System and method for secure communications between a computer test tool and a cloud-based server

A computer test tool for communicating test data comprising:

• a memory configured to store executable instructions;
• and
• a processor disposed in communication with said memory, wherein said processor upon execution of the instructions performs actions, including:
• perform one or more diagnostic tests on a computer network and generate associated test data;
• cache the test data;
• encrypt the test data;
• append a non-encrypted identification tag to the encrypted test data, wherein the non-encrypted identification tag identifies the test data;
• transmit a copy of the encrypted test data to a plurality of communication devices over communication links that are distinct from the computer network being tested, wherein the transmitted encrypted test data is configured to be decrypted by a cloud-based server in communication with at least one of the communication devices over a wireless network that is distinct from the communication links between the computer test tool and the plurality of communication devices and the computer network being tested;
• and
• in response to receiving from the cloud-based server an acknowledgment that the cloud-based server received the encrypted test data, provide an instruction to each of the plurality of communication devices to delete the encrypted test data having the identification tag so that the plurality of communication devices no longer transmit the encrypted test data to the cloud-based server.

A cloud-based server for providing data communication, comprising:

• a memory configured to store executable instructions;
• and
• a processor disposed in communication with said memory, wherein said processor upon execution of the instructions performs actions, including:
• encrypt control or configuration data that is associated with operation of a computer test device to perform a diagnostic test on a computer network;
• transmit a copy of the control or configuration data to each of a plurality of communication devices via corresponding first communication connections for forwarding to the computer test device via second communication connections, wherein the first and second communication connections are distinct from the computer network being tested by the computer test device;
• in response to receiving an acknowledgment that the computer test device received the control or configuration data, provide an instruction to each of the plurality of communication devices to delete the copies of the control or configuration data so that the plurality of communication devices no longer transmit the encrypted test data to the cloud-based server;
• receive encrypted test data from at least one communication device of the plurality of communication devices upon establishment of communication of the at least one communication device with the cloud-based server via a corresponding first communication connection, wherein the test data is captured during the diagnostic test performed on the computer network by the computer test device, cached and encrypted in the computer test device to be decrypted in the cloud-based server, and transmitted by the computer test device to the plurality of communication devices upon establishment of a corresponding second communication connection between the plurality of communication devices and the computer test device;
• and
• decrypt the encrypted test data.