Software-defined networking may be beneficial to the healthcare industry, particularly for protecting patient data and supporting innovation in medical applications, according to a report by the Nokia venture Nuage Networks, which develops SDN solutions.
Here are four things to know.
1. SDN uses application program interfaces to enable application and network communication, without housing all functions on the same device. The goal is to create more flexible networks that allow for more granular control.
2. The SDN architecture offers greater speed, flexibility and agility than legacy networks, as well as increased security, because the platform separates network control from hardware functions.
3. This architecture also accommodates changing healthcare compliance regulations by automating the functions involved in managing network equipment and security protocols. SDN allows for policy-based networking to centrally enforce changes while permitting new policy through the network.
4. Since SDN separates network control and hardware functions, users can also take a more "granular" approach to security, ensuring all access mechanisms match the organization's security models.
By using a programmable analytics engine along with an SDN solution, Nuage Network also writes "security and data protection safeguards can not only be deployed much more easily, but they can also be monitored in real time for much faster problem resolution."
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