Samy G.N.Maarop N.Wong D.H.Rahim F.A.Hassan N.H.Perumal S.Magalingam P.Albakri S.H.2024-05-282024-05-2820182227524X10.14419/ijet.v7i4.15.213622-s2.0-85054612948https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85054612948&doi=10.14419%2fijet.v7i4.15.21362&partnerID=40&md5=e8a171b95d7aa099bc8aa9a7ad431710https://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/9140There are many challenges for the digital forensic process in the cloud computing due to the distinguished features of the cloud computing environment. Many of well-known digital forensic methods and tools are not suitable for cloud computing environment. The multitenancy, multistakeholder, Internet-based, dynamics expendability, and massive data, logs and datasets are examples of the cloud computing environment features that make conducting digital forensics in the cloud computing environment a very difficult task. Therefore, there is a need to develop an appropriate digital forensic approach for cloud computing environment. Thus, this paper proposed a proactive digital forensic approach for cloud computing environment. � 2018 Authors.en-USCloud computing environmentDigital forensicDigital forensics approachDigital forensics processesArticle121574