The CC Toolbox and its
Underlying Knowledge Base

Written in Java, the CC Toolbox was used to build Common Criteria Protection Profiles using an underlying knowledge base of assumptions, threats, policies, objectives, and requirements.  The requirements are taken directly from Version 2.1 of the Common Criteria.

These products are distinctive in that they extend the Common Criteria hierarchy upwards from requirements to the threats, policies, and objectives that motivated the design of the actual CC requirements.

While the CC Toolbox itself does not run on recent versions of Java, its support files and underlying knowledge base can provide the interested reader with an understanding of the inspiration behind the CC Toolbox and, to some extent, the Common Criteria itself.  (These seven-year old files contain some external links that no longer work; their internal links should be OK. )

CC Toolbox Support files

Users Manual
Reference Manual
Readme file
Installation Guide
Common Criteria in HTML format

Underlying knowledge base

User Guide
Knowledge base in HTML format
Knowledge base in Access 2000 format
Readme file

Finally, there is a Power Point Presentation on the CC Toolbox and its underlying knowledge base from the 2nd International Common Criteria Conference.

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