Challenges of Digital Forensics in Cloud Computing Environment

Deevi Radha Rani; Sk  Nazma Sultana  and Pasala Lourdu Sravani

doi:10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i17/93051

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Challenges of Digital Forensics in Cloud Computing Environment

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i17/93051

Year: 2016, Volume: 9, Issue: 17, Pages: 1-7

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Challenges of Digital Forensics in Cloud Computing Environment

Deevi Radha Rani^{1 *}, Sk. Nazma Sultana² and Pasala Lourdu Sravani¹

¹Department of CSE, VFSTR University, Vadlamudi – 522213, Andhra Pradesh, India; [email protected], [email protected] ²Department of IT, VFSTR University, Vadlamudi – 522213, Andhra Pradesh, India; [email protected]

*Author of Corresponding: Deevi Radha Rani Department of CSE, VFSTR University, Vadlamudi – 522213, Andhra Pradesh, India; [email protected]

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Abstract

Cloud computing is becoming most promising technology in recent days. It offers the scalable elastic services to many users at a time and it helps to access the resources quickly from cloud service provider. Digital forensics is part of computer forensics. Various challenges of cloud hinder the process of cloud forensics so that no standard framework for cloud forensics can be designed. This paper gathers the challenges and possible solutions. This paper also presents various challenges in every step of cloud forensics with probable solutions that can mitigate those challenges. This paper also proposed a solution for collecting snapshots as evidence in Eucalyptus Cloud and proposed effective framework for cloud forensics.

Keywords: Cloud Computing System, Cloud Forensics, Digital Forensics Process, Eucalyptus, Snapshot