Challenges of Cloud Forensics: A Survey of the Missing Capabilities

Cloud computing is radically changing the way information technology services are created, delivered, accessed and managed, as well as the corresponding business models. Keeping pace with the continuous adoption of Cloud computing, a rapidly increasing amount of data is being transferred to and processed by clouds. Trusting massive quantities of data processing to third parties raises security and privacy concerns, which – despite existing mechanisms – turn out to be the main inhibitor for Cloud adoption.