Cloud Evidence Collection

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Cloud Evidence Collection

Cloud environments present unique challenges for evidence collection:

Cloud Collection Considerations:

  • Shared responsibility model
  • Multi-tenancy concerns
  • Geographic distribution
  • API-based access
  • Rapid resource provisioning/deprovisioning

Cloud Evidence Sources:

  • Compute Instances: Snapshots, memory dumps
  • Storage Services: Object versioning, access logs
  • Network Logs: Flow logs, load balancer logs
  • Identity Logs: Authentication events, API calls
  • Configuration: Resource settings, security groups

Cloud Provider Tools:

  • AWS: CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, S3 access logging
  • Azure: Activity Logs, NSG Flow Logs, Storage Analytics
  • GCP: Cloud Audit Logs, VPC Flow Logs, Stackdriver