Logging System for Cloud Computing Forensic Environments

Abstract

Cloud computing represents a rather new technology and a different paradigm in the field of distributed computing that involves more and more researchers. We can see in this context the need to know exactly where, when and how a piece of data is processed or stored. Compared with classic digital forensic, the field of cloud forensic poses a lot of difficulties since data is not stored on a single storage unit and furthermore it involves the use of virtualization technologies.

In this paper we will present in detail a new and novel way of monitoring activity in cloud environments and datacenters using a secure cloud forensic framework. We talk about the architecture of such framework and how can it be applied on top of new or existing cloud computing deployments. Also, for testing and results collecting we have implemented this solution to our previous developed cloud computing system.