Autek successfully completes Common Criteria EAL4+ certification for its PSTgateways

Autek has successfully completed the Common Criteria EAL4+ certification process for its PSTgateways family of gateway products, a milestone that demonstrates the solidity and reliability of its cross-domain solutions. This certification has been published in the Official Gazette of the Spanish State (BOE), and it confirms that all shared security features that apply to devices from this family have met strict international standards on trustworthiness.

The ISO/IEC 15408 international standard, referred to as Common Criteria, has established a global framework for evaluating the security of IT products and systems. This certification can only be obtained by successfully passing an exhaustive independent assessment. In Spain, the process is supervised by the Certification Body (OC) from the National Cryptologic Center (CCN), which is part of the country’s National Intelligence Center (CNI).

Although Autek had already received certifications for individual products, this new assessment has expanded the scope of these, to cover the entire PSTgateways family and all shared core security functionalities of the PSTgateways framework. The EAL4+ evaluation assurance level was selected, reinforced with the AVA‑VAN.5 and ALC‑FLR.3 components, which provide stronger guarantees against vulnerabilities and during management of the product lifecycle.

The evaluation process was initiated in 2023 and performed by the accredited Layakk Informática laboratory, with endorsement by the CCN’s Certification Body.

This certification, which is becoming a more frequent requirement for the use of products at international organizations such as the European Space Agency (ESA) and European Union Agency for the Space Program (EUSPA), not only guarantees high levels of security, it also promotes improvement in the company’s processes and facilitates inclusion of its products in high-security catalogs.