Comprehensive Security Analysis and Threat Mitigation Strategies for Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Environments

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a new networking standard that significantly reduces the complexity of network administration tasks. SDN is considered a networking breakthrough. Additionally, it provides a flexible interface that allows for network innovation by controlling the network’s general behavior. However, for many years, traditional IP networks were difficult to maintain, prone to errors, and difficult to grow with new features. The idea is derived from the separation and abstraction of the data plane and the control of conventional network devices. Better segmentation, scalability, programmability, faster delivery, and increased service and experience quality are all advantages of this separation for network operations. To make system administrators' tasks more at ease, SDN has been suggested as a prospective standard for a symbolized and rationally integrated network administration plane. By separating the control and data planes, SDN enables network configuration through programmability. This paper provides a comprehensive explanation of SDN, covering its numerous levels and their purposes, to keep up with the new technologies accelerated development. Keywords: Software defined networking, Control plane, Data plane, IP.