Time to bury dedicated hardware-based security solutions. Issue 8 (August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: German, Paul
• Is Part Of: Network security. Volume 2017:Issue 8(2017:Aug.)
• Page Start: 13
• Page End: 15
• Publication Date: 2017-08
• Subjects: Computer security -- Periodicals; Computer networks -- Security measures -- Periodicals; Electronic data processing departments -- Security measures -- Periodicals; Computers -- Access control -- Periodicals; 005.805
• DOI: 10.1016/S1353-4858(17)30083-1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1353-4858

Abstract

Abstract : Virtualisation and software-defined networking (SDN) have transformed the IT infrastructure landscape over the past decade. As organisations look to minimise their hardware footprint, improve network flexibility and decouple applications from the infrastructure to gain agility and flexibility, the era of dedicated hardware-based solutions is over.