Cloud Forensics: Threat Assessment and Proposed Mitigations

Cloud Computing is a broad but ambiguous term that can refer to a variety of dynamically allocated services. Cloud Computing may be viewed as a two-edged sword in terms of law enforcement and forensic inquiry. On the one hand, acquiring digital evidence from cloud sources may present difficult technological and inter-jurisdictional legal challenges. Using cloud storage and processing capabilities, on the other hand, can help to speed up the forensics process and focus the investigation on significant evidence earlier in the investigation. It is possible that traditional evidence gathering and recovery methods may no longer be relevant in the cloud due to the dispersed nature of data processing. Because of the dynamic genre of Cloud Computing, digital forensics has had to deal with new issues. Throughout this article, the foundations of Cloud Computing architecture will be discussed in depth. As well as that, we give thorough research of forensic threats in Cloud Computing and provide viable solutions.