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Implementation Problems Facing Network Function Virtualization and Solutions

Authors:
Krishna Gandhi
Jihad Qaddour

Keywords: Network Function Virtualization (NFV). Virtual Network Function (VNF). Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). Software-Defined Networking (SDN).

Abstract:
Network administrators prefer the Network Function Virtualization (NFV) concept as it is cost-efficient and easy to maintain. However, the new technologies based on this concept might lead to security threats, such as denial of service attacks, availability attacks, exploitation, malware injection, or other undiscovered threats. Network Functions Virtualization represents a very large paradigm shift in the development and the deployment of network services. Many research works on NFV address the virtual concept. It can be a cloud or a virtual private server. The security is the most important thing since the virtual environment can also be compromised by cyber-attacks. The paper focuses on the problems facing NFV implementation and offers ways of navigating through the main security related problems stated above.

Pages: 70 to 76

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: April 22, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4413

ISBN: 978-1-61208-625-5

Location: Athens, Greece

Dates: from April 22, 2018 to April 26, 2018