Enabling Reconfigurable Naval SCADA Network through Software-Defined Networking
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Abstract

Network Security Resiliency - Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technique is presented in this paper to manage the Naval Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) network for equipping the network with the function of reconfiguration and scalability. The programmable nature of SDN enables a programmable Modular Topology Generator (MTG), which provides an extensive control over the network’s internal connectivity and traffic control. Specifically, two functions of MTG are developed and examined in this paper, namely linkHosts and linkSwitches. These functions are able to place the network into three different states, i.e., fully connected, fully disconnected, and partially connected. Therefore, it provides extensive security benefits and allows network administrators to dynamically reconfigure the network and adjust settings according to the network’s needs. Extensive tests on Mininet have demonstrated the effectiveness of SDN for enabling the reconfigurable and scalable Naval SCADA network. Therefore, it provides a potent tool to enhance the resiliency/survivability, scalability/compatibility, and security of naval SCADA networks.

Year of Publication
2022
Date Published
jun
Publisher
IEEE
Conference Location
Anaheim, CA, USA
ISBN Number
978-1-66540-560-7
URL
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9813872/
DOI
10.1109/ITEC53557.2022.9813872
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