What it is –
The CSA recently completed its revision of “Software-Defined Perimeter” Glossary, gauging market technologies and proltocols of this modern security architecture.
The Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) Glossary is a reference document that brings together SDP related terms and definitions from various professional resources. The terms and supporting information in the SDP glossary cover a broad range of areas, including the components of SDP and common supporting technologies.
Why we did this –
Bringing together all the information in this document is meant to minimize misinterpretation about SDP and provide a good understanding in the least amount of time. A balance has also been struck between length of the definitions and understandability with reliance on the reference source as the final arbiter. The result is a common language to communicate, understand, debate, conclude, and present the results of the SDP framework.
How it was developed –
The SDP Working Group (WG) set out to author a comprehensive resource on the terms and definitions within SDP architectures. SDP has changed since 2014, so the WG wanted to update the original SDP Glossary (v1.0, released in 2014). Relevant technologies and protocols not on the original Glossary were encapsulated and inserted to the latest Glossary. The WG held regular meetings over the course of 8 months to bring the new Glossary to fruition.
How to use this –
SDP Glossary v2.0 was intended as a reference document to draw Enterprises (and Service providers) that are interested in learning more about the underlying technologies and protocols. Those that are new to SDP will notice many familiar technologies involved, expediting their awareness of SDP. Ultimately, we see this glossary as a tool to familiarize practicianers with SDP. Awareness of the SDP toolkit is the first step to SDP Adoption.
Based on this Glossary revision effort, we’re pleased to see this level of familiarity (awareness), We are confident that SDP will continue to gain momentum, but realistic that we as proponents of SDP have some work to do. Clearly organizations face challenges in making the case for using SDP instead of traditional security technologies. The CSA will fill this gap with SDP resources and information.
The Glossary, along with SDP Specification, and SDP Architecture Guide, are vital pieces of SDP adoption and deployments within Industry.