a tried and tested procedure

To respond to the strategic and functional requirements of companies and administrations, the AQL-CESIT has implemented a dedicated team of security experts, a portfolio of partnerships and certifications and first-rate technical infrastructure. This laboratory has proven experience in the implementation of Common Criteria (ISO15408 standard), European ITSEC criteria, and in their application to diversified technologies and businesses.

FIME is an independent laboratory dedicated to smartcard and non-contact technologies. This entity mainly covers the e-cash, transport, identity and health sectors. The laboratory is accredited by EMVco, MasterCard, Visa, JCB, BAROC, Sésam Vitale, Cartes Bancaires and the STIF.

a laboratory you can trust (DCSSI approval, authorisations)

The AQL-CESIT is the oldest French Centre for the Evaluation of the Security of Information Technologies (CESIT). It was founded in 1992.

It is the first laboratory in the world to have carried out evaluations of systems according to the Common Criteria, resulting in certificates being issued.

Also, our laboratory has carried out numerous product evaluations, both concerning civil and defence products (firewall, VPN, micro-processor card, encryption products, etc.).

an independent laboratory (COFRAC accreditation)

AQL-CESIT is a laboratory you can trust. Going beyond our references, which show our clients' satisfaction, our status as a laboratory for ISS, our activities in the "tests" area and our activities for various ministerial entities provide many guarantees which combine to ensure the absence of external pressure and the confidentiality of the work that we carry out.

our CESIT service