Abstract: Software Defined Networking is a paradigm still in its emergent stages in the realm of production-scale networks. Centralisation of network control introduces a new level of flexibility for network administrators and programmers. Security is a huge factor contributing to consumer resistance to implementation of SDN architecture. Without addressing the issues inherent from SDNs centralised nature, the benefits in performance and network configurative flexibility cannot be harnessed. This paper explores key threats posed to SDN environments and comparatively analyses some of the mechanisms proposed as mitigations against these threats – it also provides some insight into the future works which would enable a securer SDN architecture.

Jakob Spooner and Dr Shao Ying Zhu, “A Review of Solutions for SDN-Exclusive Security Issues” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 7(8), 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2016.070817

@article{Spooner2016,
title = {A Review of Solutions for SDN-Exclusive Security Issues},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2016.070817},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2016.070817},
year = {2016},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {7},
number = {8},
author = {Jakob Spooner and Dr Shao Ying Zhu}
}