Application of Attack Potential to Smartcards

This state-of-the-art document supporting the EUCC scheme interprets the Common Criteria Methodology (CEM), based on smartcard CC evaluation experience and input from smartcard industry through the International Security Certification Initiative (ISCI) and the JIL Hardware Attacks Subgroup (JHAS) of the SOG-IS1. It provides guidance metrics to calculate the attack potential required by an attacker to effect an attack on a smartcard or similar device. 

The underlying objective is to aid in expressing the total effort required to mount a successful attack. This should be applied to the operational behaviour of a smartcard or similar device and not to applications specific only to hardware or software.