TY  - JOUR
AB  - The deployment of software-defined networking (SDN) in distributed Kubernetes environments across fog and cloud systems introduces complex security challenges. Traditional approaches often fail to ensure secure, resource-efficient control-plane operations and verifiable node coordination at scale. This study proposes a three-layered security framework: (a) flexible control plan (FCP) integrates lightweight SDN controllers with runtime attestation for trusted execution in resource-constrained fog nodes; (b) secure software-defined offloading (SSDO) enforces encrypted, policy-driven inter-node communication and signature verification to prevent unauthorized coordination; and (c) sentinel-adaptive intrusion detection (SAID) uses an unsupervised deep learning autoencoder to detect anomalies and identify zero-day threats. Combined, these layers offer scalable, adaptive, and real-time security for distributed SDN-Kubernetes environments.
AU  - Khan, A
AU  - Nanda, P
DA  - 2026/01/01
DO  - 10.4018/IJCAC.398931
EP  - 30
JO  - International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing
PB  - IGI Global
PY  - 2026/01/01
SP  - 1
TI  - End-to-End Security for SDN Controllers in Distributed K8s Environments for Fog and Cloud
VL  - 16
Y1  - 2026/01/01
Y2  - 2026/06/29
ER  -