McCoy, Mark R.Hegstrom, Kristina Y.2020-07-092020-07-092016(AlmaMMSId)9982528977202196https://hdl.handle.net/11244/325010The need for greater focus on the validation and verification of tools has become more evident in recent years. The research in this area has been minimal. Continued research regarding the validation of digital forensics tools is necessary to help meet demands from both the law enforcement and scientific communities and to bring digital forensics in line with other forensic disciplines (as cited in Guo, et al., 2009). One of the most effective ways to perform validation and verification of digital forensics tools is to enlist the use of standardized data sets, also known as forensic corpora. This study focused on the use of forensic corpora to validate the file carving function of a common digital forensics tool, Access Data's Forensic Tool Kit (FTK). The study centers specifically on FTK's ability to recover data on solid-state drives (SSDs). The goal of this study was to both evaluate the use of forensic corpora in the validation and verification of digital forensic tools, as well as a serve as a validation study of FTK's carving function on solid-state drives.All rights reserved by the author, who has granted UCO Chambers Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its online repositories. Contact UCO Chambers Library's Digital Initiatives Working Group at diwg@uco.edu for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material.Forensic sciencesComputer securityAcademic thesesComputer scienceCriminologyDigital forensicsFile carvingForensic corporaForensic scienceForensic Tool KitSolid state(OCoLC)ocn982291705