_Virtualization Security

Will virtualization change the way software is licensed?

In one of my previous posts I talked about who owns the virtualization initiative in companies. On this blog Mark Gaydos has talked about who is responsible for securing virtualization. Chris Hoff responded to that on his blog. Obviously there is some debate about who owns this today and who will own it tomorrow. Hopefully [...]

Is the ESX Hardening Guideline enough?

by Gavin Millard

I’m just on my way home from presenting at the Future of the Datacenter Conference in London. The event was well attended and a lot of questions from the people I met on the stand before I went on stage were around virtualization and what Tripwire did to help with this “emerging” technology. Everyone saw [...]

Ok, I’m insecure now what?

by Michael Lohr

In my last blog I hopefully pointed you down the path to testing the security configuration of your ESX server. By the way, this is not the end all be all for your security needs but just another arrow in your quiver of defense in depth. No one product is going to completely provide security–heck [...]

Who Owns Virtualization Security, the VI Admin or the Security Group?

by ~Previous Contributers

Depending on the situation and who you listen to, you can get different answers to this question. This is not the same debate that Simon Crosby (Citrix CTO) and Chris Hoff have been having. This question is aimed at the customer – who cares about virtualization security today and who will care about virtualization security [...]