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Enhancing Cloud Security and Privacy: The Power and the Weakness of the Audit Trail

Authors:
Bob Duncan
Mark Whittington

Keywords: security; privacy; audit; audit trail.

Abstract:
Information security in the cloud presents a serious challenge. We have identified fundamental weaknesses when undertaking cloud audit, namely the misconceptions surrounding the purpose of audit, what comprises a proper audit trail, what should be included, and how it should be achieved and maintained. A properly specified audit trail can provide a powerful tool in the armoury against cyber-crime, yet it is all too easy to throw away the benefits offered by this simple tool through lack of understanding, incompetence, mis-configuration or sheer laziness. Of course, merely having an effective audit trail is not enough — we actually have to examine it regularly to realise the potential benefits it offers.

Pages: 125 to 130

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: March 20, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4294

ISBN: 978-1-61208-460-2

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from March 20, 2016 to March 24, 2016