Hard clues in soft environments: The Cloud's influence on digital forensics

Cloud forensics is an open and important area of research due to the growing interest in cloud technology. The increasing frequency of digital investigations brings with it the need to study specific scenarios in the area of forensics, both when evidence are inside the cloud and when the cloud can be used as platform to perform the investigations. This survey highlights the problems forensics must deal with in the Cloud, highlighting specific requirements and desired functionalities, the state of the art and future issues.