International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 176 - Number 33 |
Year of Publication: 2020 |
Authors: Raghad A. AlSolami, Rawan Hussain AlJabali, Ruaa A. Obeid |
10.5120/ijca2020920398 |
Raghad A. AlSolami, Rawan Hussain AlJabali, Ruaa A. Obeid . A Holistic Review of SD-WAN Security Challenges. International Journal of Computer Applications. 176, 33 ( Jun 2020), 20-23. DOI=10.5120/ijca2020920398
While demands on wide area network (WAN) services are gradually increasing, the regular WAN is struggling to cope with the high network services requirements. Recent software-defined wide area networks (SD-WAN) technology has provided a robust network system to handle large and increasing network loads. SD-WAN is providing a central and programmable control on the network system, which ensures more flexibility and agility. Moreover, as it enables the cloud use for network services, security becomes a significant challenge in SD-WAN. As a result, several types of threats among the three network planes need to be handled through a stable security system integrated with the SD-WAN. This article reviews the significant challenges faced in SD-WAN systems facing each plane of the SD-WAN structure, such as intersection attacks, leakage of information threats, and eavesdropping attacks.