In September 2000, Baltimore's flagship product, UniCERT v3.1.2, became the first certificate management system in the world to gain
ITSEC E3 certification after extensive evaluation under the Australasian Information Security Evaluation Programme (AISEP) operated by Australia's Defence Signals Directorate.
The subsidiary is named partly after the team's concentration on operating system level chip development, and partly in reference to offering security beyond the six recognized levels of
ITSEC (information technology security evaluation criteria).
"A solid security awareness programme must include comprehensive instructor-led training done periodically," says Amir Kolahzadeh, CEO,
ITSEC. "It should be succeeded by constant reminders through print and digital forms.
Deyaar plans to reduce prices for a quarter of
itseC developments.
STARLord carries an
ITSEC E3 certification and is built to NSA B2 specifications with a hardened UNIX-based operating system.
Germany, which is one of the few countries in the EU whose courts recognize digital signatures on contracts, requires digital signatures to meet the
ITSEC E4 level of security and would like the EU to do the same.