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Impact of Cloud Computing on Digital Forensic Investigations

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As cloud computing gains a firm foothold as an information technology (IT) business solution, an increasing number of enterprises are considering it as a possible migration route for their IT infrastructures and business operations. The centralization of data in the cloud has not gone unnoticed by criminal elements and, as such, data centers and cloud providers have become targets for attack. Traditional digital forensic methodologies are not well suited to cloud computing environments because of the use of remote storage and virtualization technologies. The task of imaging potential evidence is further complicated by evolving cloud environments and services such as infrastructure as a service (IaaS), software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS). The implementation of forensics as a service (FaaS) appears to be the only workable solution, but until standards are formulated and implemented by service providers, the only option will be to use traditional forensic tools and rely on service level agreements to facilitate the extraction of digital evidence on demand. This paper explores the effect that cloud computing has on traditional digital forensic investigations and proposes some approaches to help improve cloud forensic investigations.
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hal-01460613 , version 1 (07-02-2017)

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Stephen O’shaughnessy, Anthony Keane. Impact of Cloud Computing on Digital Forensic Investigations. 9th International Conference on Digital Forensics (DF), Jan 2013, Orlando, FL, United States. pp.291-303, ⟨10.1007/978-3-642-41148-9_20⟩. ⟨hal-01460613⟩
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