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Ballot CSC-11 – Update to log data retention requirements

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

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Purpose of the Ballot

Update the log data and retention of log data requirements in the Baseline Requirement for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Code Signing Certificates v2.5. The following motion has been proposed by Ian McMillan of Microsoft, and endorsed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) and Bruce Morton (Entrust).

Motion

This ballot updates the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly‐Trusted Code Signing Certificates“ version 2.5 according to the attached redline which includes:

  • Update section 15 “Data Records” removing references to [SSL/TLS] Baseline Requirements for this section in totality
  • Update section 15 “Data Records” to include sub-section 15.1 “Types of Events Recorded” and describing the requirements for CAs and Third Party Delegates while removing “Signing Services”
  • Update section 15 “Data Records” to include sub-section 15.2 “Timestamp Authority Data Records”
  • Update section 15.1 to clarify 4(f) for security event logging on Timestamp Authority servers
  • Update section 15.1 on 4(d) for security event logging to no longer include “hardware failures”
  • Update section 15 “Data Records” to include sub-section 15.3 “Data Retention Period for Audit Logs”
  • Update section 15.2 to no longer reference Baseline Requirements section 5.4.3 and defined a specific retention period for CA, subscriber certificate, Timestamp Authority, and security event data records for at least 2 years
Latest releases
Code Signing Requirements
v3.8 - Aug 5, 2024

What’s Changed CSC-25: Import EV Guidelines to CS Baseline Requirements by @dzacharo in https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/pull/38 Full Changelog: https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/compare/v3.7...v3.8

S/MIME Requirements
v1.0.6 - Ballot SMC08 - Aug 29, 2024

This ballot sets a date by which issuance of certificates following the Legacy generation profiles must cease. It also includes the following minor updates: Pins the domain validation procedures to v 2.0.5 of the TLS Baseline Requirements while the ballot activity for multi-perspective validation is concluded, and the SMCWG determines its corresponding course of action; Updates the reference for SmtpUTF8Mailbox from RFC 8398 to RFC 9598; and Small text corrections in the Reference section

Network and Certificate System Security Requirements
v2.0 - Ballot NS-003 - Jun 26, 2024

Ballot NS-003: Restructure the NCSSRs in https://github.com/cabforum/netsec/pull/35

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