How is the Tech­ni­cal Secu­ri­ty System (TSS) Certified?

The CSP‑L and SMAERS com­pon­ents are cer­ti­fied inde­pendent­ly. In the pro­cess, an eva­lua­tor (a com­pa­ny accredi­ted by the BSI) checks the com­pon­ents’ com­pli­an­ce with the pro­tec­tion pro­files. The eva­lua­ti­on report is then for­war­ded to the BSI for review. With posi­ti­ve com­ple­ti­on, the com­pon­ents each recei­ve a cer­ti­fi­ca­te. Final­ly, the com­pon­ents in the com­pound (= tech­ni­cal safety system) are tested by the TR test. If the TSS is imple­men­ted cor­rect­ly and accord­ing to the app­li­ca­ble requi­re­ments, it gets cer­ti­fied. There are strong syn­er­gies with the TR test in the eva­lua­ti­on of the SMAERS com­po­nent, i.e., the TR test can only be com­ple­ted posi­tively if the SMAERS com­po­nent has also been eva­lua­ted posi­tively. The­re­fo­re, after recei­ving the SMAERS cer­ti­fi­ca­te, one can expect the final TSS cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on in a timely manner. The BSI issues the cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on, which must be rene­wed every five years.