Cloud Forensics: Concepts, Issues, and Challenges

Zargari, Shahrzad; Benford, David

doi:10.1109/eidwt.2012.44

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“…Zagari and Benford [21] in particular point to the fact that Hypervisor log examination is in of itself a challenge considering the disparate and decentralized co-location of the log evidence that could be required to prove the evidence for the investigation. From our view point as forensic system administrators this specific concern is further compounded by the fact that compiling data from these various log sources would need to be checked for data quality at the different collection points [14] relevant to the investigation.…”

Section: Cloud Forensicsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Previous works defined in [20,21,22] highlight some of the major challenges in collecting digital evidence from the data clouds considering the technical, organizational, and legal dimensions involved. Zagari and Benford [21] in particular point to the fact that Hypervisor log examination is in of itself a challenge considering the disparate and decentralized co-location of the log evidence that could be required to prove the evidence for the investigation.…”

Section: Cloud Forensicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cloud computing log forensics-the new frontier

Thorpe

Grandison

Blake

2014

Ieee Southeastcon 2014

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Cloud computing is becoming commonplace in industry. With this rise in adoption and use, there is a growing requirement to enable forensic investigators to collect, analyze and produce evidence that can be used in court cases. Unfortunately, traditional and digital forensics techniques cannot be directly applied to the cloud computing paradigm. In this paper, we explore the need created by cloud computing log forensics, discuss the issues involved, and highlight the unsolved research challenges in the space.

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Section: Cloud Forensicsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Cloud Forensicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cloud computing log forensics-the new frontier

Thorpe

Grandison

Blake

2014

Ieee Southeastcon 2014

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“…The evidence in the cloud is likely to be ephemeral and stored on media beyond the immediate control of the investigator, [27]. As the research is being carried out to establish innovative tools for conducting digital forensics investigations in the cloud, [26], [27], the cloud users can benefit from employing some of the existing forensics applications in the cloud, [35]. Although, the cloud forensics research is still in the primary stages, but by enabling the customers to conduct even a basic forensics investigation in the cloud, such as accessing the log files of their data and recovering the deleted files, the cloud services empower the users to move toward policing their own assets.…”

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confidence: 99%

Policing as a Service in the Cloud

Zargari

Smith

2013

2013 Fourth International Conference on Emerging Intelligent Data and Web Technologies

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Security and Privacy are fundamental concerns in cloud computing both in terms of legal complications and user trust. Cloud computing is a new computing paradigm, aiming to provide reliable, customized, and guaranteed computing dynamic environment for end-users. However, the existing security and privacy issues in the cloud still present a strong barrier for users to adopt cloud computing solutions. This paper investigates the security and privacy challenges in cloud computing in order to explore methods that improve the users' trust in the adaptation of the cloud. Policing As A Service can be offered by the cloud providers with the intention of empowering the users to monitor and guard their assets in the cloud. This service is beneficial both to the cloud providers and the users. However, at first, the cloud providers may only be able to offer basic auditing services due to undeveloped tools and applications. Similar to other services delivered in the cloud, this service can be purchased by the users to gain some control over their data. The sub services of the proposed service can be Privacy As A Service and Forensics As A Service. These services give the cloud users a sense of transparency and having control over their data in the cloud while better security and privacy safeguards are sought

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“…Literature review based papers (Birk & Wegener, 2011;CSA, 2009;George & Mason, 2011;Grispos, Storer, & Glisson, 2012;Hooper, Martini, & Choo, 2013;Marangos, Rizomiliotis, & Mitrou, 2012;Marturana, Me, & Tacconi, 2012;Reilly, Wren, & Berry, 2010;Ruan, Carthy, Kechadi, & Crosbie, 2011;Taylor, Haggerty, Gresty, & Lamb, 2011;Wolthusen, 2009;Zargari & Benford, 2012) pinpointed technical and legal challenges that exist in the cloud computing environment. An additional organizational dimension was discussed by Ruan et.…”

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A State-Of-The-Art Review of Cloud Forensics

Almulla

Iraqi

Jones

2014

JDFSL

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Cloud computing and digital forensics are emerging fields of technology. Unlike traditional digital forensics where the target environment can be almost completely isolated, acquired and can be under the investigators control; in cloud environments, the distribution of computation and storage poses unique and complex challenges to the investigators. Recently, the term "cloud forensics" has an increasing presence in the field of digital forensics. In this state-of-the-art review, we included the most recent research efforts that used "cloud forensics" as a keyword and then classify the literature into three dimensions: (1) survey-based, (2) technology-based and (3) forensics-procedural-based. We discuss widely accepted standard bodies and their efforts to address the current trend of cloud forensics. Our aim is not only to reference related work based on the discussed dimensions, but also to analyse them and generate a mind map that will help in identifying research gaps. Finally, we summarize existing digital forensics tools and the available simulation environments that can be used for evidence acquisition, examination and cloud forensics test purposes.

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Cloud Forensics: Concepts, Issues, and Challenges

Cited by 21 publications

References 3 publications

Cloud computing log forensics-the new frontier

Cloud computing log forensics-the new frontier

Policing as a Service in the Cloud

A State-Of-The-Art Review of Cloud Forensics

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