Network slicing security: Challenges and directions

Network slicing emerges as a key technology in next generation networks, boosted by the integration of software‐defined networking and network functions virtualization. However, while allowing resource sharing among multiple tenants, such networks must also ensure the security requirements needed fo...

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Published inInternet technology letters Vol. 2; no. 5
Main Authors Cunha, Vitor A., da Silva, Eduardo, de Carvalho, Marcio B., Corujo, Daniel, Barraca, Joao P., Gomes, Diogo, Granville, Lisandro Z., Aguiar, Rui L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.09.2019
Subjects
network slicing
nfv
sdn
security
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ISSN2476-1508
2476-1508
DOI10.1002/itl2.125

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Summary:Network slicing emerges as a key technology in next generation networks, boosted by the integration of software‐defined networking and network functions virtualization. However, while allowing resource sharing among multiple tenants, such networks must also ensure the security requirements needed for the scenarios they are employed. This letter presents the leading security challenges on the use of network slices at the packet core, the solutions that academy and industry are proposing to address them, pointing out some directions that should be considered. This article is part of the Special Issue previously published in Volume 2, Issue 4, 2019, available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/24761508/2019/2/4
ISSN:2476-1508
2476-1508
DOI:10.1002/itl2.125