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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
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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

Auditing and compliance features in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace

Ensuring the security and compliance of organizational data is a top priority for security professionals and incident responders. Both Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace offer robust sets of features designed to monitor, audit, and secure data while helping organizations meet compliance requirements. Next, we discuss their respective capabilities.

Microsoft 365’s Security and Compliance Center (Microsoft Purview)

Moving forward, we will discuss the core of Microsoft 365’s security mechanisms, focusing on the Security and Compliance Center (now known as Microsoft Purview). Purview is rich in features such as eDiscovery, DLP, and audit logs, all important features that can be leveraged in a digital forensic investigation. Let’s take a closer look at these features:

  • eDiscovery: Microsoft 365 comes with eDiscovery Manager, a feature that enables organizations to search, hold, analyze...