Product Selection; Security Manual Authority And Scope; Related Documents - Entrust nShield Security Manual

Common Criteria version 3.1 revision 5 EAL 4+ (platform and version dependent) when
deployed in accordance with the technical and procedural controls identified in the User
Guide and Security Manual.
*Some availability threats can be mitigated by hosting a Security World across multiple
Hardware Security Modules (HSMs).

1.4. Product selection

As part of the security product selection process, you must determine that the
functionality delivered by any candidate product meets your requirements.
In this manual the terms module and HSM are both used to generically
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describe the nShield range of products.

1.5. Security manual authority and scope

The guide is advisory and its scope is limited to identifying good procedural practices for
the secure operation of the product within your environment.
If there is any contradiction between the guidance that occurs in this manual and that
found in either the Installation guides or User Guides then the guidance found here takes
precedence.
The scope of this manual is limited to security procedural guidance. The Installation
guides and User Guides documents provide guidance on how to implement the controls
discussed in this Manual.

1.6. Related documents

• nShield Solo, nShield Solo XC and nShield Edge User Guide (specific to the operating
environment: Linux and Windows)
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