server (via SFTP
using SSH v2). Each audit record contains the date and time of event, type of event, subject
identity, and the relevant data of the event.
4.2 Cryptographic support
The TOE provides cryptographic support for the secure administration access and audit
export via SSH, for secure administration access via SFTP (FTP over SSH v2). Secure
administration may also be performed using HTTPS/TLS (remote WebUI). The operating
system is BroLin v28 which is based upon Linux Kernel version 5.4. The TOE leverages the
SafeLogic’s OpenSSL 3.0 and FIPS provider module for its cryptographic functionality.
Functions include Key generation, key establishment, key distribution, key destruction, and
cryptographic operations.
4.3 Identification and authentication
The TOE provides authentication services for administrative users to connect to the TOE’s
secure CLI administrator interface and to its WebUI. The TOE requires Authorized
Administrators to authenticate prior to being granted access to any of the management
functionality. The TOE supports SSH password-based authentication and public key-based
authentication. The TOE’s WebUI and local console support password-based authentication.
The TOE’s SSHv2 interface supports authentication of administrative clients using SSH
public keys.
4.4 Security management
TOE administrators manage the security functions of the TOE through both an SSH CLI and
through the TOE’s HTTPS/TLS WebUI. The TOE also provides the ability to configure the
session activity timeout of an administrator and to configure the TOE’s access banner.
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4.5 Protection of the TSF
The TOE protects all passwords, pre-shared keys, symmetric keys and private keys from
unauthorized disclosure. Passwords are stored on the file system in encrypted format.
Passwords are stored as SHA-512 salted hash value as per standard Linux approach. The
TOE executes self-tests during initial start-up to ensure correct operation and enforcement
of its security functions. An administrator can install software updates to the TOE. The TOE
internally maintains the date and time.
4.6 TOE access
Prior to establishing an administration session with the TOE, a banner is displayed to the
user. The banner messaging is customizable. The TOE will terminate an interactive session
after 60 minutes of session inactivity. A user can terminate their local CLI session and remote
CLI session by entering exit at the prompt.
4.7 Trusted path/channels
The TOE supports SSH v2 for secure communication to the following IT entities: Audit
server via SFTP. The TOE supports SSH v2 (remote CLI) and HTTPS/TLS (remote WebUI)
for secure remote administration.
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5 Assumptions & Clarification of Scope
Assumptions
The Security Problem Definition, including the assumptions, may be found in the following
documents:
• collaborative Protection Profile for Network Devices, version 2.2e, 23 March 2020
(NDcPP22e)
That information has not been reproduced here and the NDcPP22e should be consulted if
there is interest in that material.
Clarification of scope
The scope of this evaluation was limited to the functionality and assurances covered in the
NDcPP22e as described for this TOE in the Security Target. Other functionality included in
the product was not assessed as part of this evaluation. All other functionality provided by
the devices needs to be assessed separately, and no further conclusions can be drawn about
their effectiveness.
All evaluations (and all products) have limitations, as well as potential misconceptions that
need clarification. This text covers some of the more important limitations and clarifications
of this evaluation. Note that:
• As with any evaluation, this evaluation only shows that the evaluated configuration
meets the security claims made with a certain level of assurance (the assurance
activities specified in the collaborative Protection Profile for Network Devices and
performed by the evaluation team).
• This evaluation covers only the specific device models and software as identified in
this document, and not any earlier or later versions released or in process.
• Apart from the Admin Guide, additional customer documentation for the specific
Network device models was not included in the scope of the evaluation and therefore
should not to be relied upon when configuring or operating the device as evaluated.
• This evaluation did not specifically search for, nor attempt to exploit, vulnerabilities
that were not “obvious” or vulnerabilities to objectives not claimed in the ST. The
CEM defines an “obvious” vulnerability as one that is easily exploited with a
minimum of understanding of the TOE, technical sophistication and resources.
• The functionality evaluated is scoped exclusively to the security functional
requirements specified in the NDcPP22e and applicable Technical Decisions. Any
additional security related functional capabilities of the TOE were not covered by this
evaluation.
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6 Documentation
The following documents were available with the TOE for evaluation:
• Corelight Sensor AP 200, AP 520, AP 1001, AP 1100, AP 1200, AP 3000, AP
3100, AP 3200, AP 5000, AP 5002 & AP 5200 Common Criteria Guidance
Document, Version 0.2, December 20, 2024 (Admin Guide)
Any additional customer documentation provided with the product, or that is available
online was not included in the scope of the evaluation and therefore should not to be relied
upon when configuring or operating the device as evaluated.
To use the product in the evaluated configuration, the product must be configured as
specified in the Guidance Documentation listed above. Consumers are encouraged to
download the configuration guides from the NIAP website to ensure the device is
configured as evaluated.
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7 IT Product Testing
This section describes the testing efforts of the developer and the Evaluation Team. It is
derived from information contained in the proprietary Detailed Test Report for Corelight
Sensors with BroLin v28, Version 0.3, December 20, 2024 (DTR), as summarized in the
evaluation Assurance Activity Report (AAR).
7.1 Developer Testing
No evidence of developer testing is required in the assurance activities for this product.
7.2 Evaluation Team Independent Testing
The Evaluation team verified the product according to a Common Criteria Certification
document and ran the tests specified in the NDcPP22e including the tests associated with
optional requirements. AAR Section 3.4.1 provides a diagram of the test environment while
Section 1.2 provides the equivalency argument for those models not tested.
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8 Evaluated Configuration
The TOE includes several models as shown below:
Model CPU Form
Factor
Monitoring
Interface
Management
Interface
Power
AP
200
Intel Xeon
Scalable Silver
4110 Skylake-
SP
1U half-
depth
rackmount
Four 1G SFP
interfaces
One
10/100/1000
copper
Ethernet port
120/240
VAC
50/60 Hz
single
PSUs.
AP
520
Intel Xeon
Scalable Gold
5317 Sunny
Cove/Icelake-SP
1U
rackmount
Four 1G SFP
interfaces
One
10/100/1000
copper
Ethernet port
120/240
VAC
50/60 Hz
single
PSUs.
AP
1001
Intel Xeon
Scalable Silver
4116 Skylake-
SP
1U
rackmount
Four 1G/10G
SFP/SFP+
interfaces
One
10/100/1000
copper ethernet
port and up to
2 10G Ethernet
ports
120/240
VAC
50/60 Hz
redundant
dual PSUs.
AP
1100
Intel Xeon
Scalable Silver
4314 Sunny
Cove/Icelake-SP
1U
rackmount
Four 1G/10G
SFP/SFP+
interfaces
2 1G Ethernet
ports and 4
10G Ethernet
ports
120/240
VAC
50/60 Hz
redundant
dual PSUs.
AP
1200
AMD EPYC
9254 Genoa/Zen
4
1U
rackmount
Four 1G/10G
SFP/SFP+
interfaces
2 1G Ethernet
ports and 4
10/25G
Ethernet ports
120/240
VAC
50/60 Hz
redundant
dual PSUs.
AP
3000
Intel Xeon
Scalable Gold
6238
Skylake/Cascade
Lake-SP
1U
rackmount
Four 1G/10G
SFP/SFP+
interfaces OR
10G QSF28
OR two 40G
QSFP28 OR
eight 10G
QSFP28
interfaces
2 1G Ethernet
ports and 4
10G Ethernet
ports
120/240
VAC
50/60 Hz
redundant
dual PSUs.
AP
3100
Intel Xeon
Scalable Gold
5318Y Sunny
Cove/Icelake-SP
1U
rackmount
Four 1G/10G
SFP/SFP+
interfaces OR
10G QSF28
OR two 40G
2 1G Ethernet
ports and 4
10G Ethernet
ports
120/240
VAC
50/60 Hz
redundant
dual PSUs.
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Model CPU Form
Factor
Monitoring
Interface
Management
Interface
Power
QSFP28 OR
eight 10G
QSFP28
interfaces
AP
3200
AMD EPYC
9354
Genoa/Zen4
1U
rackmount
Four 1G/10G
SFP/SFP+
interfaces OR
10G QSF28
OR two 40G
QSFP28 OR
eight 10G
QSFP28
interfaces
2 1G Ethernet
ports and 4
10/25G
Ethernet ports
120/240
VAC
50/60 Hz
redundant
dual PSUs.
AP
5000
AMD EPYC
7742
Rome/Zen2
1U
rackmount
Two QSFP28
bays, capable
of supporting
eight 10G OR
two 40G 8 OR
two 100G
interfaces in a
powerful,
specialized
NIC.
One
10/100/1000
copper ethernet
port and up to
4 10G ethernet
ports
120/240
VAC
50/60 Hz
redundant
dual PSUs.
AP
5002
AMD EPYC
7713
Milan/Zen3
1U
rackmount
2 x QSFP56
bays capable of
supporting
eight 10G, two
40G or two
100G
interfaces.
One
10/100/1000
copper ethernet
port and up to
4 10G ethernet
ports
120/240
VAC
50/60 Hz
redundant
dual PSUs.
AP
5200
AMD EPYC
9754
Bergamo/Zen 4c
1U
rackmount
2 x QSFP56
bays capable of
supporting
eight 10G, two
40G or two
100G interfaces
2 1G Ethernet
ports and 4
10/25G
Ethernet ports
120/240
VAC
50/60 Hz
redundant
dual PSUs.
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9 Results of the Evaluation
The results of the assurance requirements are generally described in this section and are
presented in detail in the proprietary ETR. The reader of this document can assume that all
assurance activities and work units received a passing verdict.
A verdict for an assurance component is determined by the resulting verdicts assigned to the
corresponding evaluator action elements. The evaluation was conducted based upon CC
version 3.1 rev 5 and CEM version 3.1 rev 5. The evaluation determined the Sensors with
BroLin v28 TOE to be Part 2 extended, and to meet the SARs contained in the NDcPP22e.
9.1 Evaluation of the Security Target (ASE)
The evaluation team applied each ASE CEM work unit. The ST evaluation ensured the ST
contains a description of the environment in terms of policies and assumptions, a statement
of security requirements claimed to be met by the Corelight Sensors with BroLin v28
products that are consistent with the Common Criteria, and product security function
descriptions that support the requirements.
The validation team reviewed the work of the evaluation team and found that sufficient
evidence and justification was provided by the evaluation team to confirm that the evaluation
was conducted in accordance with the requirements of the CEM, and that the conclusion
reached by the Evaluation team was justified.
9.2 Evaluation of the Development (ADV)
The evaluation team applied each ADV CEM work unit. The evaluation team assessed the
design documentation and found it adequate to aid in understanding how the TSF provides
the security functions. The design documentation consists of a functional specification
contained in the Security Target and Guidance documents. Additionally, the evaluator
performed the assurance activities specified in the NDcPP22e related to the examination of
the information contained in the TSS.
The validation team reviewed the work of the evaluation team and found that sufficient
evidence and justification was provided by the evaluation team to confirm that the evaluation
was conducted in accordance with the requirements of the CEM, and that the conclusion
reached by the evaluation team was justified.
9.3 Evaluation of the Guidance Documents (AGD)
The evaluation team applied each AGD CEM work unit. The evaluation team ensured the
adequacy of the user guidance in describing how to use the operational TOE. Additionally,
the Evaluation team ensured the adequacy of the administrator guidance in describing how
to securely administer the TOE. All of the guides were assessed during the design and testing
phases of the evaluation to ensure they were complete.
The validation team reviewed the work of the evaluation team and found that sufficient
evidence and justification was provided by the Evaluation team to confirm that the evaluation
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was conducted in accordance with the requirements of the CEM, and that the conclusion
reached by the evaluation team was justified.
9.4 Evaluation of the Life Cycle Support Activities (ALC)
The evaluation team applied each ALC CEM work unit. The evaluation team found that the
TOE was identified.
The validation team reviewed the work of the evaluation team, and found that sufficient
evidence and justification was provided by the evaluation team to confirm that the evaluation
was conducted in accordance with the requirements of the CEM, and that the conclusion
reached by the evaluation team was justified.
9.5 Evaluation of the Test Documentation and the Test Activity (ATE)
The evaluation team applied each ATE CEM work unit. The evaluation team ran the set of
tests specified by the assurance activities in the NDcPP22e and recorded the results in a Test
Report, summarized in the AAR.
The validation team reviewed the work of the evaluation team and found that sufficient
evidence and justification was provided by the evaluation team to confirm that the evaluation
was conducted in accordance with the requirements of the CEM, and that the conclusion
reached by the evaluation team was justified.
9.6 Vulnerability Assessment Activity (VAN)
The evaluation team applied each AVA CEM work unit. The vulnerability analysis is in the
Detailed Test Report (DTR) prepared by the evaluator. The vulnerability analysis includes
a public search for vulnerabilities. The public search for vulnerabilities did not uncover any
residual vulnerability.
The evaluator searched the National Vulnerability Database
(https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search) and Vulnerability Notes Database
(http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/) on December 20, 2024 with the following search terms:
“Corelight”, “Corelight Sensors”, “Corelight Sensors with BroLin v28”, “BroLin v28”,
“AP 200”, “AP 5002”, “AP 520”, “AP 1001”, “AP 1100”, “AP 1200”, “AP 3000”, “AP
3100”, “AP 3200”, “AP 5200”, “Intel Xeon Scalable Silver 4110”, “Intel Xeon Scalable
Gold 5317”, “Intel Xeon Scalable Silver 4116”, “Intel Xeon Scalable Silver 4314”, “AMD
EPYC 9254”, “Intel Xeon Scalable Gold 6238”, “Intel Xeon Scalable Gold 5318Y”,
“AMD EPYC 9534”, “AMD EPYC 7742”, “AMD EPYC 7713”, “AMD EPYC 9754”,
“Linux Kernel version 5.4”, “Linux Kernel 5.4”, “SafeLogic”, “SafeLogic OpenSSL 3.0”,
and “OpenSSL 3.0”.
The validation team reviewed the work of the evaluation team,and found that sufficient
evidence and justification was provided by the evaluation team to confirm that the evaluation
was conducted in accordance with the requirements of the CEM, and that the conclusion
reached by the evaluation team was justified.
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9.7 Summary of Evaluation Results
The evaluation team’s assessment of the evaluation evidence demonstrates that the claims in
the ST are met. Additionally, the evaluation team’s testing also demonstrated the accuracy
of the claims in the ST.
The validation team’s assessment of the evidence provided by the evaluation team is that it
demonstrates that the evaluation team followed the procedures defined in the CEM, and
correctly verified that the product meets the claims in the ST.
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10 Validator Comments/Recommendations
The Validation team notes that the evaluated configuration is dependent upon the TOE being
configured per the evaluated configuration instructions in Corelight Sensor AP 200, AP 520,
AP 1001, AP 1100, AP 1200, AP 3000, AP 3100, AP 3200, AP 5000, AP 5002 & AP 5200
Common Criteria Guidance Document, Version 0.2, December 20, 2024. As stated in the
Clarification of Scope, the evaluated functionality is scoped exclusively to the security
functional requirements specified in the ST, and the only evaluated functionality was that
which was described by SFRs claimed in the ST. All other functionality provided by the TOE
needs to be assessed separately and no further conclusions can be drawn about its
effectiveness.
Consumers employing the TOE must follow the configuration instructions provided in the
Configuration Guidance documentation listed in Section 6 to ensure the evaluated
configuration is established and maintained. Evaluation activities are strictly bound by the
assurance activities described in the NDcPP22e and accompanying Supporting Documents.
Consumers and integrators of this TOE are advised to understand the inherent limitations of
these activities and take additional measures as needed to ensure proper TOE behavior when
integrated into an operational environment.
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11 Annexes
Not applicable
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12 Security Target
The Security Target is identified as: Corelight Sensors with BroLin v28 Security Target,
Version 0.6, December 20, 2024.
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13 Glossary
The following definitions are used throughout this document:
• Common Criteria Testing Laboratory (CCTL). An IT security evaluation facility
accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) and
approved by the CCEVS Validation Body to conduct Common Criteria-based
evaluations.
• Conformance. The ability to demonstrate in an unambiguous way that a given
implementation is correct with respect to the formal model.
• Evaluation. The assessment of an IT product against the Common Criteria using the
Common Criteria Evaluation Methodology to determine whether or not the claims made
are justified; or the assessment of a protection profile against the Common Criteria using
the Common Evaluation Methodology to determine if the Profile is complete, consistent,
technically sound and hence suitable for use as a statement of requirements for one or
more TOEs that may be evaluated.
• Evaluation Evidence. Any tangible resource (information) required from the sponsor or
developer by the evaluator to perform one or more evaluation activities.
• Feature. Part of a product that is either included with the product or can be ordered
separately.
• Target of Evaluation (TOE). A group of IT products configured as an IT system, or an
IT product, and associated documentation that is the subject of a security evaluation
under the CC.
• Validation. The process carried out by the CCEVS Validation Body leading to the issue
of a Common Criteria certificate.
• Validation Body. A governmental organization responsible for carrying out validation
and for overseeing the day-to-day operation of the NIAP Common Criteria Evaluation
and Validation Scheme.
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14 Bibliography
The validation team used the following documents to produce this Validation Report:
[1] Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation: Part 1:
Introduction and General Model, Version 3.1, Revision 5, April 2017.
[2] Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation Part 2: Security
functional components, Version 3.1, Revision 5, April 2017.
[3] Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation Part 3: Security
assurance components, Version 3.1 Revision 5, April 2017.
[4] collaborative Protection Profile for Network Devices, version 2.2e, 23 March 2020.
[5] Corelight Sensors with BroLin v28 Security Target, Version 0.6, December 20, 2024
(ST).
[6] Assurance Activity Report for Corelight Sensors with BroLin v28, Version 0.3,
December 20, 2024 (AAR).
[7] Detailed Test Report for Corelight Sensors with BroLin v28, Version 0.3, December
20, 2024 (DTR).
[8] Evaluation Technical Report for Corelight Sensors with BroLin v28, Version 0.3,
December 20, 2024 (ETR).
[9] Corelight Sensor AP 200, AP 520, AP 1001, AP 1100, AP 1200, AP 3000, AP 3100,
AP 3200, AP 5000, AP 5002 & AP 5200 Common Criteria Guidance Document,
Version 0.2, December 20, 2024 (AGD).