In the Common Criteria, the common set of functional and assurance requirements for a category of vendor products deployed in a particular type of environment is known as

A.
Protection Profiles

B.
Security Target

C.
Trusted Computing Base

D.
Ring Protection

Explanation:
A: Protection profiles are the common set of functional and assurance requirements while security target is the specific functional and assurance requirements that the author of the security target wants a given product to fulfill. Trusted computing base and ring protection are not concepts of the common criteria. Page 698.