Virtualization and Private Cloud Security

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One of today's most rapidly-evolving and widely-deployed technologies is server virtualization. Many organizations are already realizing the cost savings from implementing virtualized servers, and systems administrators love the ease of deployment and management for virtualized systems. More and more organizations are deploying desktop, application and network virtualization, as well. There are even security benefits of virtualization - easier business continuity and disaster recovery, single points of control over multiple systems, role-based access, and additional auditing and logging capabilities for large infrastructures.

Virtualization Vulnerabilities

With these benefits comes a dark side, however. Virtualization technology is the focus of many new potential threats and exploits, and presents new vulnerabilities that must be managed. In addition, there are a vast number of configuration options that security and system administrators need to understand, with an added layer of complexity that has to be managed by operations teams. Virtualization technologies also connect to network infrastructure and storage networks, and require careful planning with regard to access controls, user permissions and traditional security controls.

In addition, many organizations are evolving virtualized infrastructure into private and hybrid clouds - shared services running on virtualized infrastructure. Security architecture, policies, and processes will need to be adapted to work within a cloud infrastructure, and there are many changes that security and operations teams will need to accommodate to ensure assets are protected.

 

 

 

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