Management Plane Security
Noun · Security & Infosec
Definitions
The protection of the interfaces, APIs, consoles, and protocols used to administer infrastructure, cloud services, and network devices. Management plane security is critical because whoever controls the management layer can often reconfigure or disable everything underneath it.
In plain English: Security for the interfaces used to manage and control systems.
Example: "The audit focused on management plane security after discovering the switch admin interface was reachable from a general office subnet."