Open Access Journal of Applied Science and Technology(OAJAST)

Department of Information Technology, Capella University, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Publications

• Research Article   
  Beyond the Perimeter: Toward a Quantum-Integrated SDN-Container Security Architecture for the Post-Classical Threat Environment
  Author(s): Troy Coienth Troublefield, DBA and Ph.D., CAIS*
  
  Contemporary cybersecurity architecture confronts a dual disruption: the escalating sophistication of classical adversarial threats in virtualized network environments and the emergent threat posed by quantum computing to the cryptographic foundations underpinning those environments. This article develops a conceptual framework, the Quantum-Integrated SDN-Container Security Architecture (QISCA), that extends practitioner-grounded findings from a prior generic qualitative inquiry on software-defined networking (SDN) and container integration into the quantum threat horizon (Troublefield, 2025). Drawing on five empirically derived themes, security enhancement strategies, implementation dynamics, operational management, threat detection, and comparative security analysis, this article argues that the centralized programmability of SDN and the micro-segmentation capabilities of container .. Read More»
  

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