The document SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Accreditation of Information Technology Security Evaluation and Testing Facilities replaces both CAN-P-1591C - Guidelines for the Accreditation of Information Technology Security Evaluation and Testing Facilities (ITSET) - April 2010 and CAN-P-1621 - Requirements for the Accreditation of Cryptographic Module and Algorithm Testing Facilities - November 2006.

The purpose of this document is to amplify, where appropriate, generic technical and organizational criteria as stated in ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for SCC accreditation of facilities that could perform ITS evaluation and testing.

The revision was announced in the SCC Accreditation Services Bulletin #2020-07 - SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Accreditation of Information Technology Security Evaluation and Testing Facilities, 2019-07-05.