The 4^{th<\/sup> Joint Workshop was an even bigger success, with approximately 80 industry attendees, and several Technical Communities (TC) and Technical Working Groups (TWG) meeting to advance their goals. The attendees were from many different nations and included consultants, evaluation labs, product vendors, scheme representatives and some other interested parties. The 4th<\/sup> Joint Workshop did several new things to improve the collaboration and the output. While the workshops have always had a focus on discussion (not presentations) and producing some output or work product from each session, this workshop focused on giving TCs and TWGs longer periods of time to work towards producing their work product.\u00a0 Throughout the four-day workshop, there were at least three and sometimes four separate tracks focusing on different tasks. Some TCs or TWGs were given two to three hours, others were allocated an entire eight-hour day. Also new for this Joint Workshop was time allocated for multi-hour joint working sessions attended by both members of the CCDB and the CCUF. They worked collaboratively on four key topics to move the Common Criteria forward.<\/p>\n}

Technical Communities<\/b><\/p>\n

TCs are an international group of product developers, consultants, evaluation labs, government schemes, and other participants working to author one or several CC protection profiles in a specific security product space. TCs for several product areas met during the week, including:<\/p>\n