OpenC2 has been proposed as a uniform language for remote command and control of security functions. It defines a common language and specific profiles for different classes of security functions, such as monitoring, firewalling, prevention, and scanning. Despite the great effort behind the language definition, it is still unclear to what extent a common language is able to abstract very different types of functions, since existing implementations are limited to simple cases only, such as stateless packet filtering. This thesis investigates the use of OpenC2 to control both legacy and more recent generations of security functions in modern computing environments. The work includes design, implementation, and validation phases.