Comparative Performance Analysis of Cryptographic Workloads Across Cloud Providers: A Multi-Language Study on FaaS and IaaS Platforms Dataset

<p>Cloud computing has become a relatively new paradigm for the delivery of compute resources, with key management services (KMS) playing a crucial role in securely handling cryptographic operations in the cloud. This paper presents the microbenchmark of cloud cryptographic workloads, including SHA HMAC generation, AES encryption/decryption, ECC signature/verification, and RSA encryption/decryption, across Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) in conjunction with KMS offerings from Ama- zon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure to conduct a comparative performance analysis. The methodology involves the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) and the Bicep language to deploy AWS Lambda Functions and Azure Functions, respectively, to work with their respective KMS to conduct cryptographic workloads. Additionally, these workloads are executed on Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances and Azure Virtual Machines using specific burst instance types. The performance assessment spans multiple configurations, including x86 64 and Arm64 architectures, various programming languages (Rust, Go, Python, Java, C#, and TypeScript), and function memory allocations. The findings highlight performance trade-offs between FaaS and IaaS compute paradigms for cryptographic workloads, emphasizing variations in execution speed and resource utilization. The impact of different hardware architectures, programming languages, memory configurations, and instance types is analyzed, providing information on optimal cloud deployment strategies for cryptographic workloads.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Computer Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - Open Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Year dc:date.available

2025

Author dc:creator

• Webb, Jeremiah

• Amazon Web Services
• Azure
• cloud computing
• cryptography
• function-as-a-service
• infrastructure-as-code
• infrastructure-as-a-service
• microbenchmark
• performance analysis
• Computer and Systems Architecture
• Data Storage Systems
• Digital Communications and Networking
• Technology and Innovation

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.erau.edu/edt/995

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.erau.edu:edt-1911