The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Website: https://www.nist.gov/itl/ssd/software-quality-group/computer-forensics-tool-testing-program-cftt ) has a rigorous testing program for computer forensic tools and equipment.
Assignment Instructions
Write a paper that addresses these three sections:
1.) Provide an overview of the NIST Computer Forensic Tool Testing (CFTT) program and its usefulness to computer forensic investigators.
2.) Describe in detail the work that NIST has done in testing "disk imaging" and "deleted file recovery" tools.
3.) Describe the significance and importance of the various computer forensic offerings from NIST.