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Voting Systems Testing Summit 2005Sacramento, CA

November 28-29, 2005

Presented by: Brian Phillips

Demystifying the Independent Test Authority (ITA)

                     

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Who is SysTest Labs? Established in 1996Sole Business Focus is to Provide Test Engineering, Quality Assurance and Certification Services

Voting Systems ITA Qualification TestingIndependent Verification and Validation (IV&V)Software Test Engineering Consulting and Services

Accredited Software Independent Test Authority in 2001Accredited Hardware Independent Test Authority in 2004Small and Woman-Owned Business (70+ staff)

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What is an Independent Test Authority?

ITA Charter from NASEDQualification Testing of DRE Election Systems to Voting System Standards3 main components

Election ManagementPolling PlaceCentral Count

Not Exhaustive Testing

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Software ITA Test Standards & Resources

SysTest Labs uses the following to perform ITA Qualification Testing:

Federal Election Commission Voting System Standards published April 2002, Released 2003

SysTest Labs Quality Manual & Standard Procedures (Advanced Test Operations Management™)Various review/report forms, databases, templates, and tools

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Software ITA Process Pre-Qualification Technical Data Package (TDP) review and reportPhysical Configuration Audit - documentation, source code, test result reviewFunctional Configuration Audit – hardware and software testing to verify logic, results and accuracyFinal Qualification Report

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Process after ITA

State Certification County Acceptance Testing

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