A new AIC study conducted by the University of Adelaide assesses the benefits of using cloud-based technologies in child sexual abuse investigations.
• The quantity of child abuse material being confiscated and processed during criminal investigations presents budgetary and computing resource challenges, while also limiting inter-agency collaboration.
• The paper reviews the discrete benefits of cloud-based infrastructures and assesses the perceived risks associated with their use.
• It demonstrates how a shared responsibility model can work in practice for child abuse investigations by developing a secure cloud environment in partnership with a cloud-based infrastructure provider.
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