Virtualization Security

4 Virtualization Security Basics to Watch

root — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:31:43 -0700

While mobile and smartphone security is the hot topic of the moment among virtualization security gurus, plenty of other virtualization security topics demand IT's attention right now. At the recent RSA Security Conference in San Francisco, the interest in virtualization security ran high - with good reason. Different IT departments are at different points on their virtualization journeys, of course, and some are still thinking about security in the old physical world terms, analysts say.

Companies Fail to Adopt Security Policies for Virtualization

root — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:07:50 -0700

New research has revealed the security holes in virtualised environments

Amazon, ISO 27001, and a correction

tludwig — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:09:13 -0700

FlyingPenguin has posted a good critique of my earlier post about Amazon’s ISO 27001 certification. Here’s a succinct correction:

Amazon, ISO 27001, and some conference observations

tludwig — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:09:11 -0700

Greetings from Gartner’s Application Architecture, Development, and Integration Summit. There are around 900 people here, and the audience is heavy on enterprise architects and other application development leaders.

The scary side of virtualization

root — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 23:20:10 -0600

At the Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders conference in March, one CIO stood up to express his unease about the security of a virtual infrastructure that has subsumed more than half of his company's production servers. Two other IT executives chimed in with their own nagging worries.

What's The Problem With Cloud Security? There's Too Much Of It?

root — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:10:48 -0600

Here's the biggest challenge I see in Cloud deployment as the topic of security inevitably occurs in conversation:...

Sophos and Virtual Computer Form Alliance to Secure Virtual Environments

root — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:46:11 -0600

Global IT security and data protection firm Sophos today announced that it has formed a global alliance with Virtual Computer, a leader in the distributed desktop virtualization management market. Virtual Computer's NxTop customers now have the option of selecting Sophos Anti-Virus profiles to help proactively safeguard their virtual environment from suspicious activity, viruses, and other malware threats. ...

Fortinet goes virtual

root — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:45:40 -0600

Fortinet is introducing virtual versions of four of its physical appliances that are designed to protect traffic as it moves between virtual machines.

ESXi Hosts, AD Integrated Security Gotcha

tludwig — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:45:37 -0600

Configuring Active Directory-integrated security for ESXi hosts is easy; managing the license, a bit more complicated.

Case study: Hungry for virtual server security

root — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:45:24 -0600

When it comes to sampling innovative technology, Schwan Foods, a multibillion-dollar frozen food producer, digs right in.