Forensic Software Testing Support Tools: Test Plan, Test Design Specification, Test Case Specification

Published

April 1, 2004

Author(s)

Serban I. Gavrila, Elizabeth N. Fong

Abstract

The Computer Forensic Tool Testing (CFTT) project at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, provides a measure of confidence in the software tools used in computer forensic investigation. CFTT focuses on a class of tools called disk-imaging tools that copy or image hard disk drives. Forensic Software Testing Support Tools (FS-TST) is a software package that supports the testing of disk imaging tools. FS-TST includes 15 tools that perform hard disk initialization, faulty disk simulation, hard disk comparisons, extraction of information from the hard disk, and copying of disk or disk partitions. This NIST Interagency/Internal Report consists of two parts. Part A, which is this document, covers the planning, design and specification of testing tools included in the FS-TST package. Part B, which is a companion document, covers the test summary report. The testing was independently performed by VDG, Inc. under contract to NIST.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7103A

Report Number

7103A

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

Keywords

computer forensics, disk imaging, software testing, testing support tools

Citation

Gavrila, S. and Fong, E. (2004), Forensic Software Testing Support Tools: Test Plan, Test Design Specification, Test Case Specification, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed October 10, 2025)