Testing and validation

Testing and validation are 2 important elements for forensics.

External Links

• Computer Forensics Tool Testing Program (CFTT), by NIST
• Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE)
• Evaluating Digital Forensic Tools (DFTs), by Flavien Flandrin, Prof William J. Buchanan, Richard Macfarlane, Bruce Ramsay, Adrian Smales,
• Validation and verification of computer forensic software tools — Searching Function, by Yinghua Guo, Jill Slay, Jason Beckett, September 2009
• Forensic Science Regulator Guidance: Method Validation in Digital Forensics, by Crown, 2020
• Testing digital forensic data processing tools, by Joachim Metz, September 25, 2020
• 25 Days, 25 Questions: Part 4 – Lab And Tool Standards, by Forensic Focus, November 2, 2020

Standards

• ISO/IEC 27037:2012 Information technology — Security techniques — Guidelines for identification, collection, acquisition and preservation of digital evidence
• ISO/IEC 27041:2015 Information technology — Security techniques — Guidance on assuring suitability and adequacy of incident investigative method
• ISO/IEC 27042:2015 Information technology — Security techniques — Guidelines for the analysis and interpretation of digital evidence
• ISO/IEC 27043:2015 Information technology — Security techniques — Incident investigation principles and processes
• ISO/IEC 17025 TESTING AND CALIBRATION LABORATORIES