Cloud forensics definitions and critical criteria for cloud forensic capability: An overview of survey results

Ruan, Keyun; Carthy, Joe; Kechadi, Tahar; Baggili, Ibrahim

doi:10.1016/j.diin.2013.02.004

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“…Other interesting results were published in Ruan et al (2013), where the survey was designed and focused on cloud forensics. Readers can refer to the original survey for further questionnaire results.…”

Section: Questionnaire-based Surveymentioning

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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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Section: Questionnaire-based Surveymentioning

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

Almulla

Iraqi

Jones

2014

JDFSL

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“…The potential benefits and challenges of cloud computing for digital forensic investigations have been discussed by several authors (Biggs & Vidalis, 2009Reilly, Wren, & Berry, 2010;Ruan, Baggili, Carthy, & Kechadi, 2011;Ruan, Carthy, Kechadi, & Crosbie, 2011;Taylor, Haggerty, Gresty, & Hegarty, 2010;Wolthusen, 2009). Reilly et al (2010) speculate that one potential benefit of cloud computing is having data in a centralized location, which can mean incidents can be investigated more quickly.…”

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Calm Before the Storm

Grispos

Storer

Glisson

2012

International Journal of Digital Crime and Forensics

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Cloud computing is a rapidly evolving information technology (IT) phenomenon. Rather than procure, deploy and manage a physical IT infrastructure to host their software applications, organizations are increasingly deploying their infrastructure into remote, virtualized environments, often hosted and managed by third parties. This development has significant implications for digital forensic investigators, equipment vendors, law enforcement, as well as corporate compliance and audit departments (among others). Much of digital forensic practice assumes careful control and management of IT assets (particularly data storage) during the conduct of an investigation. This paper summarises the key aspects of cloud computing and analyses how established digital forensic procedures will be invalidated in this new environment. Several new research challenges addressing this changing context are also identified and discussed.

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“…Indeed, a recent cloud forensics survey [17] revealed that more than 80% of the respondents who were familiar with digital forensics expressed the need for "a procedure and a set of toolkits to proactively collect forensic-relevant data in the cloud is important". In order for any system to be forensically ready, two main objectives must be satisfied: maximizing the ability to acquire digital evidence, and reducing the costs of any digital forensics investigations [18].…”

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A Framework for Cloud Forensic Readiness in Organizations

Alenezi

Hussein

Walters

et al. 2017

2017 5th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Cloud Computing, Services, and Engineering (MobileCloud)

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Abstract-Many have argued that cloud computing is one of the fastest growing and most transformative technologies in the history of computing. It has radically changed the way in which information technologies can manage, access, deliver and create services. It has also brought numerous benefits to end-users and organizations. However, this rapid growth in cloud computing adoption has also seen it become a new arena for cybercrime. This has, in turn, led to new technical, legal and organizational challenges. In addition to the large number of attacks which affect cloud computing and the decentralized nature of data processing in the cloud, many concerns have been raised. One of these concerns is how to conduct a proper digital investigation in cloud environments and be ready to collect data proactively before an incident occurs in order to save time, money and effort. This paper proposes the technical, legal and organizational factors that influence digital forensic readiness for Infrastructure as a Service consumers.

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Cloud forensics definitions and critical criteria for cloud forensic capability: An overview of survey results

Cited by 162 publications

References 4 publications

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

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

Calm Before the Storm

A Framework for Cloud Forensic Readiness in Organizations

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