Am Montag, 19. Juni 2017 21:15:09 UTC+2 schrieb Kathleen Wilson:
> I just filed https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1374381 about an 
> audit statement that I received for SwissSign. I have copied the bug 
> description below, because I am concerned that there still may be ETSI 
> auditors (and CAs?) who do not understand the audit requirements, see below.
> 
> ~~~
> SwissSign provided their annual audit statement:
> https://bug1142323.bmoattachments.org/attachment.cgi?id=8853299
> 
> Problems noted in it:
> -- "Agreed-upon procedures engagement" - special words for audits - does not 
> necessarily encompass the full scope
> -- "surveillance certification audits" - does not necessarily mean a full 
> audit (which the BRs require annually)
> -- "point in time audit" -- this means that the auditor's evaluation only 
> covered that point in time (note a period in time)
> -- "only intended for the client" -- Doesn't meet Mozilla's requirement for 
> public-facing audit statement.
> -- "We were not engaged to and did not conduct an examination, the objective 
> of which would be the expression of an opinion on the Application for 
> Extended Validation (EV) Certificate. Accordingly, we do not express such an 
> opinion. Had we performed additional procedures, other matters might have 
> come to our attention that would have been reported to you." -- some of the 
> included root certs are enabled for EV treatment, so need an EV audit as well.
> 
> 
> According to section 8.1 of the CA/Browser Forum's Baseline Requirements: 
> "Certificates that are capable of being used to issue new certificates MUST 
> ... be ... fully audited in line with all remaining requirements from this 
> section. 
> ...
> The period during which the CA issues Certificates SHALL be divided into an 
> unbroken sequence of audit periods. An audit period MUST NOT exceed one year 
> in duration."
> 
> So, a full period-in-time audit is required every year.
> 
> After I voiced concern 
> (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1142323#c27) the CA provided an 
> updated audit statement to address the concerns I had raised in the bug:
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8867948
> I do not understand how the audit statement can magically change from 
> point-in-time to a period-in-time.
> ~~~
> 
> I will greatly appreciate thoughtful and constructive input into this 
> discussion about what to do about this SwissSign audit situation, and if this 
> is an indicator that ETSI auditors are still not performing full annual 
> audits that satisfy the CA/Browser Forum's Baseline Requirements.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kathleen

Hello togehter

the Report is the annual Attestation letter. I agree htat the Format was not 
the best, I also agree that it would be worth to have a confirmed Audit 
Statement what is understandable and readable by the relevant responsible 
persons. 

Thanks Conny
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