EAL meaning in Computer Technology ?

Answer:

What is Evaluation Assurance Level mean?

The Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL1 through EAL7) of an IT product or system is a numerical grade assigned following the completion of a Common Criteria security evaluation, an international standard in effect since 1999. The increasing assurance levels reflect added assurance requirements that must be met to achieve Common Criteria certification. The intent of the higher levels is to provide higher confidence that the system's principal security features are reliably implemented. The EAL level does not measure the security of the system itself, it simply states at what level the system was tested.

To achieve a particular EAL, the computer system must meet specific assurance requirements. Most of these requirements involve design documentation, design analysis, functional testing, or penetration testing. The higher EALs involve more detailed documentation, analysis, and testing than the lower ones. Achieving a higher EAL certification generally costs more money and takes more time than achieving a lower one. The EAL number assigned to a certified system indicates that the system completed all requirements for that level.

Although every product and system must fulfill the same assurance requirements to achieve a particular level, they do not have to fulfill the same functional requirements. The functional features for each certified product are established in the Security Target document tailored for that product's evaluation. Therefore, a product with a higher EAL is not necessarily "more secure" in a particular application than one with a lower EAL, since they may have very different lists of functional features in their Security Targets. A product's fitness for a particular security application depends on how well the features listed in the product's Security Target fulfill the application's security requirements. If the Security Targets for two products both contain the necessary security features, then the higher EAL should indicate the more trustworthy product for that application.

reference

Full Form	Category
East Asia Library	Academic & Science
Elite Academy League	Academic & Science
Evidence Analysis Library	Academic & Science
Estonian Medical Association	Academic & Science
Eesti Arstide Liit	Academic & Science
East Asian Library	Academic & Science
Elders Australia Lt t/over by FCL	Business
Eastern Air Lines	Business
English as an Additional Language	Community
Educational Assistance Ltd	Community
Equine Assisted Learning	Community
Eskom Academy of Learning	Community
Easy Access Lithograph	Community
Evaluation Assurance Level	Computer Technology
Edcs Attribute Label	Computing
Effective Address Lower Bits	Computing
Ealing	Country Specific
Esbi Alberta Limited	General
Echelle Atomique Libre	General
Emergency Action Level	General
Evaluated Assurance Level	General
E A Limited	General
Evaluation Assurance Levels	General
Electrics Afloat Limited	General
Elephant Action League	General
Emergency Area Light	General
Environmentally Adapted Lubricants	General
Equivalent Axle Load	General
Everyone A Leader	General
Environmental Analysis Laboratory	Governmental
Environmental Awareness Lubricants	Governmental
Environmental Associates Ltd	Governmental
Environmental acceptable lubricants	Governmental
Environmental Abstraction Layer	Governmental
Environmental Analytical Laboratory	Governmental
Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants	Governmental
European Association of Lawyers	Regional