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Ballot CSC-10 – WebTrust CSBR v2.0 Audit Criteria

Results of IPR Review

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Results of Voting

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Certificate IssuersCertum (Asseco), DigiCert, eMudhra, Entrust, GlobalSign, HARICA, Sectigo
Certificate ConsumersMicrosoft

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Purpose of the Ballot

For Baseline Requirement for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Code Signing Certificates v2.3, the purpose is to allow the new WebTrust CSBR 2.0 or later audit scheme. The ballot allows the older WebTrust audits to continue for audit periods which start before 1 November 2020. There is no specific start date for the CSBR 2.0 audit scheme, which allows it also to be used for audit periods starting before 1 November 2021.

Motion

Delete the following text from Section 17.1:

  1. “WebTrust for CAs v2.0 or newer” AND “WebTrust for Certification Authorities – Publicly Trusted Code Signing Certificates v1.0.1 or newer”; or

  2. “WebTrust for CAs v2.0 or newer” AND “WebTrust for Certification Authorities – Extended Validation Code Signing v1.4.1 or newer”; or

  3. ETSI EN 319 411-1, which includes normative references to ETSI EN 319 401 (the latest version of the referenced ETSI documents should be applied); or

  4. If a Government CA is required by its Certificate Policy to use a different internal audit scheme, it MAY use such scheme provided that the audit either (a) encompasses all requirements of one of the above schemes or (b) consists of comparable criteria that are available for public review.

Insert the following text to Section 17.1:

  1. For Audit Periods starting before 1 November 2020, “WebTrust for CAs v2.0 or newer” AND “WebTrust for Certification Authorities – Publicly Trusted Code Signing Certificates v1.0.1 or newer”; or

  2. For Audit Periods starting before 1 November 2020, “WebTrust for CAs v2.0 or newer” AND “WebTrust for Certification Authorities – Extended Validation Code Signing v1.4.1 or newer”; or

  3. “WebTrust for CAs v2.0 or newer” AND “WebTrust for Certification Authorities – Code Signing Baseline Requirements v2.0 or newer”; or

  4. ETSI EN 319 411-1, which includes normative references to ETSI EN 319 401 (the latest version of the referenced ETSI documents should be applied); or

  5. If a Government CA is required by its Certificate Policy to use a different internal audit scheme, it MAY use such scheme provided that the audit either (a) encompasses all requirements of one of the above schemes or (b) consists of comparable criteria that are available for public review.

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