SGS Brightsight France listed by ANSSI as an evaluation laboratory undergoing licensing

20.10.2026 03:03 PM
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ublic listing marks a milestone for the Meyreuil laboratory's Common Criteria/EUCC, CSPN and post-quantum cryptography evaluation capabilities.

SGS Brightsight France is now publicly listed by ANSSI, the French National Cybersecurity Agency, as an evaluation laboratory undergoing licensing. The listing follows a positive assessment of the Meyreuil laboratory's security evaluation capabilities and marks an important step in the ongoing licensing process.

The assessment reviewed the laboratory's competencies and resources for high-assurance security evaluations across the following areas:

  • Common Criteria evaluations in the “Smart cards and similar devices” domain;
  • CSPN evaluations in the “Hardware” scope;
  • CSPN evaluations in the “Integrated circuit” scope;
  • evaluations potentially requiring cryptographic analysis, including post-quantum cryptographic mechanisms.

According to the ANSSI audit team, the laboratory has sufficient resources and competencies for CSPN evaluations and for Common Criteria evaluations up to EAL7 augmented with ALC_FLR.3.
Jeremie Delpech

Jeremie Delpech
Location Manager, SGS Brightsight France

“This is a major milestone for our team in France and a recognition of the expertise we have built over the past years in our French laboratory. We have invested significantly in developing our capabilities in high-assurance hardware security evaluation and cryptography, and we are very proud to see this work recognized as we progress through the ANSSI licensing process.”

Expanding high-assurance security evaluation capabilities in France

Our customers face increasingly complex security challenges, particularly in advanced hardware and cryptography. Strengthening our capabilities within the ANSSI framework is an important step in helping them address these challenges and bring trusted technologies to market.

Our laboratory in France brings together expertise in integrated circuit and smart card security, hardware evaluation and cryptographic analysis. The scope assessed by ANSSI also includes products potentially requiring analysis of post-quantum cryptographic mechanisms, reflecting the evolution of security requirements faced by technology developers.

This milestone reinforces the development of high-assurance security evaluation expertise in France and complements the wider capabilities of the global Brightsight organization.

The ANSSI licensing process remains ongoing. SGS Brightsight France will continue working with ANSSI through the remaining stages required to complete the process.

About Brightsight

Brightsight by SGS company is the leading independent laboratory for connected products security evaluations, recognized by more than 50 certification schemes worldwide. With over 40 years’ expertise, Brightsight conducts impartial evaluations and operates as a licensed Certification Body. Leveraging its integrated one-stop services and the global reach of SGS, Brightsight helps clients navigate evolving regulatory demands and provides predictable and trusted evaluations in a seamless certification journey.

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