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

This chapter discusses the security of those software-defined infrastructures using their paradigms and their underlying technologies: virtualization of network infrastructures, virtualization of virtual machines, network functions, and security functions and services. In particular, it explores security architectures, ... Section 1.2 summarizes the defining characteristics and the common virtualization technology of SDN, NFV, and cloud computing. Section 1.3 provides a summary of major ..