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Guide to Security in SDN and NFV

Challenges, Opportunities, and Applications

  • Presents in-depth coverage of security issues and challenges in SDN and NFV, as well as of the security benefits of SDN and NFV
  • Examines SDN and NFV security issues from both technical and business perspectives
  • Includes case studies to aid understanding of the security issues discussed

Part of the book series: Computer Communications and Networks (CCN)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Introduction to Security in SDNFV – Key Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. NFV Security: Emerging Technologies and Standards

      • Igor Faynberg, Steve Goeringer
      Pages 33-73
    3. SDN and NFV Security: Challenges for Integrated Solutions

      • Andrés F. Murillo, Sandra Julieta Rueda, Laura Victoria Morales, Álvaro A. Cárdenas
      Pages 75-101
    4. Trust in SDN/NFV Environments

      • Antonio Lioy, Tao Su, Adrian L. Shaw, Hamza Attak, Diego R. Lopez, Antonio Pastor
      Pages 103-124
  3. SDNFV Security Challenges and Network Security Solutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
    2. Practical Experience in NFV Security Field: Virtual Home Gateway

      • Antonio Pastor, Jesús Folgueira
      Pages 127-148
    3. A Security Policy Transition Framework for Software-Defined Networks

      • Jacob H. Cox Jr., Russell J. Clark, Henry L. Owen III
      Pages 149-169
    4. SDNFV-Based DDoS Detection and Remediation in Multi-tenant, Virtualised Infrastructures

      • Abeer Ali, Richard Cziva, Simon Jouët, Dimitrios P. Pezaros
      Pages 171-196
    5. SHIELD: Securing Against Intruders and Other Threats Through an NFV-Enabled Environment

      • Hamza Attak, Marco Casassa-Mont, Cristian Dávila, Eleni-Constantina Davri, Carolina Fernandez, Georgios Gardikis et al.
      Pages 197-225
  4. Security Implications of SDNFV in Future Networks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227
    2. Addressing Industry 4.0 Security by Software-Defined Networking

      • Rahamatullah Khondoker, Pedro Larbig, Dirk Scheuermann, Frank Weber, Kpatcha Bayarou
      Pages 229-251
    3. Security Requirements for Multi-operator Virtualized Network and Service Orchestration for 5G

      • Mateus Augusto Silva Santos, Alireza Ranjbar, Gergely Biczók, Barbara Martini, Francesco Paolucci
      Pages 253-272
    4. Improving Security in Coalition Tactical Environments Using an SDN Approach

      • Vinod K. Mishra, Dinesh C. Verma, Christopher Williams
      Pages 273-298
    5. An SDN and NFV Use Case: NDN Implementation and Security Monitoring

      • Théo Combe, Wissam Mallouli, Thibault Cholez, Guillaume Doyen, Bertrand Mathieu, Edgardo Montes de Oca
      Pages 299-321
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 323-331

About this book

This book highlights the importance of security in the design, development and deployment of systems based on Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), together referred to as SDNFV. Presenting a comprehensive guide to the application of security mechanisms in the context of SDNFV, the content spans fundamental theory, practical solutions, and potential applications in future networks.

Topics and features: introduces the key security challenges of SDN, NFV and Cloud Computing, providing a detailed tutorial on NFV security; discusses the issue of trust in SDN/NFV environments, covering roots of trust services, and proposing a technique to evaluate trust by exploiting remote attestation; reviews a range of specific SDNFV security solutions, including a DDoS detection and remediation framework, and a security policy transition framework for SDN; describes the implementation of a virtual home gateway, and a project that combines dynamic security monitoring with big-data analytics to detect network-wide threats; examines the security implications of SDNFV in evolving and future networks, from network-based threats to Industry 4.0 machines, to the security requirements for 5G; investigates security in the Observe, Orient, Decide and Act (OODA) paradigm, and proposes a monitoring solution for a Named Data Networking (NDN) architecture; includes review questions in each chapter, to test the reader’s understanding of each of the key concepts described.

This informative and practical volume is an essential resource for researchers interested in the potential of SDNFV systems to address a broad range of network security challenges. The work will also be of great benefit to practitioners wishing to design secure next-generation communication networks, or to develop new security-related mechanisms for SDNFV systems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom

    Shao Ying Zhu

  • Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Sandra Scott-Hayward

  • Hewlett Packard Labs, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Ludovic Jacquin

  • University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

    Richard Hill

About the editors

Dr. Shao Ying Zhu is a Senior Lecturer in Computing at the University of Derby, UK. Dr. Sandra Scott-Hayward is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland. Dr. Ludovic Jacquin is a Senior Researcher at Hewlett Packard Labs - the research organisation of Hewlett Packard Enterprise - in Bristol, UK. Prof. Richard Hill is the Head of the Department of Informatics and the Director of the Centre for Industrial Analytics at the University of Huddersfield, UK. The other publications of the editors include the Springer titles Guide to Security Assurance for Cloud Computing and Big-Data Analytics and Cloud Computing: Theory, Algorithms and Applications.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Guide to Security in SDN and NFV

  • Book Subtitle: Challenges, Opportunities, and Applications

  • Editors: Shao Ying Zhu, Sandra Scott-Hayward, Ludovic Jacquin, Richard Hill

  • Series Title: Computer Communications and Networks

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64653-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64652-7Published: 20 November 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87844-7Published: 31 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64653-4Published: 10 November 2017

  • Series ISSN: 1617-7975

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-8433

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 331

  • Number of Illustrations: 78 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Computer Communication Networks, Systems and Data Security, Cryptology

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