Cloud Digital Forensic Readiness: An Open Source Approach to Law Enforcement Request Management

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04174v1
• Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2025 22:06:42 GMT
• Title: Cloud Digital Forensic Readiness: An Open Source Approach to Law Enforcement Request Management
• Authors: Abdellah Akilal, M-Tahar Kechadi,
• Abstract summary: Cloud Forensics presents a multi-jurisdictional challenge that may undermines the success of digital forensic investigations.<n>The growing volumes of domiciled and foreign law enforcement (LE) requests, the latency and complexity of formal channels for crossborder data access are challenging issues.<n>We propose an abstract architecture for a Cloud Law Enforcement Requests Management System (CLERMS)
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Cloud Forensics presents a multi-jurisdictional challenge that may undermines the success of digital forensic investigations (DFIs). The growing volumes of domiciled and foreign law enforcement (LE) requests, the latency and complexity of formal channels for crossborder data access are challenging issues. In this paper, we first discuss major Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) transparency reports and law enforcement guidelines, then propose an abstract architecture for a Cloud Law Enforcement Requests Management System (CLERMS). A proof of concept of the proposed solution is developed, deployed and validated by two realistic scenarios, in addition to an economic estimation of its associated costs. Based on available open source components, our solution is for the benefit of both CSPs and Cloud Service Consumers (CSCs), and aims to enhance the due Cloud Digital Forensic Readiness (CDFR).

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