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Cloud Forensics Demystified

By : Ganesh Ramakrishnan, Mansoor Haqanee
Book Image

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
6
Part 2: Forensic Readiness: Tools, Techniques, and Preparation for Cloud Forensics
10
Part 3: Cloud Forensic Analysis – Responding to an Incident in the Cloud

Other cloud service providers

While AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP dominate the cloud service provider market, there are also other options available for organizations. Oracle Cloud, IBM Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, Rackspace, and DigitalOcean are some examples of less common cloud service providers. Each provider offers essential cloud services, such as creating virtual images and virtual networks, cloud storage, and database services—these are the same services we discussed previously for AWS, Azure, and GCP. Oracle Cloud, for instance, provides comprehensive cloud computing solutions, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, while IBM Cloud offers a hybrid cloud platform that integrates with private and public clouds. Alibaba Cloud is the largest cloud provider in China, while Rackspace provides managed cloud services, and DigitalOcean focuses on simple cloud infrastructure for developers.