A framework for designing cloud forensic-enabled services (CFeS)

Simou, Stavros; Kalloniatis, Christos; Gritzalis, Stefanos; Katos, Vasilios

doi:10.1007/s00766-018-0289-y

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“…al. [9] provided A Comparative Study which shows awareness about log analysis over cloud forensics methods. Authors suggested Boolean and Euclidian cryptography methods to secure log data because log data is most important data to make successful process of cloud forensics.…”

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“…A method that was inspired from VM introspection [9] was suggested so that all the snapshots of the VM can be stored in sequential manner. This method was beneficial for digital provenance, isolation of cloud instance, prevention of data corruption by third party so that integrity can be preserved.…”

Section: Cloud Forensic Techniques Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A hybrid approach was suggested by authors [9] to examine different components in cloud environments to find illegal activities inside the cloud. Basically this approach was based on three techniques known as swap space analysis, conjunctive delivery model, terminated process based approach.…”

Section: Cloud Forensic Techniques Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) [9], cloud computing forensic science is defined as "the application of scientific principles, technological practices and derived and proven methods to reconstruct past cloud computing events through identification, collection, preservation, examination, interpretation and reporting of digital evidence".…”

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“…A generic methodology to build cloud forensic-enabled services (CFeS) (Simou et. al., 2018) There was a gap in the field of cloud forensics as there was no methodology to cloud forensics enabled services.…”

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Review of Cloud Forensics: Challenges, Solutions and Comparative Analysis

Jain¹,

Mahalkari²

2019

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Every technology has some benefits and some limitations. Cloud computing has its own set of them. Cloud computing has various advantages i.e. reliability, cost effective, scalability, fault tolerance, backup. But there are also some security issues in cloud computing because data is stored on worldwide platform. Many attackers can use cloud services to create vulnerability in the cloud system. There are some forensics tools implemented to find information about these attacks in cloud environment. This complete process to find evidence in cloud environment is known as cloud forensics. This paper presents a study about cloud forensics methods, technology used, comparative study to provide awareness of tools, methods, challenges in cloud forensics. This information will help to find new techniques to improve forensics process in cloud forensics.

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Review of Cloud Forensics: Challenges, Solutions and Comparative Analysis

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Mahalkari²

2019

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Forensic experts' view of forensic‐ready software systems: A qualitative study

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Bühnová

Pitner

2023

J Software Evolu Process

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Software engineers widely acknowledge the inclusion of security requirements in the early stages of the development process. However, the need to prepare the software for the failure of the implemented security controls and subsequent investigation of the incident is often not discussed. Forensic‐ready software systems represent an evolution of secure systems being designed for the eventual digital forensic investigation. However, their exact properties remain largely unexplored, beyond preliminary high‐level conceptualizations of requirements and capabilities. Further obstacles hindering the adoption of forensic‐ready software systems are the different priorities and goals of involved parties and a gap in the digital forensics expertise of software engineers. In this paper, we conduct an empirical qualitative study identifying the problems and needs of forensic readiness while framing the notion of an ideal forensic‐ready software system and how it should treat potential evidence. To this end, we conducted semisupervised interviews with digital forensics experts on their idea, experience, and suggestions. The results provide insights into the needs of the experts to facilitate the definition of correct requirements towards forensic‐ready software systems to support the anticipated investigations properly.

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A Revised Forensic Process for Aligning the Investigation Process with the Design of Forensic-Enabled Cloud Services

Simou

Kalloniatis

Gritzalis

et al. 2019

Communications in Computer and Information Science

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The design and implementation of cloud services, without taking under consideration the forensic requirements and the investigation process, makes the acquisition and examination of data, complex and demanding. The evidence gathered from the cloud may not become acceptable and admissible in the court. A literature gap in supporting software engineers so as to elicit and model forensic-related requirements exists. In order to fill the gap, software engineers should develop cloud services in a forensically sound manner. In this paper, a brief description of the cloud forensic-enabled framework is presented (adding some new elements) so as to understand the role of the design of forensic-enabled cloud services in a cloud forensic investigation. A validation of the forensic requirements is also produced by aligning the stages of cloud forensic investigation process with the framework's forensic requirements. In this way, on one hand, a strong relationship is built between these two elements and emphasis is given to the role of the forensic requirements and their necessity in supporting the investigation process. On the other hand, the alignment assists towards the identification of the degree of the forensic readiness of a cloud service against a forensic investigation.

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A framework for designing cloud forensic-enabled services (CFeS)

Cited by 19 publications

References 33 publications

Review of Cloud Forensics: Challenges, Solutions and Comparative Analysis

Review of Cloud Forensics: Challenges, Solutions and Comparative Analysis

Forensic experts' view of forensic‐ready software systems: A qualitative study

A Revised Forensic Process for Aligning the Investigation Process with the Design of Forensic-Enabled Cloud Services

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