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Cloud Forensics Demystified

By : Ganesh Ramakrishnan, Mansoor Haqanee
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Cloud Forensics Demystified

By: Ganesh Ramakrishnan, Mansoor Haqanee

Overview of this book

As organizations embrace cloud-centric environments, it becomes imperative for security professionals to master the skills of effective cloud investigation. Cloud Forensics Demystified addresses this pressing need, explaining how to use cloud-native tools and logs together with traditional digital forensic techniques for a thorough cloud investigation. The book begins by giving you an overview of cloud services, followed by a detailed exploration of the tools and techniques used to investigate popular cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Progressing through the chapters, you’ll learn how to investigate Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and containerized environments such as Kubernetes. Throughout, the chapters emphasize the significance of the cloud, explaining which tools and logs need to be enabled for investigative purposes and demonstrating how to integrate them with traditional digital forensic tools and techniques to respond to cloud security incidents. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to handle security breaches in cloud-based environments and have a comprehensive understanding of the essential cloud-based logs vital to your investigations. This knowledge will enable you to swiftly acquire and scrutinize artifacts of interest in cloud security incidents.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Part 1: Cloud Fundamentals
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Part 2: Forensic Readiness: Tools, Techniques, and Preparation for Cloud Forensics
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Part 3: Cloud Forensic Analysis – Responding to an Incident in the Cloud

eDiscovery considerations and legal guidance

eDiscovery, or electronic discovery, refers to identifying, collecting, preserving, and producing data stored in digital formats or electronic storage as part of a legal or regulatory investigation. This includes searching for electronically stored information (ESI) such as emails, documents, datasets, and any other digital content with specialized tools and software. The legal framework and guidelines for eDiscovery are constantly evolving, but there are several key standards and guidelines that are widely recognized and used in the industry. In digital forensics, ESI plays a key role in investigating digital crimes or intellectual property theft. Digital forensic investigators rely on ESI for reconstructing the activities of a threat actor, determining the source of the breach, or identifying any suspects. eDiscovery is a critical component of this process as it requires investigators to collect, preserve, and analyze in a forensically...