Security certification is a snapshot, and buyers read too much into it

In this Help Net Security video, Mariia Bakhtina, a research specialist at Masaryk University, explains what a Common Criteria or FIPS-140 certificate does and does not promise. In her team’s analysis, about 6 in 10 vulnerabilities matched to certified products, smartcards aside, were disclosed after the certification date.

Summary from Help Net Security.