Cloud computing and computer forensics for business applications

The paper reviews issues related to teaching computer forensics with Cloud Computing. It examines the key issues that Computer Forensics is facing today and the challenges and opportunities that Cloud Computing brings for computer forensics. Computing can be seen in all basic tasks of Computer Forensic Investigation: Data Acquisition and Validation, Bookmaking data, File Signature Analysis and Hash Analysis, Analysis of Data, securing evidence files and reporting. Colleges and universit y are beginning to identify and manage applications and services available through Cloud Computing. For example, Ohio State University and many other universities (Indiana University 2009 Teaching, administrative support, and research. IBM and Google had started programs on college campuses to promote computer known as “clouds” Teaching Com puter Forensics in Cloud Computing environment offers opportunities far beyond traditional computer forensics at the advance edge of technological innovations.