Cloud Storage Forensics

Glossary

Abstract: This is a glossary of common terms used throughout the book.

Keywords: Computer forensics, cloud forensics, cloud storage, cloud storage forensics, digital forensics, forensic analysis, forensic computing

Cloud computing Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. This cloud model is composed of five essential characteristics, three service models (i.e., cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS), and cloud Software as a Service (SaaS)), ...