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A Holistic Review of SD-WAN Security Challenges

by Raghad A. AlSolami, Rawan Hussain AlJabali, Ruaa A. Obeid
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 176 - Number 33
Year of Publication: 2020
Authors: Raghad A. AlSolami, Rawan Hussain AlJabali, Ruaa A. Obeid
10.5120/ijca2020920398

Raghad A. AlSolami, Rawan Hussain AlJabali, Ruaa A. Obeid . A Holistic Review of SD-WAN Security Challenges. International Journal of Computer Applications. 176, 33 ( Jun 2020), 20-23. DOI=10.5120/ijca2020920398

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author = { Raghad A. AlSolami, Rawan Hussain AlJabali, Ruaa A. Obeid },
title = { A Holistic Review of SD-WAN Security Challenges },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Jun 2020 },
volume = { 176 },
number = { 33 },
month = { Jun },
year = { 2020 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 20-23 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume176/number33/31417-2020920398/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2020920398 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

While demands on wide area network (WAN) services are gradually increasing, the regular WAN is struggling to cope with the high network services requirements. Recent software-defined wide area networks (SD-WAN) technology has provided a robust network system to handle large and increasing network loads. SD-WAN is providing a central and programmable control on the network system, which ensures more flexibility and agility. Moreover, as it enables the cloud use for network services, security becomes a significant challenge in SD-WAN. As a result, several types of threats among the three network planes need to be handled through a stable security system integrated with the SD-WAN. This article reviews the significant challenges faced in SD-WAN systems facing each plane of the SD-WAN structure, such as intersection attacks, leakage of information threats, and eavesdropping attacks.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

SD-WAN WAN Security SD-WAN Challenges SD-WAN controller