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Data Recovery Strategies for Cloud Environments

Data Recovery Strategies for Cloud Environments

Theodoros Spyridopoulos, Vasilios Katos
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781466626621|ISBN10: 1466626623|EISBN13: 9781466626935
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2662-1.ch010
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Spyridopoulos, Theodoros, and Vasilios Katos. "Data Recovery Strategies for Cloud Environments." Cybercrime and Cloud Forensics: Applications for Investigation Processes, edited by Keyun Ruan, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 251-265. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2662-1.ch010

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Spyridopoulos, T. & Katos, V. (2013). Data Recovery Strategies for Cloud Environments. In K. Ruan (Ed.), Cybercrime and Cloud Forensics: Applications for Investigation Processes (pp. 251-265). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2662-1.ch010

Chicago

Spyridopoulos, Theodoros, and Vasilios Katos. "Data Recovery Strategies for Cloud Environments." In Cybercrime and Cloud Forensics: Applications for Investigation Processes, edited by Keyun Ruan, 251-265. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2662-1.ch010

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Abstract

Data acquisition and data recovery are essential to any e-discovery or digital forensic process. However, these two aspects seem to be considerably difficult in a cloud-computing environment. The very nature of the Cloud raises a number of technical and organizational challenges, which renders traditional approaches and tools inapplicable. Resource pooling, rapid elasticity, and geographical distribution of data are only a small part of the Cloud’s features that hinder the forensic investigation. At the same time, there is significant absence of forensic readiness in cloud computing policy framework. In this chapter, the authors discuss the challenges pertaining to data acquisition in a cloud environment and discuss possible directions for meeting these challenges by presenting representative cases and sketching acquisition process and scenarios.

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