"ACCREDITATION AND ADMISSIBILITY OF DIGITAL EVIDENCE OF CYBER CRIMES PERMITTED IN CLOUD COMPUTING: CHALLENGES IN THE JUDICIAL SPHERE OF BRAZIL."
Cybercrime. Cloud computing. Digital evidence. Regulation. Comparative law.
The evolution of Information Technology has reached previously unimaginable levels, such as the development of cloud computing, considered a "virtualization of data centers". This evolution can be seen concretely in the services made available to society, which have made it, to a certain extent, dependent on technology to optimize its routines and develop new social and business relationships. However, alongside these benefits, the amount of digital data made possible by the structure of the Internet enables relationships. However, alongside these benefits, the amount of digital data made possible by the structure of the Internet enables the development of illicit actions, fostering cybercrime, which accompanies technological evolution both in time and sophistication, as is the case with crimes committed using cloud computing. The context of this type of computing involves a worldwide geographical distribution of data that is difficult to access, implemented according to the particular interests of Big Tech. Within this context, this study aims to evaluate regulation in the administrative sphere (regulated self-regulation), as a means of ensuring standards of reliability in the chain of custody of digital evidence obtained in cloud computing environments. Ultimately, the goal is to examine the admissibility of digital evidence as proof in cybercrime cases. The study demonstrates the current status of the Brazilian legal system in combating cybercrime in comparison to other legal systems. In terms of methodology, the study is classified as bibliographical and concludes that it is possible to self-regulate the criteria for the chain of custody of digital evidence of cybercrimes committed in a cloud computing environment.