Microsoft PowerPoint - SDN Security - Scott Hogg - 2017-06-22.pptx

Improved Security Through Automation

• Concept of applying security through automation, CI-CD,
  short-lived containers or cloud instances


• Idempotency of automation tools like Puppet, Chef, Ansible
  can restore configurations if out of alignment with manifests,
  playbooks, recipes


• “Infrastructure as Code” with security baked in from inception


• Security can be “provable” and accelerate compliance audits


• DevNetSecOps means teams must integrate and collaborate
  o Converge Your Teams for Greater SDN/NFV Benefits
  o https://communities.cisco.com/people/[email protected]/blog/2016/
  06/14/converge-your-teams-for-greater-sdnnfv-benefits