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Certification Report
Huawei iMaster NCE V100R020C10 for NCE-Fabric, NCE-
FabricInsight, NCE-CampusInsight, NCE-WAN Version
V100R20C10SPC100 and iMaster NCE V300R020C10 for
NCE-Campus Version V300R020C10SPC100
Sponsor and developer: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Huawei Industrial Base, Bantian, Longgang,
Shenzhen 518129
People’s Republic of China
Evaluation facility: SGS Brightsight B.V.
Brassersplein 2
2612 CT Delft
The Netherlands
Report number: NSCIB-CC-0351632-CR
Report version: 1
Project number: 0351632
Author(s): Kjartan Jæger Kvassnes
Date: 20 September 2021
Number of pages: 12
Number of appendices: 0
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CONTENTS
Foreword 3
Recognition of the Certificate 4
International recognition 4
European recognition 4
1 Executive Summary 5
2 Certification Results 6
2.1 Identification of Target of Evaluation 6
2.2 Security Policy 6
2.3 Assumptions and Clarification of Scope 6
2.3.1 Assumptions 6
2.3.2 Clarification of scope 7
2.4 Architectural Information 7
2.5 Documentation 8
2.6 IT Product Testing 8
2.6.1 Testing approach and depth 8
2.6.2 Independent penetration testing 8
2.6.3 Test configuration 9
2.6.4 Test results 9
2.7 Reused Evaluation Results 9
2.8 Evaluated Configuration 9
2.9 Evaluation Results 9
2.10 Comments/Recommendations 9
3 Security Target 11
4 Definitions 11
5 Bibliography 12
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Foreword
The Netherlands Scheme for Certification in the Area of IT Security (NSCIB) provides a third-party
evaluation and certification service for determining the trustworthiness of Information Technology (IT)
security products. Under this NSCIB, TÜV Rheinland Nederland B.V. has the task of issuing
certificates for IT security products, as well as for protection profiles and sites.
Part of the procedure is the technical examination (evaluation) of the product, protection profile or site
according to the Common Criteria assessment guidelines published by the NSCIB. Evaluations are
performed by an IT Security Evaluation Facility (ITSEF) under the oversight of the NSCIB Certification
Body, which is operated by TÜV Rheinland Nederland B.V. in cooperation with the Ministry of the
Interior and Kingdom Relations.
An ITSEF in the Netherlands is a commercial facility that has been licensed by TÜV Rheinland
Nederland B.V. to perform Common Criteria evaluations; a significant requirement for such a licence is
accreditation to the requirements of ISO Standard 17025 “General requirements for the accreditation
of calibration and testing laboratories”.
By awarding a Common Criteria certificate, TÜV Rheinland Nederland B.V. asserts that the product or
site complies with the security requirements specified in the associated (site) security target, or that
the protection profile (PP) complies with the requirements for PP evaluation specified in the Common
Criteria for Information Security Evaluation. A (site) security target is a requirements specification
document that defines the scope of the evaluation activities.
The consumer should review the (site) security target or protection profile, in addition to this
certification report, to gain an understanding of any assumptions made during the evaluation, the IT
product's intended environment, its security requirements, and the level of confidence (i.e., the
evaluation assurance level) that the product or site satisfies the security requirements stated in the
(site) security target.
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Recognition of the Certificate
The presence of the Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA) and the SOG-IS logos on the
certificate indicates that this certificate is issued in accordance with the provisions of the CCRA and
the SOG-IS Mutual Recognition Agreement (SOG-IS MRA) and will be recognised by the participating
nations.
International recognition
The CCRA was signed by the Netherlands in May 2000 and provides mutual recognition of certificates
based on the Common Criteria (CC). Since September 2014 the CCRA has been updated to provide
mutual recognition of certificates based on cPPs (exact use) or STs with evaluation assurance
components up to and including EAL2+ALC_FLR.
For details of the current list of signatory nations and approved certification schemes, see
http://www.commoncriteriaportal.org.
European recognition
The SOG-IS MRA Version 3, effective since April 2010, provides mutual recognition in Europe of
Common Criteria and ITSEC certificates at a basic evaluation level for all products. A higher
recognition level for evaluation levels beyond EAL4 (respectively E3-basic) is provided for products
related to specific technical domains. This agreement was signed initially by Finland, France,
Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Italy joined the SOG-IS
MRA in December 2010.
For details of the current list of signatory nations, approved certification schemes and the list of
technical domains for which the higher recognition applies, see https://www.sogis.eu.
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1 Executive Summary
This Certification Report states the outcome of the Common Criteria security evaluation of the Huawei
iMaster NCE V100R020C10 for NCE-Fabric, NCE-FabricInsight, NCE-CampusInsight, NCE-WAN
Version V100R20C10SPC100 and iMaster NCE V300R020C10 for NCE-Campus Version
V300R020C10SPC100. The developer of the Huawei iMaster NCE V100R020C10 for NCE-Fabric,
NCE-FabricInsight, NCE-CampusInsight, NCE-WAN Version V100R20C10SPC100 and iMaster NCE
V300R020C10 for NCE-Campus Version V300R020C10SPC100 is Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
located in Shenzhen, China and they also act as the sponsor of the evaluation and certification. A
Certification Report is intended to assist prospective consumers when judging the suitability of the IT
security properties of the product for their particular requirements.
The TOE is a network cloud engine developed by Huawei. Positioned as the brain of future cloud-
based networks, NCE integrates functions such as network management, service control, and network
analysis. It is the core enablement system for network resource pooling, network connection
automation and self-optimization, and O&M automation.
The TOE manages and controls IP network devices on data centre networks. It can be deployed to
suite the intended environment. Even though there are multiple deployment scenarios the TOE’s
logical architecture and security features remains the same for all scenarios.
The TOE has been evaluated by SGS Brightsight B.V. located in Delft, The Netherlands. The
evaluation was completed on 7 September 2021 with the approval of the ETR. The certification
procedure has been conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Netherlands Scheme for
Certification in the Area of IT Security [NSCIB].
The scope of the evaluation is defined by the security target [ST], which identifies assumptions made
during the evaluation, the intended environment for the Huawei iMaster NCE V100R020C10 for NCE-
Fabric, NCE-FabricInsight, NCE-CampusInsight, NCE-WAN Version V100R20C10SPC100 and
iMaster NCE V300R020C10 for NCE-Campus Version V300R020C10SPC100, the security
requirements, and the level of confidence (evaluation assurance level) at which the product is
intended to satisfy the security requirements. Consumers of the Huawei iMaster NCE V100R020C10
for NCE-Fabric, NCE-FabricInsight, NCE-CampusInsight, NCE-WAN Version V100R20C10SPC100
and iMaster NCE V300R020C10 for NCE-Campus Version V300R020C10SPC100 are advised to
verify that their own environment is consistent with the security target, and to give due consideration to
the comments, observations and recommendations in this certification report.
The results documented in the evaluation technical report [ETR]
1
for this product provide sufficient
evidence that the TOE meets the EAL4 augmented (EAL4+) assurance requirements for the evaluated
security functionality. This assurance level is augmented with ALC_FLR.2 (Flaw reporting procedures).
The evaluation was conducted using the Common Methodology for Information Technology Security
Evaluation, Version 3.1 Revision 5 [CEM] for conformance to the Common Criteria for Information
Technology Security Evaluation, Version 3.1 Revision 5 [CC] (Parts I, II and III).
TÜV Rheinland Nederland B.V., as the NSCIB Certification Body, declares that the evaluation meets
all the conditions for international recognition of Common Criteria Certificates and that the product will
be listed on the NSCIB Certified Products list. Note that the certification results apply only to the
specific version of the product as evaluated.
1
The Evaluation Technical Report contains information proprietary to the developer and/or the
evaluator, and is not available for public review.
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2 Certification Results
2.1 Identification of Target of Evaluation
The Target of Evaluation (TOE) for this evaluation is the Huawei iMaster NCE V100R020C10 for NCE-
Fabric, NCE-FabricInsight, NCE-CampusInsight, NCE-WAN Version V100R20C10SPC100 and
iMaster NCE V300R020C10 for NCE-Campus Version V300R020C10SPC100 from Huawei
Technologies Co., Ltd. located in Shenzhen, China.
The TOE is comprised of the following main components:
Delivery
item type
Identifier Version
Software
iMaster NCE V100R020C10 for NCE-Fabric,
NCE-FabricInsight, NCE-CampusInsight,
NCE-WAN
V100R20C10SPC100
Software iMaster NCE V300R020C10 for NCE-Campus V300R020C10SPC100
To ensure secure usage a set of guidance documents is provided, together with the Huawei iMaster
NCE V100R020C10 for NCE-Fabric, NCE-FabricInsight, NCE-CampusInsight, NCE-WAN Version
V100R20C10SPC100 and iMaster NCE V300R020C10 for NCE-Campus Version
V300R020C10SPC100. For details, see section 2.5 “Documentation” of this report.
2.2 Security Policy
iMaster NCE is a unified platform that manages, controls, and maintains cloud-based Software
Defined Networks (SDNs). NCE can be used in carrier, enterprise, and residential service scenarios. It
is a unified software orchestration and workflow engine that implements automation and autonomy,
including planning and simulation, service provisioning, monitoring, assurance, and optimization, on
physical and virtual networks throughout their lifecycles.
The major security features of NCE that are subject to evaluation are:
1. User management
2. Authentication
3. Access control
4. Communication security
5. User session management
6. Auditing
7. Security management function
8. Cryptographic functions
2.3 Assumptions and Clarification of Scope
2.3.1 Assumptions
The assumptions defined in the Security Target are not covered by the TOE itself. These aspects lead
to specific Security Objectives to be fulfilled by the TOE-Environment. For detailed information on the
security objectives that must be fulfilled by the TOE environment, see section 4.2 of the [ST].
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2.3.2 Clarification of scope
The evaluation did not reveal any threats to the TOE that are not countered by the evaluated security
functions of the product.
2.4 Architectural Information
The TOE logical architecture consists of two independent planes, and each plane consists of a
number of subsystems and modules:
 Management plane
o The plane that is responsible to manage the TOE itself. It consist of the following subsystems:
 Security subsystem
 Responsible for providing the security features of the TOE (I&A, communication
security, security management, certification management, key management, and audit
logs).
 Management subsystem
 Functional subsystem to perform management tasks of the TOE, such as performing
the backup or monitoring the system usage.
 O&M plane
o The plane that is responsible for providing main functionalities of the TOE; managing the
network elements (NE). It consists of the following subsystems:
 NBI subsystem
 Provides north bound interfaces (e.g. SNMPv3, SFTP, etc.) to the north bound device
OSS (Operation Support System).
 Security subsystem
 Responsible for providing the security features of the TOE (I&A, communication
security, security management, certification management, key management, and audit
logs).
 O&M subsystem
 Provides the business functionalities for the TOE to manage the network elements.
o SBI subsystem
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 Provides access channels and secure channels for the TOE and NEs to communicate in a
protected manner.
2.5 Documentation
The following documentation is provided with the product by the developer to the customer:
Identifier Version
CC HUAWEI iMaster NCE V100R020C10 for NCE-Fabric, NCE-
FabricInsight, NCE- CampusInsight, NCE-WAN and V300R020C10
for NCE-Campus Security Management Guide
v1.5, 2021-07-22
CC HUAWEI iMaster NCE V100R020C10 for NCE-Fabric, NCE-
FabricInsight, NCE- CampusInsight, NCE-WAN and V300R020C10
for NCE-Campus Installation Guide
v1.5, 2021-07-22
iMaster NCE-Fabric V100R020C10 Product Documentation version V100R020C10,
issue 02, 2021-05-15
iMaster NCE-FabricInsight V100R020C10SPC100 Product
Documentation (Standard Cluster Solution)
version V100R020C10
issue 01, 2021-05-15
iMaster NCE-CampusInsight V100R020C10SPC100 Product
Documentation (Independent Deployment)
version V100R020C10
issue 01, 2021-5-10
iMaster NCE-WAN V100R020C10SPC100 Product Documentation version V100R020C10
issue 03
iMaster NCE-Campus V300R020C10 Product Documentation version V300R020C10
issue 02, 2021-5-10
2.6 IT Product Testing
Testing (depth, coverage, functional tests, independent testing): The evaluators examined the
developer’s testing activities documentation and verified that the developer has met their testing
responsibilities.
2.6.1 Testing approach and depth
The developer testing approach is summarized as follows:
 The test cases are divided into five chapters that cover:
o All TSFIs
o All Subsystems and subsystem interactions
 Four chapters map to the four TSFI categories
 One chapter maps to the cryptographic operations performed on the TOE:
As all SFRs are tested, therefore the complete TSF is tested.
2.6.2 Independent penetration testing
To identify potential vulnerabilities the evaluator performed the following activities:
 SFR design analysis: Based on the information obtained in the evaluation evidence, the SFR
implementation details were examined. The aspects described in CEM annex B were
considered. During this examination several potential vulnerabilities were identified.
 Additional security analysis: When the implementation of the SFR was understood, a
coverage check was performed on the relevant aspects of all SFRs. This expanded the list of
potential vulnerabilities.
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 Scanning the TOE using the applicable vulnerability scanning tools (e.g., NMAP, NESSUS) to
collect information about the TOE and identify potential vulnerabilities.
 Public vulnerability search: The evaluator performed public domain vulnerability search based
on the TOE name, TOE type, and identified 3rd party security relevant libraries and/or
services. Several additional potential vulnerabilities were identified during a search in the
public domain.
 The potential vulnerabilities identified were analysed, and some of the potential vulnerabilities
were concluded not exploitable within in the Enhanced-Basic attack potential, or covered by
guidance. For remaining potential vulnerabilities, penetration tests were devised.
The total test effort expended by the evaluators was one week. During that test campaign, 100% of
the total time was spent on logical tests.
2.6.3 Test configuration
The evaluator tested the TOE in the following five configurations:
 NCE-Fabric V100R020C10SPC100
 NCE-FabricInsight V100R020C10SPC100
 NCE-Campus V300R020C10SPC100
 NCE-CampusInsight V100R020C10SPC100
 NCE-WAN V100R020C10SPC100
2.6.4 Test results
The testing activities, including configurations, procedures, test cases, expected results and observed
results are summarised in the [ETR], with references to the documents containing the full details.
The developer’s tests and the independent functional tests produced the expected results, giving
assurance that the TOE behaves as specified in its [ST] and functional specification.
No exploitable vulnerabilities were found with the independent penetration tests.
2.7 Reused Evaluation Results
There is no reuse of evaluation results in this certification
2.8 Evaluated Configuration
The TOE is defined uniquely by its name and version number Huawei iMaster NCE V100R020C10 for
NCE-Fabric, NCE-FabricInsight, NCE-CampusInsight, NCE-WAN Version V100R20C10SPC100 and
iMaster NCE V300R020C10 for NCE-Campus Version V300R020C10SPC100.
2.9 Evaluation Results
The evaluation lab documented their evaluation results in the [ETR], which references an ASE
Intermediate Report and other evaluator documents.
The verdict of each claimed assurance requirement is “Pass”.
Based on the above evaluation results the evaluation lab concluded the Huawei iMaster NCE
V100R020C10 for NCE-Fabric, NCE-FabricInsight, NCE-CampusInsight, NCE-WAN Version
V100R20C10SPC100 and iMaster NCE V300R020C10 for NCE-Campus Version
V300R020C10SPC100, to be CC Part 2 conformant, CC Part 3 conformant, and to meet the
requirements of EAL 4 augmented with ALC_FLR.2. This implies that the product satisfies the
security requirements specified in Security Target [ST].
2.10 Comments/Recommendations
The user guidance as outlined in section 2.5 “Documentation” contains necessary information about
the usage of the TOE. Certain aspects of the TOE’s security functionality, in particular the
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countermeasures against attacks, depend on accurate conformance to the user guidance of both the
software and the hardware part of the TOE. There are no particular obligations or recommendations
for the user apart from following the user guidance. Please note that the documents contain relevant
details concerning the resistance against certain attacks
In addition, all aspects of assumptions, threats and policies as outlined in the Security Target not
covered by the TOE itself must be fulfilled by the operational environment of the TOE.
The customer or user of the product shall consider the results of the certification within his system risk
management process. For the evolution of attack methods and techniques to be covered, the
customer should define the period of time until a re-assessment for the TOE is required and thus
requested from the sponsor of the certificate.
The strength of the cryptographic algorithms and protocols was not rated in the course of this
evaluation. This specifically applies to the following proprietary or non-standard algorithms, protocols
and implementations: none.
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3 Security Target
The CC Huawei iMaster NCE V100R020C10 for NCE-Fabric, NCE-FabricInsight, NCE-
CampusInsight, NCE-WAN and V300R020C10 for NCE-Campus Security Target, Version 1.5, 22 July
2021 [ST] is included here by reference.
4 Definitions
This list of acronyms and definitions contains elements that are not already defined by the CC or CEM:
I&A Identification and Authentication
IT Information Technology
ITSEF IT Security Evaluation Facility
JIL Joint Interpretation Library
NBI North Bound Interface
NE Network Element
NSCIB Netherlands Scheme for Certification in the area of IT Security
OM Operation and Maintenance
OSS Operations Support System
PP Protection Profile
SBI South Bound Interface
SDN Software Defined Network
TOE Target of Evaluation
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5 Bibliography
This section lists all referenced documentation used as source material in the compilation of this
report.
[CC] Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation, Parts I, II
and III, Version 3.1 Revision 5, April 2017
[CEM] Common Methodology for Information Technology Security Evaluation,
Version 3.1 Revision 5, April 2017
[ETR] Huawei iMaster NCE V100R020C10 for NCE-Fabric, NCE-FabricInsight,
NCE-CampusInsight, NCE-WAN and V300R020C10 for NCE-Campus –
Evaluation Technical Report EAL4+, 21-RPT-271, 2.0, 7 September 2021
[NSCIB] Netherlands Scheme for Certification in the Area of IT Security, Version 2.5,
28 March 2019
[ST] CC Huawei iMaster NCE V100R020C10 for NCE-Fabric, NCE-FabricInsight,
NCE-CampusInsight, NCE-WAN and V300R020C10 for NCE-Campus
Security Target, Version 1.5, 22 July 2021
(This is the end of this report.)