10 Cloud Computing and the Forensic Challenges

Information in This Chapter

  • • What Is Cloud Computing?
  • • Cloud Computing Services
  • • Streaming Operating Systems
  • • Application Streaming
  • • Virtual Applications
  • • Cloud Computing, Virtualization, and Security
  • • Cloud Computing and Forensics

Cloud computing and all the various flavors and uses of this technology, such as Desktops-as-a-Service (DaaS) and streaming operating systems (OSes), are like the other virtualization methods we've discussed so far in this book and have huge potential for dramatically simplified information technology (IT) infrastructure with greater security and more cost-effective IT management and utilization.

The uses of cloud computing, DaaS, and streaming OSes are ...

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