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Security of Software-Defined Infrastructures with SDN, NFV, and Cloud Computing Technologies

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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.

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  1. University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia

    Doan B. Hoang & Sarah Farahmandian

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  1. University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom

    Shao Ying Zhu

  2. Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Sandra Scott-Hayward

  3. Hewlett Packard Labs, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Ludovic Jacquin

  4. University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

    Richard Hill

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Hoang, D.B., Farahmandian, S. (2017). Security of Software-Defined Infrastructures with SDN, NFV, and Cloud Computing Technologies. In: Zhu, S., Scott-Hayward, S., Jacquin, L., Hill, R. (eds) Guide to Security in SDN and NFV. Computer Communications and Networks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64653-4_1

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