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A Meta-model for Assisting a Cloud Forensics Process

Authors : Stavros Simou, Christos Kalloniatis, Haralambos Mouratidis, Stefanos Gritzalis

Published in: Risks and Security of Internet and Systems

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Cloud forensics introduce processes for resolving incidents occurring in cloud computing environments. However, designing cloud services capable to assist a cloud investigation process is of vital importance and recent research efforts concentrate on these directions. In addition, digital forensics methods cannot support a cloud investigation since cloud environments introduce many differences compared to traditional IT environments. This paper moves current research one step further by identifying the major concepts, actors and their relationships that participating in a cloud forensics process through the introduction of a new meta-model. The paper presents a running example as well for better understanding the suggested concepts.

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Metadata
Title
A Meta-model for Assisting a Cloud Forensics Process
Authors
Stavros Simou
Christos Kalloniatis
Haralambos Mouratidis
Stefanos Gritzalis
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Risks and Security of Internet and Systems

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-31810-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-31811-0

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31811-0_11

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