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

Hardening an SDN System

• Use TLS 1.3 (or UDP/DTLS) to authenticate and encrypt

traffic between network device agent and controller,

authenticate controller and network devices/SDN agent

using certificates

• High-Availability (HA) controller architecture


• Prevent unauthorized access to SDN control network


• Use Out-of-Band (OOB) network for control traffic, OOB

and secure protocols for controller management and

northbound communications