Cloud computing -- or computing as a utility-- has captured the interest of IT departments and bottom-line focused executives everywhere. Proponents of the cloud compare it to the shift in electrical power generation at the turn of the century, where companies had to generate their own electric power to run factories. Power generation was not a core skill, so outages were common and facilities h..
Proponents of the cloud ecosystem touts its "vastness, flexibility and scalability as advantages for the implementation of cloud services. However, from a digital point of view this can be a veritable forensic challenge as we view the cloud in terms of its scope and diversity. According to Dr. Stephen Wolthusen[1] "Digital forensics (also referred to at times as computer forensics) encompasses a..
THE "CLOUD" is often used as a generic term for any type of Web-based application. It is most commonly used today to refer to the grid or utility computing model, where it replaces local hardware and storage input/output. Organizations are moving to the cloud, some faster than others. However, moving to the cloud presents the enterprise with a number of risks to assess. At the core of these risk..