Digital Forensics in the Cloud

Abstract

Today's cloud computing architectures often lack support for computer forensic investigations. Besides this, the existing digital forensics tools cannot cope with the dynamic nature of the cloud. This paper explores the challenges of digital forensics in the cloud, possible attacks on cloud-evidence, and mitigation strategies against those challenges.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA590911

Entities

People

  • Ragib Hasan
  • Shams Zawoad

Organizations

  • University of Alabama

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cloud Computing
  • Cloud Storage
  • Commerce
  • Computational Forensics
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Centers
  • Denial Of Service Attack
  • Electronic Mail
  • Health Care
  • Homeland Security
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Software Development

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Systems Analysis and Design