What Is Software-Defined Security?


(Almost) everything today is software-defined, at least in the vendors' marketing materials. And everyone understands something different about it. The main thing is to be able to promote it as software-defined. After the data centers - Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) - and the networks - Software Defined Networks (SDN) - security has now also been hit. Software Defined Security (SDS) is the new buzzword. What exactly it is and what it encompasses is diffuse. Ivan Pepelnjak, a highly respected and world-renowned data center, cloud and network expert, sheds some light on the subject.

The original english version of the interview can be found on Ivan Pepelnjak's blog IPspace.net.