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Calm Before the Storm: The Challenges of Cloud Computing in Digital Forensics

Calm Before the Storm: The Challenges of Cloud Computing in Digital Forensics

George Grispos, Tim Storer, William Bradley Glisson
Copyright: © 2012 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 21
ISSN: 1941-6210|EISSN: 1941-6229|EISBN13: 9781466611603|DOI: 10.4018/jdcf.2012040103
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Grispos, George, et al. "Calm Before the Storm: The Challenges of Cloud Computing in Digital Forensics." IJDCF vol.4, no.2 2012: pp.28-48. http://doi.org/10.4018/jdcf.2012040103

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Grispos, G., Storer, T., & Glisson, W. B. (2012). Calm Before the Storm: The Challenges of Cloud Computing in Digital Forensics. International Journal of Digital Crime and Forensics (IJDCF), 4(2), 28-48. http://doi.org/10.4018/jdcf.2012040103

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Grispos, George, Tim Storer, and William Bradley Glisson. "Calm Before the Storm: The Challenges of Cloud Computing in Digital Forensics," International Journal of Digital Crime and Forensics (IJDCF) 4, no.2: 28-48. http://doi.org/10.4018/jdcf.2012040103

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Abstract

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, amongst other organizations. 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, as well as discussing and identifying several new research challenges addressing this changing context.

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