Certifications & Independent Testing

Common Criteria

The Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation is an international standard for computer security certification. Common Criteria focuses on functionality related to product security and management services.

CSA (formerly the Canadian Standards Association)

The CSA mark on a product means it has been tested against appliable North American standards requirements. CSA marks are found on a wide variety of North American products: electrical and electronic, gas-fired, personal protective equipment, and many more. CSA Group technical experts fully understand Canadian and U.S. requirements

USGv6 - IPv6 

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) is an independent test facility that provides interoperability and standards conformance testing for networking, telecommunications, data storage, and consumer technology products. 

Federal Certifications & Regulatory Compliance

DoDIN APL

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Unified Capabilities Approved Product List (UC APL) defines what products are authorized to be deployed by the U.S. DoD.

FIPS 140-2 (Federal Information Processing Standard)

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2 is a cryptographic certification program jointly run by the US and Canadian governments.

CSfC (Commercial Solutions for Classified Program)

SonicWall Firewalls are CSfC certified. The Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) Program enables commercial products to be used in layered solutions protecting classified NSS data.

VPAT / Section 508 (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template)

A Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT™) is a document that explains how information and communication technology (ICT) products such as software, hardware, electronic content, and support documentation meet (conform to) the Revised 508 Standards for IT accessibility.

USGv6 - IPv6 Ready

SonicWall appliances conform to IPv6 Ready Logo Phase 2 Core test specifications as a router product. IPv6 readiness provides confidence in environments running IPv6 networks or IPv4 networks being transitioned to the new IPv6 protocol.