Teing, Y.-Y., Dehghantanha, A., Choo, K.-K.R. et al. (2 more authors) (2017) Forensic investigation of cooperative storage cloud service: Symform as a case study. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 62 (3). pp. 641-654. ISSN 0022-1198
Abstract
Researchers envisioned Storage as a Service (StaaS) as an effective solution to the distributed management of digital data. Cooperative storage cloud forensic is relatively new and is an under-explored area of research. Using Symform as a case study, we seek to determine the data remnants from the use of cooperative cloud storage services. In particular, we consider both mobile devices and personal computers running various popular operating systems, namely Windows 8.1, Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5, Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, iOS 7.1.2, and Android KitKat 4.4.4. Potential artefacts recovered during the research include data relating to the installation and uninstallation of the cloud applications, log-in to and log-out from Symform account using the client application, file synchronization as well as their time stamp information. This research contributes to an in-depth understanding of the types of terrestrial artifacts that are likely to remain after the use of cooperative storage cloud on client devices.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 American Academy of Forensic Sciences. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Forensic Sciences. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Forensic science; digital forensics; mobile app forensics; mobile device forensics; cloud forensics; peer-to-peer forensics; cooperative cloud; Symform analysis |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Computer Science (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Mar 2018 10:41 |
Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2018 13:14 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13271 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1556-4029.13271 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:128357 |