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Cloud Digital Forensics Evaluation and Crimes Detection
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
  • Raja Jabir, Zayed University
  • Omar Alfandi, Zayed University
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Abstract

© 2018, ICST Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. Cloud computing is one of the significant topics of today’s era; due to the enhancement it brings to the Information Technology world. This transformation lead to its rapid adoption by different sectors, ranging from enterprise to personal usage. Organizations are constantly looking for ways to increase productivity with optimum cost; which derived the need for Cloud environments and its underlying virtualized infrastructure. With the increase usage of Cloud based infrastructure, criminals utilized its anonymity factor to hide their criminal activities; escaping from legal actions. This paper highlights the obstacles experienced during Cloud virtual layer forensics acquisition and analysis, due to lack of specialized forensics tools. We have developed a framework to aid in assessing the virtual environment readiness for forensics investigation and examine the applicability of existing state-of-the-art forensics tools to Cloud environment. The paper reveals the need for having specialized forensics tools for Cloud infrastructure forensics.

ISBN
9783319678368
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Disciplines
Keywords
  • Cloud computing,
  • Cloud forensics,
  • Digital forensics,
  • Dropbox,
  • Forensics analysis,
  • Virtual layer
Scopus ID
85032704271
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
No
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67837-5_16
Citation Information
Raja Jabir and Omar Alfandi. "Cloud Digital Forensics Evaluation and Crimes Detection" Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST Vol. 206 (2018) p. 171 - 180 ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/1867-8211" target="_blank">1867-8211</a>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/omar-alfandi/17/