Forensics as a Service

2013 ◽  
pp. 266-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Rav Gagan Shende
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Cloud Provider ◽  
Technology System ◽  
Cloud Forensics ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Cloud Computing Services ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Information Technology System

In today’s dynamic information technology system, one area of tremendous focus and recent growth has been that of the cloud-computing model in its various offerings. With this growth, however, come new challenges within the realms of e-discovery and digital forensics, as we traditionally know it. The rapid growth of cloud-computing services and the rate of acceptance and use by consumers are on the rise. Conversely, both legitimate and illegitimate activates can leverage the resources of the cloud to execute their operations. With the challenges growing to combat computer crime that utilizes the cloud ecosystem and the ease of which a criminal activity may be hidden using a cloud service, it is imperative that a cloud provider dedicate time, training, budget, and other resources to provide the facility for forensic investigators as well as law enforcement to combat this threat. The Cloud-Forensics-as-a-Service (FRaaS) model introduced later in this chapter can provide a comprehensive cloud forensics solution for creating a repeatable system. Such a system could be implemented as a standard forensics operational model for deployment within the cloud ecosystem regardless of environments and client service lines.

Business in the Cloud: Research Questions on Governance, Audit, and Assurance

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela J. Schmidt ◽  
Jason T. Wood ◽  
Severin V. Grabski
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Cloud Provider ◽  
Tight Coupling ◽  
Business Environments ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Cloud Computing Services ◽  
Research Questions

ABSTRACTCloud computing services are finding rapid adoption as organizations seek cost reduction, technical expertise, flexibility, and adaptable mechanisms to attain advantages in fast-moving business environments. The related considerations of governance, audit, and assurance of cloud computing services might be inadvertently overlooked in a rush to adopt these cloud services. This paper focuses on cloud computing governance and audit issues by presenting research questions informed by both practice and research. A cloud computing ecosystem is presented and an IT Governance framework (Wilkin and Chenhall 2010) is referenced as a means to structure research questions. Key issues of risk, security, monitoring, control, and compliance should be considered early in the cloud services decision process. The tight coupling of intercompany operations between the cloud client and cloud provider(s) forms an interdependent, operationally coupled ecosystem. Planned governance is needed to achieve a well-governed, functional, and secure cloud computing environment. The audit role is complicated when the organization's financial data and/or critical applications are hosted externally with a cloud service provider that may use other cloud service providers.

Cloud-Based Platforms and Infrastructures

2017 ◽  
pp. 47-90
Author(s):  
Marcus Tanque
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Virtual Machines ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Resource Provisioning ◽  
Virtual Networks ◽  
Network Resources ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Service Models ◽  
Cloud Computing Services ◽  
Shared Network

Cloud computing consists of three fundamental service models: infrastructure-as-a-service, platform-as-a service and software-as-a-service. The technology “cloud computing” comprises four deployment models: public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud and community cloud. This chapter describes the six cloud service and deployment models, the association each of these services and models have with physical/virtual networks. Cloud service models are designed to power storage platforms, infrastructure solutions, provisioning and virtualization. Cloud computing services are developed to support shared network resources, provisioned between physical and virtual networks. These solutions are offered to organizations and consumers as utilities, to support dynamic, static, network and database provisioning processes. Vendors offer these resources to support day-to-day resource provisioning amid physical and virtual machines.

SLA (Service Level Agreement) Driven Orchestration Based New Methodology for Cloud Computing Services

2013 ◽  
Vol 660 ◽  
pp. 196-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Irfan ◽  
Zhu Hong ◽  
Nueraimaiti Aimaier ◽  
Zhu Guo Li
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Service Level Agreement ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Cloud Service Providers ◽  
Cloud Computing Services

Cloud Computing is not a revolution; it’s an evolution of computer science and technology emerging by leaps and bounds, in order to merge all computer science tools and technologies. Cloud Computing technology is hottest to do research and explore new horizons of next generations of Computer Science. There are number of cloud services providers (Amazon EC2), Rackspace Cloud, Terremark and Google Compute Engine) but still enterprises and common users have a number of concerns over cloud service providers. Still there is lot of weakness, challenges and issues are barrier for cloud service providers in order to provide cloud services according to SLA (Service Level agreement). Especially, service provisioning according to SLAs is core objective of each cloud service provider with maximum performance as per SLA. We have identified those challenges issues, as well as proposed new methodology as “SLA (Service Level Agreement) Driven Orchestration Based New Methodology for Cloud Computing Services”. Currently, cloud service providers are using “orchestrations” fully or partially to automate service provisioning but we are trying to integrate and drive orchestration flows from SLAs. It would be new approach to provision cloud service and deliver cloud service as per SLA, satisfying QoS standards.

scholarly journals Advancing Cloud Network Management with Smart Monitoring Technique

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 495-500
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Cloud Infrastructure ◽  
Network Layers ◽  
Monitoring Model ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Cloud Monitoring ◽  
Cloud Computing Services ◽  
Cloud Network

The proliferation of Cloud Computing has opened new and attractive offerings for consumers. Cloud Service Providers promote and market packages of cloud computing services that cater to diverse opportunities and user applications. While this has obvious advantages, there are certain factors that are a cause for concern. Monitoring the underlying infrastructure that supports the entire fabric of cloud computing is an aspect that requires a great deal of attention. The aspect of monitoring takes on a great deal of significance when performance and robustness of cloud service on offer is taken into consideration. Although research has been conducted into various cloud computing monitoring techniques, there is scope and room yet for an integrated cloud monitoring solution that can fulfill the requirements of cloud administrators to ensure optimal performance of the underlying infrastructure of a cloud computing network. In this paper, we propose a unified monitoring model that is essentially a composite framework involving hardware and network layers. Studies conducted during our experiments suggest that our unified cloud monitoring approach can significantly aid in reducing overall carbon emissions while helping meeting compliance and audit norms by ensuring that the underlying cloud infrastructure is monitored closely

scholarly journals Investigation on the Services of Private Cloud Computing by Using ADAM Method

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 2387
Author(s):  
Nur Widiyasono ◽  
Imam Riadi ◽  
Ahmad Luthfie
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Laboratory Simulation ◽  
Private Cloud ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Cloud Computing Services ◽  
Private Cloud Computing

<p>Cloud services are offered by many cloud service providers, but in for large companies generally are build  by a private cloud computing. In cloud systems of abuse it can be done by internal users or due to misconfiguration or may also refer to weaknesses in the system. This study evaluated the ADAM method (Advanced Data Acquisition Model) and tested the case schemes which are being carried out in the laboratory simulation of the process in order to obtain forensic evidence of digital data on private cloud computing services. Referring to the results of the investigation process by using ADAM Method, it can be verified that there are several parameters of the success investigation including the structure of files, files, time stamp, mac-address, IP address, username password, and the data from a server both from the desktop PC or smartphone, therefore the investigation by using ADAM can be succesed properly and correctly. Another contribution of this study was to identify the weaknesses of the service system that used owncloud in users list of the the same group can change another’s user’s passwod.</p>

Cloud-Based Platforms and Infrastructures

2019 ◽  
pp. 84-126
Author(s):  
Marcus Tanque
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Virtual Machines ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Resource Provisioning ◽  
Virtual Networks ◽  
Network Resources ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Service Models ◽  
Cloud Computing Services ◽  
Shared Network

Cloud computing consists of three fundamental service models: infrastructure-as-a-service, platform-as-a service and software-as-a-service. The technology “cloud computing” comprises four deployment models: public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud and community cloud. This chapter describes the six cloud service and deployment models, the association each of these services and models have with physical/virtual networks. Cloud service models are designed to power storage platforms, infrastructure solutions, provisioning and virtualization. Cloud computing services are developed to support shared network resources, provisioned between physical and virtual networks. These solutions are offered to organizations and consumers as utilities, to support dynamic, static, network and database provisioning processes. Vendors offer these resources to support day-to-day resource provisioning amid physical and virtual machines.

Government Cloud Procurement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin McGillivray
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Data Privacy ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
Legal Requirements ◽  
Privacy Law ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Cloud Computing Services

In Government Cloud Procurement, Kevin McGillivray explores the question of whether governments can adopt cloud computing services and still meet their legal requirements and other obligations to citizens. The book focuses on the interplay between the technical properties of cloud computing services and the complex legal requirements applicable to cloud adoption and use. The legal issues evaluated include data privacy law (GDPR and the US regime), jurisdictional issues, contracts, and transnational private law approaches to addressing legal requirements. McGillivray also addresses the unique position of governments when they outsource core aspects of their information and communications technology to cloud service providers. His analysis is supported by extensive research examining actual cloud contracts obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. With the demand for cloud computing on the rise, this study fills a gap in legal literature and offers guidance to organizations considering cloud computing.

Forecast Cloudy—Fair or Stormy Weather: Cloud Computing Insights and Issues

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-46
Author(s):  
Kimberly Swanson Church ◽  
Pamela J. Schmidt ◽  
Kemi Ajayi
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Accounting Information Systems ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Stormy Weather ◽  
Cloud Computing Services ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT To engage theory and practice of cloud computing in business, the third annual Journal of Information Systems Conference (JISC) brought together 29 academic researchers and 14 practitioners. This commentary reviews and synthesizes discussions and insights provided by three keynote presentations and panel discussions. In addition to sharing insights from the conference, this commentary identifies major themes, incorporates relevant current literature, and suggests potential research questions expressed by practitioners. The JISC emphasized the impact of the rapid maturing of cloud computing services on accounting information systems (AIS). Several recurring themes emerged throughout the conference: (1) rapid growth and evolution of cloud managed services, (2) security, privacy, and risk in the cloud ecosystem, (3) impact of cloud computing for data analytics, and (4) emerging and disruptive financial technologies and trends for the cloud. Most of the discussion surrounding these themes predominantly focused on the perspectives of cloud assurance and cloud service providers.

Investigation on the Services of Private Cloud Computing by Using ADAM Method

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 2387
Author(s):  
Nur Widiyasono ◽  
Imam Riadi ◽  
Ahmad Luthfie
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Laboratory Simulation ◽  
Private Cloud ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Cloud Computing Services ◽  
Private Cloud Computing

<p>Cloud services are offered by many cloud service providers, but in for large companies generally are build  by a private cloud computing. In cloud systems of abuse it can be done by internal users or due to misconfiguration or may also refer to weaknesses in the system. This study evaluated the ADAM method (Advanced Data Acquisition Model) and tested the case schemes which are being carried out in the laboratory simulation of the process in order to obtain forensic evidence of digital data on private cloud computing services. Referring to the results of the investigation process by using ADAM Method, it can be verified that there are several parameters of the success investigation including the structure of files, files, time stamp, mac-address, IP address, username password, and the data from a server both from the desktop PC or smartphone, therefore the investigation by using ADAM can be succesed properly and correctly. Another contribution of this study was to identify the weaknesses of the service system that used owncloud in users list of the the same group can change another’s user’s passwod.</p>

scholarly journals DETERMINANTS OF CLOUD COMPUTING ADOPTION BY ROMANIAN SMES IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 798-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Violeta Mihaela Dincă ◽  
Alina Mihaela Dima ◽  
Zoltán Rozsa
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Cloud Computing Services ◽  
Service Introduction ◽  
Main Components

The purpose of this paper is to explore the process of Cloud Computing adoption within Romanian Small and Medium sized Enterprises in the digital age. Most of the scientific papers related to this topic examine the general outlook of cloud computing implementation in Romania and focus on the use of the afore-mentioned technologies by large scale companies. In order to identify the factors that have an influence over the choice of Romanian SMEs to adopt cloud computing technology, a conceptual model has been set forth. The model’s dependent variable is the choice of the company’s management to implement cloud computing technologies. Five different independent types of variable structures which have an effect on the adoption of cloud computing within SMEs were identified. The five categories of variables are competition & government, ICT providers & firm departments, employee, manager and technological factors. Each of these categories of determinants encompasses at their turn two or more constructs. An online survey tested the model based on the responses of managers and directors from 198 Romanian SMEs from the cities of Bucharest and Cluj. The validity of the model was performed by completing factor analysis and reliability tests of the data; a logistic regression analysis was deployed to test the research hypotheses. The results emphasized that the managers’ know-how on cloud computing and the perceived costs of implementing the technology represent the main components influencing the spreading of cloud computing among Romanian SMEs. This study makes a valuable contribution to the academic environment but to businesses as well. The model can be used to examine the implementation of different innovative applications. Companies which offer cloud computing services could take advantage of the outcomes of this study to expand the degree of cloud service introduction among SMEs.

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