1. Demystifying the Independent Test Authority (ITA)
                     
Voting Systems Testing Summit 2005
Sacramento, CA
November 28-29, 2005
Presented by: Brian Phillips

2. Who is SysTest Labs? Established in 1996
Sole Business Focus is to Provide Test Engineering, Quality Assurance and Certification Services
Voting Systems ITA Qualification Testing
Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)
Software Test Engineering Consulting and Services
Accredited Software Independent Test Authority in 2001
Accredited Hardware Independent Test Authority in 2004
Small and Woman-Owned Business (70+ staff)

3. What is an Independent Test Authority?
ITA Charter from NASED
Qualification Testing of DRE Election Systems to Voting System Standards
3 main components
Election Management
Polling Place
Central Count
Not Exhaustive Testing

4. 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

5. Software ITA Process
Pre-Qualification Technical Data Package (TDP) review and report
Physical Configuration Audit - documentation, source code, test result review
Functional Configuration Audit – hardware and software testing to verify logic, results and accuracy
Final Qualification Report

6. Process after ITA
State Certification
County Acceptance Testing

7. We Test You Succeed
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