Quantitative Analysis of the Security of Software-Defined Network Controller Using ThreatEffort Model
Joint Authors
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-03-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
SDN-based controller, which is responsible for the configuration and management of the network, is the core of Software-Defined Networks.
Current methods, which focus on the secure mechanism, use qualitative analysis to estimate the security of controllers, leading to inaccurate results frequently.
In this paper, we employ a quantitative approach to overcome the above shortage.
Under the analysis of the controller threat model we give the formal model results of the APIs, the protocol interfaces, and the data items of controller and further provide our Threat/Effort quantitative calculation model.
With the help of Threat/Effort model, we are able to compare not only the security of different versions of the same kind controller but also different kinds of controllers and provide a basis for controller selection and secure development.
We evaluated our approach in four widely used SDN-based controllers which are POX, OpenDaylight, Floodlight, and Ryu.
The test, which shows the similarity outcomes with the traditional qualitative analysis, demonstrates that with our approach we are able to get the specific security values of different controllers and presents more accurate results.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wu, Zehui& Wei, Qiang. 2017. Quantitative Analysis of the Security of Software-Defined Network Controller Using ThreatEffort Model. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1192492
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wu, Zehui& Wei, Qiang. Quantitative Analysis of the Security of Software-Defined Network Controller Using ThreatEffort Model. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1192492
American Medical Association (AMA)
Wu, Zehui& Wei, Qiang. Quantitative Analysis of the Security of Software-Defined Network Controller Using ThreatEffort Model. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1192492
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1192492