HECTOS - Harmonized Evaluation, Certification and Testing Of Security products - D8.1 Evaluation and certification approaches for physical security products

This document describes how the HECTOS harmonised certification framework could be applied to several physical security products used in biometrics, explosives & weapons detection equipment, radiological & nuclear detection equipment, chemical and biological detection equipment and locks. Additionally, the applicability of the HECTOS framework and template for security systems is explored for video surveillance systems.
This deliverable summarizes the historical needs and developments in the field of evaluation and certification for these types of product and the current international, European and national activities with respect to testing, standards and certification. The document elaborates and verifies the HECTOS certification framework and template for establishing a new certification system and / or schemes, via case-studies on the product categories and the needs of end-users. The template itself is utilised as guide in this process to identify the current maturity with respect to the implementation of standardisation and harmonised evaluation and certification schemes, and to provide suggestions on how harmonised schemes could be introduced, identifying activities for scheme functions and features that yet need to be addressed.
The following conclusions with respect to the status quo are drawn from the case studies:
• E&WDetection equipment for AvSec is the only application with a scheme in place and which has reached a high level of maturity.
• E&W Detection equipment for non-AvSec, on the other hand, has a very low maturity.
• Biometrics, RN detection equipment and locks have a similar maturity, although facing different challenges. These product categories are candidate for a pilot study of the HECTOS certification framework.
• CB shows a low maturity. This is mainly caused by the historical focus of the standards on safety purposes and not on security purposes.
More general, with respect to the template steps:
• Many standards, requirements and test methods are available, or are currently being developed, although mostly on national level and not harmonized.
• There is a need in nearly all areas for further work on harmonised standardisation, both in product and measurement standards, which is a prerequisite for establishing harmonised schemes.
• System structure, Scheme structure, Laboratory consistency and Surveillance are the elements for which most work is yet to be done.
Finally, the case studies have shown that the framework provides a basis on which sets of harmonised schemes could be developed for the different categories of physical security products. The framework and template have been found to be useful in identifying elements that exist; gaps where further work is needed in terms of requirements development, standardisation and development of schemes; and the potential types and structure of certification schemes that are required in each area.