Cloud Digital Forensic Readiness: An Open Source Approach to Law Enforcement Request Management

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Main Authors: Akilal, Abdellah, Kechadi, M-Tahar
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author Akilal, Abdellah
Kechadi, M-Tahar
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Kechadi, M-Tahar
contents Cloud Forensics presents a multi-jurisdictional challenge that may undermines the success of digital forensic investigations (DFIs). The growing volumes of domiciled and foreign law enforcement (LE) requests, the latency and complexity of formal channels for crossborder data access are challenging issues. In this paper, we first discuss major Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) transparency reports and law enforcement guidelines, then propose an abstract architecture for a Cloud Law Enforcement Requests Management System (CLERMS). A proof of concept of the proposed solution is developed, deployed and validated by two realistic scenarios, in addition to an economic estimation of its associated costs. Based on available open source components, our solution is for the benefit of both CSPs and Cloud Service Consumers (CSCs), and aims to enhance the due Cloud Digital Forensic Readiness (CDFR).
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spellingShingle Cloud Digital Forensic Readiness: An Open Source Approach to Law Enforcement Request Management
Akilal, Abdellah
Kechadi, M-Tahar
Cryptography and Security
Information Retrieval
Cloud Forensics presents a multi-jurisdictional challenge that may undermines the success of digital forensic investigations (DFIs). The growing volumes of domiciled and foreign law enforcement (LE) requests, the latency and complexity of formal channels for crossborder data access are challenging issues. In this paper, we first discuss major Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) transparency reports and law enforcement guidelines, then propose an abstract architecture for a Cloud Law Enforcement Requests Management System (CLERMS). A proof of concept of the proposed solution is developed, deployed and validated by two realistic scenarios, in addition to an economic estimation of its associated costs. Based on available open source components, our solution is for the benefit of both CSPs and Cloud Service Consumers (CSCs), and aims to enhance the due Cloud Digital Forensic Readiness (CDFR).
title Cloud Digital Forensic Readiness: An Open Source Approach to Law Enforcement Request Management
topic Cryptography and Security
Information Retrieval
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04174