Cloud Incident Response - a Comprehensive Analysis

Abstract

Data has become the most important asset for organizations because it directly influences development, performance and risk, helping to improve service, analyze customer satisfaction, maximize profit and operate effectively. In the current context of increasing cloud services utilizations and the rising number of cyber-attacks, incident response can be a significant challenge for organizations using the cloud, because the risk of being subjected to an attack is inevitable. This article provides an overview of the methods, tools, and processes that can be used to ensure effective cloud incident response. Furthermore, are presented the most specific cloud elements that introduce differences in the incident response process applied in on-premise technologies.

Keywords

• incident response in the cloud
• cloud security
• cloud computing incident