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Cloud Forensics Demystified

You're reading from   Cloud Forensics Demystified Decoding cloud investigation complexities for digital forensic professionals

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800564411
Length 384 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mansoor Haqanee Mansoor Haqanee
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Ganesh Ramakrishnan Ganesh Ramakrishnan
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Preface 1. Part 1: Cloud Fundamentals
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Cloud FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Trends in Cyber and Privacy Laws and Their Impact on DFIR 4. Chapter 3: Exploring the Major Cloud Providers 5. Chapter 4: DFIR Investigations – Logs in AWS 6. Part 2: Forensic Readiness: Tools, Techniques, and Preparation for Cloud Forensics
7. Chapter 5: DFIR Investigations – Logs in Azure 8. Chapter 6: DFIR Investigations – Logs in GCP 9. Chapter 7: Cloud Productivity Suites 10. Part 3: Cloud Forensic Analysis – Responding to an Incident in the Cloud
11. Chapter 8: The Digital Forensics and Incident Response Process 12. Chapter 9: Common Attack Vectors and TTPs 13. Chapter 10: Cloud Evidence Acquisition 14. Chapter 11: Analyzing Compromised Containers 15. Chapter 12: Analyzing Compromised Cloud Productivity Suites 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

GCP Logs Explorer

GCP designed Logs Explorer to troubleshoot performance issues with applications and systems by reviewing the logs. The user interface for Logs Explorer features a histogram that displays log rates and associated spikes. Nevertheless, where there are logs, you can always use them to investigate their incident. Google also offers the Logs Explorer API, which allows automation or query logs via a Python program or any other medium through an API key. The following screenshot is an example of GCP’s histogram on Logs Explorer that highlights activities by time:

Figure 6.3 – GCP’s Logs Explorer histogram

Figure 6.3 – GCP’s Logs Explorer histogram

However, Logs Explorer only displays logs per period; it does not quantify or correlate the logs against other activities within the system. You can set the time range for which you want to see the logs, with a default log retention of 30 days. For this, GCP offers Log Analytics, a separate service that allows real-time...

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