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Details of operation |
Details of Operation
The SOG-IS Agreement is overseen by the Management Committee (MC) which consists of representatives of every nation involved. This committee usually meets once a year and transacts business between meetings via email and telephone conferences.
The MC is supported in its work by the JIWG, the members of which are all from certificate producing schemes within SOG-IS. This committee was originally formed to agree common interpretations for the evaluation of smartcard technologies (hence JIWG = "Joint Interpretations Working group") but its role has been widened to cover development and oversight of all technical areas together with other technical work as directed by the MC. This committee generally meets three/four times each year and operates by email/teleconference in between times.
The JIWG coordinates and/or takes input from the work of a number of industry led sub-groups including:-
- JHAS (JIL Hardware-related Attacks Subgroup)
- JEDS (JIWG Embedded Devices Subgroup)
- ISCI WG1 (International Smartcard Certification Initiative - Working Group 1)
It also has wider liaison (generally through annual plenary sessions) with a number of related groups such as the "Japanese smartcard consortium".
The JIWG is available, on behalf of the MC, for technical coordination work with the European Commission when legislation and guidance is being drafted. Example areas of relevance include the electronic signatures directive, electronic tachographs, and electronic passports.
Documents related to operations rules
| Title | Status | Version | Date |
| JIWG Terms of Reference | Applicable | 2.2 | September 2015 |
| JIL Subgroup participation rules |
Applicable | 1.0 | February 2012 |
| Security Event Management Process | Applicable | 1.0 | April 2013 |
| JIL document submission and approval process | Applicable | 1.0 | June 2014 |
| SOG-IS shadow Certifications and VPAs process | Applicable | 2.0 | October 2019 |
| JIL Temporary Covid19 pandemic annex to the VPA/Shadow Procedure regarding on-site visits | Expired | 1.0 | February 2022 |
| Assurance continuity | Applicable | 1.2 | March 2024 |
| JIL Interpretations on Assurance Continuity for adding the ALC_FLR assurance component | Applicable | 1.0 | October 2023 |
| JIL Coordinated vulnerability disclosure and handling processes | Applicable for trial use | 1.0 | October 2020 |
| JIL Temporary Covid19 pandemic operational SOGIS evaluation and certification policy and rules | Expired | 1.5 | November 2022 |
| JIL Crisis Policy | Applicable | 1.0 | November 2023 |
| Interpretation of EUCC Implementing Regulation article 49 | Applicable | 1.0 | August 2024 |