Comprehensive review of SDN controller placement strategies

B Isong, RRS Molose, AM Abu-Mahfouz… - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a network paradigm introduced to overcome the
inherent challenges of traditional networks. Its architecture is either deployed with a single …

A survey of controller placement problem in software-defined networking

J Lu, Z Zhang, T Hu, P Yi, J Lan - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to simplify the management of the traditional network, software-defined networking
(SDN) has been proposed as a promising paradigm shift that decouples control plane and …

Last line of defense: Reliability through inducing cyber threat hunting with deception in scada networks

AB Ajmal, M Alam, AA Khaliq, S Khan, Z Qadir… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There exists a gap between existing security mechanisms and their ability to detect
advancing threats. Antivirus and EDR (End Point Detection and Response) aim to detect …

Controller placements for latency minimization of both primary and backup paths in SDNs

Y Fan, L Wang, X Yuan - Computer Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
Software-defined networking (SDN) is a revolutionary network architecture that separates
the network control layer from the underlying equipment. Multiple controllers form a logically …

Resilient backup controller placement in distributed SDN under critical targeted attacks

E Calle, D Martínez, M Mycek, M Pióro - International Journal of Critical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Today, telecommunication networks are crucial infrastructures, as has, for example, been
demonstrated by the COVID-19 crisis. Thus, protecting such infrastructures, including …

Network protection against node attacks based on probabilistic availability measures

M Pióro, M Mycek… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider a network security and configuration management problem of locating service
controllers so as to maximize availability of services in case of targeted attacks on the …

Assessment of connectivity-based resilience to attacks against multiple nodes in SDNs

D Santos, A De Sousa, C Mas-Machuca, J Rak - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In Software Defined Networks (SDNs), the control plane of a network is decoupled from its
data plane. For scalability and robustness, the logically centralized control plane is …

The controller placement problem for robust SDNs against malicious node attacks considering the control plane with and without split-brain

D Santos, A De Sousa, C Mas Machuca - Annals of Telecommunications, 2019 - Springer
In software-defined networking (SDN), the control plane is separated from the data plane.
For scalability and robustness reasons, the logically centralized control plane is …

Combined control and data plane robustness of SDN networks against malicious node attacks

D Santos, A De Sousa… - 2018 14th International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the context of software-defined networking (SDN), we address a variant of the controller
placement problem (CPP), which takes into account the network robustness at both control …

Solving the backup controller placement problem in SDN under simultaneous targeted attacks

E Calle, SG Cosgaya, D Martínez… - 2019 11th International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Targeted attacks on software defined networks (SDN) can heavily disrupt the network
connectivity and thus service continuity. One of the worst disruptions occurs when a targeted …