Research Area:  Software Defined Networks

Abstract:

Over the last decade, cloud computing, software-defined networking (SDN), and network functions virtualization (NFV) technologies have been developed to address the inefficiency of IT infrastructures, the complexity of network manual configuration and management, the inability of the Internet to provision services on demand, and the rigidity of telecom service providers. However, clouds, SDN, and NFV bring with them not only their common security issues but also their domain-specific security issues. Furthermore, clouds, SDN, and NFV overlap in both architectures and shared resources. Software-defined infrastructure (SDI) is an approach that overcomes those problems and provides an environment for provisioning rapid and on-demand services. This chapter focuses on existing and emerging security challenges and solutions of cloud, SDN, and NFV and their integrated software-defined infrastructure as well as the security of the underlying virtualization technology. The chapter also reviews and discusses the development of a promising software-defined security (SDSec) approach.

Keywords:  
SDN
Software-defined security
Virtual security function
Virtual security network
NFV
Cloud
Network security
Virtualization
Isolation
OpenStack
Software-defined infrastructure

Author(s) Name:  Doan B. Hoang & Sarah Farahmandian

Publisher name:  Springer

DOI:  10.1007/978-3-319-64653-4_1

Volume Information:  

Paper Link:   https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-64653-4_1