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Version date: 27 June 2019 - onwards
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Article 51 Security objectives of European cybersecurity certification schemes

A European cybersecurity certification scheme shall be designed to achieve, as applicable, at least the following security objectives:

(a) to protect stored, transmitted or otherwise processed data against accidental or unauthorised storage, processing, access or disclosure during the entire life cycle of the ICT product, ICT service or ICT process;

(b) to protect stored, transmitted or otherwise processed data against accidental or unauthorised destruction, loss or alteration or lack of availability during the entire life cycle of the ICT product, ICT service or ICT process;

(c) that authorised persons, programs or machines are able only to access the data, services or functions to which their access rights refer;

(d) to identify and document known dependencies and vulnerabilities;

(e) to record which data, services or functions have been accessed, used or otherwise processed, at what times and by whom;

(f) to make it possible to check which data, services or functions have been accessed, used or otherwise processed, at what times and by whom;

(g) to verify that ICT products, ICT services and ICT processes do not contain known vulnerabilities;