A Method of EDoS Attack Defense in Cloud Computing Environment

Abstract

Cloud computing offers several benefits to the organization by reducing both capital and operational expenditures CapEx and OpEx. The full adoption of Cloud networks makes it attractive for cyber-criminals to perform illicit acts. The EDoS attack poses the risk of rendering the Cloud environment financially unsustainable for Cloud users. This paper proposes a fourstep lightweight approach of EDoS attack defense in the Cloud computing environment by placing a Fog server that checks the blacklist of IP addresses and each packet’s bandwidth threshold at arrival. The research demonstrates how the Fog server adds security enhancement to the Cloud networks.