Our NATA Accreditation
IV&V Australia’s Test Lab is accredited by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) to ISO 17025, in the field of Information and Communications Technology Testing. ISO 17025 is a standard for the “General requirements for the competency of test and calibration laboratories."
Our scope of accreditation includes:
- Acceptance tests
- Functionality tests
- Stability tests
- Compatibility tests
- Performance tests
- Technical Embedded System tests
- Healthcare Tests
- Secure Message Delivery
- Healthcare Identifiers
Our accreditation also asserts that our test lab complies with ISO 14598.5 Information Technology: Software product evaluation – Process for evaluators.
We are audited by NATA every 2 years to ensure that the quality of our work continues to comply with the terms of our accreditation.
What does the testing involve?
- We write a set of tests for a pre-release version of developed software against its requirements
- We execute the tests - usually a number of dry runs then a final test on the release candidate
- We produce a NATA-endorsed test report.
Why use an accredited test lab?
- By using an accredited lab and a reputable company, you can be confident that your product has been systematically tested and that the results you receive are objective and accurate.
- Our clients find that these independent 3rd-party endorsed reports are very helpful as part of their marketing strategies to their clients and for their submissions to regulatory bodies.