本文件确立了IT安全评估的一般概念和原则，并规定了标准各部分给出的评估的一般模型，该模型整体上用作评估IT产品安全属性的基础。 本文档概述了ISO/IEC 15408系列的所有部分。它描述了ISO/IEC 15408系列的各个部分；定义了标准所有部分中使用的术语和缩写； 确立了评估目标（TOE）的核心概念；描述了评估背景，并描述了评估标准所针对的受众。介绍了评估IT产品所需的基本安全概念。 本文件介绍: --保护配置文件（PP）、PP模块、PP配置、包、安全目标（ST）和一致性类型的关键概念； --整个模型中安全组件的组织描述； --通过使用允许的操作，可以定制ISO/IEC 15408‑2和ISO/IEC 15408-3中给出的功能和保证组件的各种操作； --ISO/IEC 18045中给出的评估方法的一般信息； --ISO/IEC 15408‑4的应用指南，以开发源自ISO/IEC 18045的评估方法（EM）和评估活动（EA）； --ISO/IEC 15408‑5中定义的预定义评估保证水平（EAL）的一般信息； --关于评估方案范围的信息。

This document establishes the general concepts and principles of IT security evaluation and specifies the general model of evaluation given by various parts of the standard which in its entirety is meant to be used as the basis for evaluation of security properties of IT products. This document provides an overview of all parts of the ISO/IEC 15408 series. It describes the various parts of the ISO/IEC 15408 series; defines the terms and abbreviations to be used in all parts of the standard; establishes the core concept of a Target of Evaluation (TOE); describes the evaluation context and describes the audience to which the evaluation criteria is addressed. An introduction to the basic security concepts necessary for evaluation of IT products is given. This document introduces: —    the key concepts of Protection Profiles (PP), PP-Modules, PP-Configurations, packages, Security Targets (ST), and conformance types; —    a description of the organization of security components throughout the model; —    the various operations by which the functional and assurance components given in ISO/IEC 15408‑2 and ISO/IEC 15408‑3 can be tailored through the use of permitted operations; —    general information about the evaluation methods given in ISO/IEC 18045; —    guidance for the application of ISO/IEC 15408‑4 in order to develop evaluation methods (EM) and evaluation activities (EA) derived from ISO/IEC 18045; —    general information about the pre-defined Evaluation Assurance Levels (EALs) defined in ISO/IEC 15408‑5; —    information in regard to the scope of evaluation schemes.