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Security evaluation methodology for Software Defined Network solutions
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Software Defined Networking (SDN) a novel approach to networking has introduced both innovative opportunities and disadvantages in the networking field. The opportunities brought by this technology varies from the facility in configuring and managing a vast and dynamic network while using less resources and time to the ability to apply an intelligent and dexterous network security mechanism against malicious flows without the use of a specialized network security hardware. Even though this novel technology seems to promise a lot of advantages, it nonetheless comes with various vulnerabilities which can be associated with both virtualization and the traditional approach to networking. There is a variety of SDN controller providers on the market for organizations but each of them comes with security flaws that are either unique or common to SDNs, which makes deciding on which SDN to implement a tough decision for network professionals. This research proposes to deliver a comprehensive way for organization to evaluate security vulnerabilities in SDN infrastructures which will serve as a guideline while deciding which SDN to adopt. The vulnerability assessment proposed in this research is layered to evaluate each layer of the SDN architecture and each evaluation metrics defined in this research has been matched from the security controls defined in NIST 800-53. The security evaluation methodology proposed has also been tested and result from the test is also documented to provide more comprehensiveness.
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- 2018
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- Research Material