Date of Award

5-2025

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Information Systems and Technology

Department

Information and Decision Sciences

First Reader/Committee Chair

Conrad Shayo

Abstract

As the use of cloud technologies has increased in the past five years, the number of network attacks is also increasing. During 2020 to 2024, there are lot of changes in cloud technologies which led to various network attacks in the cloud computing environments from 2020 to 2024. This study investigates the evolution of network-based attacks in cloud environments from 2020 to 2024. Data was collected from Kaggle website to analyze the trends of the evolution of network-based attacks. The research questions are: (Q1) How do the trends change in network-based attack from 2020 to 2024 and why? (Q2) Which security protocols in cloud computing have been most frequently targeted by cyber threats between 2020 and 2024 and how can organizations protect themselves? The findings for each question are: (Q1) There was no significant change in network-based attack between 2020 to 2024. (Q2) The Wi-Fi protocol was the most frequently attacked security protocol between 2020 and 2024 followed by ZigBee and then LoRa protocols. Areas for further studies include: (a) doing a longitudinal study on how different organizations have responded to different network-based attacks, and (b) investigate future trends after 2024.

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