A Certification approach for dynamic, agile
and reUSable assessmenT fOr composite systems
of ICT proDucts, servicEs, and processeS

CUSTODES enhances trust in ICT via user-friendly and cost-effective certification

The aim

The aim of the CUSTODES project is to enhance trust in ICT through versatile cybersecurity certification.

The objectives

CUSTODES project objectives is to scale agile certification, define and assess TOEs, ensure conformity, trust, sustainability, and transparency.

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The aim

Cybersecurity certification as introduced by the EU Cybersecurity Act (EUCSA) will play a crucial role in increasing the trust to and security of ICT Products, ICT Services and ICT Processes. Cybersecurity certification is a complex process, posing a variety of challenges to the different interested parties. The envisioned CUSTODES system is comprised of a variety of components with the aim to provide trustworthy, cost-effective, agile and portable conformity assessment capabilities, to a variety of interested parties, covering multiple Assurance levels of Composite ICT products or ICT services.

Objectives

Objective 1: Promote the scalable, agile and verifiable certification of Composite Targets of Evaluation (TOE) , towards ensuring and fostering the protection, resilience of the ICT products, ICT services and ICT processes, converting Europe into a Trustworthy Certified Digital Ecosystem.
Objective 2: Facilitate the accurate definition, evaluation and classification of complex and highly interconnected (Composite) TOE.
Objective 3: Optimize, automate and facilitate the conformity assessment of Composite TOE ensuring compliance and mitigating potential compliance breaches.
Objective 4: Establish and guarantee the trust relationships in the Certification process.
Objective 5: Enable robustness and sustainability of the self-assessment (i.e. audit/testing) throughout TOE Lifecycles.
Objective 6: Promote and enable the trustable and transparent sharing and reuse of certification related information.
Objective 7: Development, validation and demonstration of CUSTODES framework through its application to large-scale real scenarios/conditions – Market validation and Roll out.
Objective 8: Provide tailored certification-related recommendations.