Cybercrime and Cloud Forensics: Applications for Investigation Processes: Applications for Investigation Processes

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Ruan, Keyun
IGI Global, Dec 31, 2012 - Law - 348 pages

While cloud computing continues to transform developments in information technology services, these advancements have contributed to a rise in cyber attacks; producing an urgent need to extend the applications of investigation processes.

Cybercrime and Cloud Forensics: Applications for Investigation Processes presents a collection of research and case studies of applications for investigation processes in cloud computing environments. This reference source brings together the perspectives of cloud customers, security architects, and law enforcement agencies in the developing area of cloud forensics.

 

Contents

Digital Forensic Investigation and Cloud Computing
1
Ethical Hacking and Cloud Forensics
42
Challenges to Digital Forensic Evidence in the Cloud
59
The Emergence of Cloud Storage and the Need for a New Digital Forensic Process Model
79
Integrating Records Management and Digital Forensics
105
Security Architecture and Forensic Awareness in Virtualized Environments
129
Seizing Electronic Evidence from Cloud Computing Environments
156
Legal Process and Requirements for Cloud Forensic Investigations
186
Data Recovery Strategies for Cloud Environments
251
Forensics as a Service
266
Forensics as a Service
291
A ForensicasaService Delivery Platform for Law Enforcement Agencies
313
Designing a ForensicEnabling Cloud Ecosystem
331
Compilation of References
345
About the Contributors
369
Index
375

Compliance in the Cloud and the Implications on Electronic Discovery
230

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About the author (2012)

Keyun Ruan worked as a PhD researcher at the Center of Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Investigation (University College, Dublin) and in cloud forensics at the Cyber Security Research Lab (EADS). She was among the first in the world to work on this emerging area. Professor Ruan has given talks around the world in both academic and industry conferences, including CloudEXPO Europe and Silicon Valley, Cloud Futures held at Microsoft Research Headquarters, Cloud Security Alliance Congress, RSAConference Europe, Campus Party Europe, the ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics Security and Law, the International Conference on Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime, the IFIP International Conference on Digital Forensics. Keyun is now Chairperson and CRO of New York based XENSIX Inc, research scientist at University College Dublin, and research partner at EADS. She is an active member of the Cloud Security Alliance, member of the board of Cloud Security Alliance Ireland, and is leading the Cloud Security Alliance Incident Management and Forensics Working Group. She is an active contributor to the NIST Cloud Computing Program, and a Technical Lead of the NIST Cloud Forensics Working Group. She is also a semi-professional artist and holds a diploma in Art and Design from the National College of Art and Design, Ireland. [Editor]

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