SDN: Improved security is emerging as one of the most important reasons for adopting software-defined networking, but the potential risks of SDN still exist.
Software-defined networking is often discussed for its promises of increased adaptability, better flexibility, and improved cost-effectiveness.
Increasingly, however, SDN is being discussed in a security context, in terms of how it can be used to modernize this industry.
In fact, the security industry is the first use case for software-defined networking according to many businesses, as Jason Nash, head of Varrow IT services in Greensboro, NC, tells us. "It's the way people are looking to start consuming these technologies," he says in an interview.
Nash will talk about why companies are looking to integrate software-defined networking into security at Interlop Las Vegas next month at a conference titled Leveraging SDN for Data Center Security. Software-defined networking, according to Nash, allows organizations to secure the network in ways that were previously impossible or too complex for traditional tools.
While many see the security benefits that software-defined networking has to offer, the technology also raises some concerns. These will be addressed at the Interlop conference in an open discussion titled “SDN, Network Agility, and Security: Truth or Consequences?” which will take place during a full-day Software-Defined Networking and Network Virtualization on April 27.
