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NIST IR 8006 (Initial Public Draft)

NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Science Challenges

Date Published: June 2014
Comments Due: August 25, 2014 (public comment period is CLOSED)
Email Questions to: nistir8006@nist.gov

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Announcement

This document summarizes the research performed by the members of the NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Science Working Group, and aggregates, categorizes and discusses the forensics challenges faced by experts when responding to incidents that have occurred in a cloud-computing ecosystem. The challenges are presented along with the associated literature that references them. The immediate goal of the document is to begin a dialogue on forensic science concerns in cloud computing ecosystems. The long-term goal of this effort is to gain a deeper understanding of those concerns (challenges) and to identify technologies and standards that can mitigate them.

Abstract

Keywords

Cloud computing forensics; Forensic Science; Forensics; Digital forensics; Forensics challenges
Control Families

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
Draft NISTIR 8006 (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
Comment Template (docx)

Document History:
06/23/14: IR 8006 (Draft)
08/25/20: IR 8006 (Final)

Topics

Technologies

cloud & virtualization

Applications

forensics