The size and complexity of modern computer networks are progressively increasing, as a
consequence of novel architectural paradigms such as the Internet of Things and network …

Abstract Service function chaining (SFC) is a trending paradigm and it has attracted
considerable attention from both the industry and academia because of its potential to …

The configuration of security functions in computer networks is still typically performed
manually, which likely leads to security breaches and long re-configuration times. This …

The flexibility and dynamism brought over by softwarization for network management have
increased the frequency of configuration changes. In this context, when a distributed security …

Network virtualization increased the versatility in enforcing security protection, by easing the
development of new security function implementations. However, the drawback of this …

Different network controllers are utilized in a multi-domain software-defined systems (SDx) to
manage the networking resources. However, these controllers operate using a different high …

The security configuration of firewalls is a complex task that is commonly performed
manually by network administrators. As a consequence, among the rules composing firewall …

The revolution that Industrial Control Systems are undergoing is reshaping the traditional
network management and it is introducing new challenges. After the advent of network …

Network virtualization has revolutionized the traditional approaches for security
configuration. If in the past error-prone and unoptimized manual operations were performed …

Continuous verification of network security compliance is an accepted need. Especially, the
analysis of stateful packet filters plays a central role for network security in practice. But the …