ASE Singapore Receives Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation Certification
April 06 2017 - 3:00AM
Business Wire
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (TAIEX:2311, NYSE:ASX),
a leading semiconductor assembly and test service provider, today
announced that its Singapore IC testing and backend wafer level
chip scale packaging facility has received the Common Criteria
certification.
Common Criteria is a framework that outlines the requirements
for globally recognized standards and security inspections for IT
products. It is designed for products and applications that are
targeted for high security-intensive markets, such as the
government, banking or defense sectors. ASE Singapore is certified
at Evaluation Assurance Level 6, the second highest level of
stringency. The Singapore site was evaluated and certified by
Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI,
https://www.bsi.bund.de), which is the central IT security service
provider for the German federal government. BSI also offers its
services to private and commercial users of information
technology.
‘To further augment our service offerings in today’s challenging
and dynamic information-driven era, we continuously invest in
training our employees and upgrading our IT and security
infrastructure that will mitigate potential risks in testing and
assembling secure products,’ said LJ Chiou, General Manager, ASE
Singapore Private Limited. ‘Customers can be fully assured that
their products and information data are handled with a high degree
of sensitivity and within the highest level of security at ASE
Singapore,’ he continued.
As part of the certification effort, ASE Singapore completely
revamped its workplace security access systems, designed and
upgraded its building infrastructure to meet the stringent security
assurance. These new measures will help identify, secure and
provide a systematic level of traceability in the movement of
people and goods inside and around the ASE facilities. ASE now has
4 sites – Chung Li, Taiwan; Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Paju, Korea and
Singapore, that are Common Criteria certified. The Common Criteria
certification will greatly benefit customers and ASE as both
parties would be able to shorten the time needed to verify product
security and thus, enable customers’ products to reach their
intended markets quickly.
About ISO 15408-EAL6 and the Common
Criteria
The Common Criteria for Information Technology Security
Evaluation (CC) is an international standard (ISO/IEC 15408) for
computer security certification. CC provides assurance that the
process of specification, implementation and evaluation of a
computer security product has been conducted in a rigorous and
standard and repeatable manner at a level that is commensurate with
the target environment for use.
Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) – the numerical rating
describing the depth and rigor of an evaluation. Each EAL
corresponds to a package of security assurance requirements which
covers the complete development of a product, with a given level of
strictness. Common Criteria lists seven levels (EAL 1 through EAL
7), with EAL 1 being the most basic (and therefore cheapest to
implement and evaluate) and EAL 7 being the most stringent (and
most expensive). 1
About ASE Singapore
ASE Singapore is the premier IC testing and backend wafer level
chip scale packaging (WLCSP) service provider within the ASE Group
of companies. Its location in the Southeast Asian corridor is an
excellent gateway to the East Asian, American and European regions,
through Singapore’s world class logistics, efficient and
business-friendly economic environment. The facility provides
engineering testing, wafer probing, final testing, backend WLCSP
and logistics management.
About The ASE Group
The ASE Group is among the leading providers of independent
semiconductor manufacturing services in assembly, test, materials
and design manufacturing. As a global leader geared towards meeting
the industry’s ever growing needs for faster, smaller and higher
performance chips, the Group develops and offers a wide portfolio
of technology and solutions including IC test program design,
front-end engineering test, wafer probe, wafer bump, substrate
design and supply, wafer level package, flip chip,
system-in-package, final test and electronic manufacturing services
through Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd. and its
subsidiaries, members of the ASE Group. For more information about
the ASE Group, visit www.aseglobal.com
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1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Criteria
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