Digital droplets: Microsoft SkyDrive forensic data remnants

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1378-1394

  Quick, Darren ^a   Choo, Kim Kwang Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cloud forensics; Cloud storage; Digital forensic framework; Microsoft SkyDrive analysis

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FORENSICS; CLOUD STORAGE SERVICES; CLOUD STORAGES; DIGITAL FORENSIC; FORENSIC DATA; MICROSOFT;

HARDWARE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84875147433     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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