IDS Testbed

Evaluation facilities for components conduct the evaluations that ensure a correct implementation of the IDS specifications and an adequate level of security in the components. Ensuring a comparable quality of all evaluations is necessary to make the certification reliable with its different security and assurance levels.

This includes:

• All evaluation facilities conduct transparent conformance tests in the „IDS reference testbed" based on the regulations from the certification working group and approved by the IDSA technical steering committee.

• All evaluation facilities assess compliance with the security requirements listed in the IDS criteria catalog based on tests derived from the criteria. Tests that can be conducted automatically are part of the test suite of the IDS-testbed.

• The evaluation facilities issue a certificate when conformance and security tests are passed.

• To ensure that the evaluation facilities conduct the evaluations according to the specifications, the certification body must assess their competence.

Ensuring interoperability between the components is one important aspect of the evaluation and covered by the test suite provided.