ITU-T X.1038 - Security requirements and reference architecture for software-defined networking (X.sdnsec-2)

New technologies such as Cloud, Software Defined Networking (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Big Data are enabling business transformation including automatic, rapid and autonomous services/applications deployment and operation. Correspondingly, security services shall also evolve to become highly flexible, dynamic and adaptive. Recommendation ITU-T X.1038, mainly focusing on SDN security, is to identify new security threats as well as traditional network security threats to SDN, to define security requirements, to provide possible security countermeasures against new security threats, and to design a security reference architecture for SDN, which can guide the developer to design a SDN security functional architecture in order to support offering customized, flexible, dynamic and adaptive security protection for diversity services/applications, such as smart city, healthcare, energy/utilities, etc. Recommendation ITU-T X.1038is published internationally and can be implemented in global ICT products by the developers in order to provide customized security protection for diversity services/applications deployed in any country.

https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.1038-201610-l/en

International implementation

Completed from 02/04/2015 to 13/10/2016

ZTE Corporation, China Unicom

* Building confidence and security in use of ICTs

• Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
• Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
• Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

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