Data protection intents for software-defined networking

Benjamin E. Ujcich, William H. Sanders

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Abstract

The rise of intent-based networking (IBN) allows enterprises to use software-defined networking (SDN) architectures to specify what network requirements are needed rather than specify how such requirements will be implemented. For enterprises that process personal data, those network requirements must necessarily consider data protection by design to comply with new regulations such as the European Union's GDPR. We argue that the centralized data plane view of SDN architectures and the network intent abstractions of IBN can aid in the design of systems that require data protection. We propose a data protection intent framework that leverages SDN and network intents. We use the GDPR as a representative data protection framework and identify the applicable regulatory requirements for system and network design. Based on those requirements, we design an SDN-based architecture for data protection intents that allows data services to request network resources by using data protection abstractions. We implement a proof-of-concept network application for the ONOS SDN controller and explain how our framework can be useful in a representative data breach case study to aid in responding to regulator requests.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2019 IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization
Subtitle of host publicationUnleashing the Power of Network Softwarization, NetSoft 2019
EditorsChristian Jacquenet, Filip De Turck, Prosper Chemouil, Flavio Esposito, Olivier Festor, Walter Cerroni, Stefano Secci
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages271-275
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538693766
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2019
Event5th IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization, NetSoft 2019 - Paris, France
Duration: Jun 24 2019Jun 28 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2019 IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization: Unleashing the Power of Network Softwarization, NetSoft 2019

Conference

Conference5th IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization, NetSoft 2019
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period6/24/196/28/19

Keywords

  • GDPR
  • IBN
  • SDN
  • data protection
  • intent-based networking
  • logging
  • network intent
  • regulatory compliance
  • software-defined networking

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Software

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