SD-WAN security: The impact of orchestrated services multiplicity

▤ Summary

The survey attracted 90 qualified global respondents and documented SD-WAN security service use cases, implementation timelines, the impact of virtualization, automation and analytics, as well as technical requirements, including orchestration strategies. Examples of this broad services multiplicity approach can be seen in the range of "we have implemented" (10%-32%) responses, which provides a view of the number of security-based VNFs that have already been deployed. A key finding from the research in this regard is that CSPs focus on integrating security services into their SD-WAN portfolio will also affect their network functions virtualization (NFV) orchestrator vendor selection strategies. Heavy Reading believes that the number one ranking of the open source vendor-agnostic orchestration option versus the status quo vendor-supplied approach is significant. It confirms that CSPs have sharpened their focus on open solutions to minimize vendor lock-in and enable them to seamlessly orchestrate the rich security services portfolio their enterprise customers now demand.

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