A collection of policy and guidance documents related to Software-Defined Networking (SDN) in 4 parts.
Part 1: United States (US) Federal government (other than the DoD) organizations documents
Part 2: US Department of Defense (DoD) organizations documents
Part 3: US Non-government and State and Local government organizations documents
Part 4: International organizations and organizations outside the United States (including Canadian, European, Asian, Australian and others) documents
(Note: A policy document is a document setting forth specific actions that must be taken or goals that must be achieved. A guidance document is a document recommending non-mandatory actions that could be taken or methods that could be used to achieve recommended goals. A best practices document describes actions or practices that are known to produce good outcomes when followed.)
Part 1: United States (US) Federal government (other than the DoD) organizations documents
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Edge vs. Core - An Increasingly Less Pronounced Distinction In 5G Networks, Dec, 2020
Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC)
#StopRansomware Guide, May, 2023
National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC)
NSTAC Report to the President on Software-Defined Networking, Aug, 2020
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Technological Advisory Council, Cybersecurity Working Group, Securing SDN/NFV Sub-Working Group
White Paper: Considerations for Securing SDN/NFV, Jan 2016
Security BCP Recommendations for SDN/NFV, Dec, 2016
National Security Agency (NSA)
Overview of Software Defined Networking (SDN) Risks, Feb, 2017
Managing Risk from Software Defined Network Controllers, Dec, 2023
National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
Application Container Security Guide, Special Publication 800-190, Sept, 2017
Foundational Cybersecurity Activities for IoT Device Manufacturers, May, 2020
Software Defined Virtual Networks program, updated Sept, 2020
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer (OFCIO)
White Paper: Networks of the Future, Dec, 2019
Office of the President
National Science & Technology CouncilFoundational Cybersecurity Activities for IoT Device Manufacturers, May, 2020
Operationalizing Software-Defined Networks, Sep, 2018
Part 2: US Department of Defense (DoD) organizations documents
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
DISA Software Defined Enterprise, Nov, 2017
SDN Controller Security Requirements Guide, Mar, 2020
Information Analysis Center (IAC)
Cybersecurity & Information Systems Information Analysis Center (CSIAC)
Software Defined Networking for Army’s Tactical Network: Promises, Challenges, and an Architectural Approach, Fall, 2018
Secretary of Defense
Defense Innovation Board
Fully Networked Command, Control, and Communications (FNC3) Recommendations, Oct, 2019
United States (U.S.) Army
Program Executive Office Command Control Communications-Tactical (PEO-C3T)
Software-defined networking could get the Army’s data moving faster, Dec, 2019
Part 3: US Non-government and State and Local government organizations documents
American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC)
Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization, May, 2017
California
SB-327 Information privacy: connected devices, Sep, 2018
Microsoft
Troubleshoot the Windows Server Software Defined Networking Stack, Jun, 2022
Part 4: International organizations and organizations outside the United States (including Canadian, European, Asian, Australian and others) documents
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
Industry Specification Group for Network Functions Virtualisation (ISG for NFV)
An extensive series of NFV Standards Reports are available here
An extensive series of Management and Network Orchestration (MANO) Standards Reports are available here
An extensive series of Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) Standards Reports are available here
Ecosystem: Report on SDN Usage in NFV Architectural Framework, Dec, 2015
European Union Agency For Network And Information Security (ENISA)
Threat Landscape and Good Practice Guide For Software Defined Networks/5G, Jan, 2016
Baseline Security Recommendations for IoT in the context of Critical Information Infrastructures, Nov, 2017
Groupe Spécial Mobile (GSM) Association (GSMA)
Considerations, Best Practices and Requirements for a Virtualised Mobile Network, May, 2017
Open Networking Foundation
SDN Migration Consideration and Use Cases, Nov, 2014
Software-Defined Networking: The New Norm for Networks, Apr, 2012