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Parts of a Protection Profile

Overall Structure of a Protection Profile

• PP Reference
• Revision History
• Included Packages
• Modules Reference
• PP Preferences
• Introduction
• • Terminology Sections
• • Use Cases Section
• • Platforms Declaration
• • Features Declaration
• • Other Introductory Sections
• Conformance Claims Section
• Security Problem Definition Section
• • Threats
• • Assumptions
• • Organizational Security Policies
• Security Objectives Section
• • Security Objectives for the TOE
• • Security Objectives for the Operational Environment
• • Security Objectives Rationale
• Security Requirements Section
• • Security Functional Requirements
• • Security Assurance Requirements
• Appendix: Optional Requirements
• Appendix: Selection-based Requirements
• Appendix: Extended Component Definitions
• Appendix: Implicitly Satisfied Requirements
• Appendix: Entropy Documentation and Assessment
• Appendix: Equivalency Guidelines
• Appendix: Use Case Templates
• Appendix: Acronyms
• Appendix: Bibliography

Common Issues

• Classifying SFRs as Mandatory, Selection-based, etc.
• Optional, Objective, and Implementation-dependent SFRs

PP Primitives

• Selections and Assignments
• Components and Elements
• Dependencies

Old Information

See the Getting Started Page or any of the other topics on the right for more information.