Defensive Cyber Operations in a Software-Defined Network
Thomas Parker, Jeremy E. Jones, Joshua Mayberry, Gassium Chanman, Zachary Staples, John McEachen, Murali Tummala · 2016
Software-defined networks (SDNs) offer network defenders the opportunity to choose from a variety of protection techniques in response to different threats. In contrast, traditional network architectures often lack the flexibility to implement threat-specific security controls. This research was conducted on a hardware SDN test bed running custom security applications to demonstrate techniques that support a network administrator's requirement to observe, orient, decide, and act upon suspicious activities in the network. Additionally, SDN application development was used to teach undergraduate and graduate students offensive and defensive cyber techniques and tactics.