In April 2004 I wrote my first article on the topic of virtualization security. I was trying to bring attention to the security aspects of this “new” technology that was getting quite a bit of hype at ...

Litebox runs sensitive or high‑risk operations inside a separate, sandboxed environment instead of letting them execute ...

As the mainstream continues to adopt virtualization into their IT environments, the question of IT security still comes up. In fact, some worry that security might even pose a bigger problem within a ...

Virtualization technology, which allows multiple operating systems to run different applications on a single computer, has caught the attention of IT managers for its promise to let them better manage ...

Virtualization can be both a blessing and a curse, serving up improved security while at the same time hiding dangers Almost any IT department worth its salt is deploying virtualization technology ...

Virtualization is proving its ability to reduce costs, but a new set of security threats is emerging as IT managers struggle to adjust to new ways of managing risk. Government IT upgrade projects may ...

Is moving to virtualization and cloud computing making network security easier or harder? When some 2,100 top IT and security managers in 27 countries were asked, the response revealed a profound lack ...

Defining a set of security and compliance policies is a key first step. But enforcing security policy is not as easy. Defining a set of security and compliance policies is a key step. Having a ...

As it kicks off the second day of its VMworld conference, VMware is sharing newly published security and compliance recommendations for virtual environments. The vendor's guidelines focus primarily on ...

Beyond virtualization, cloud computing adds an additional layer of abstraction, raising additional security-related issues, including: Compliance, defense in depth, data location, privacy, shared ...

Security company McAfee has predicted that virtualization will be an area of security concern in 2008. McAfee told ZDNet UK that companies need to understand the risks, as well as the benefits, before ...

In April 2004 I wrote my first article on the topic of virtualization security. I was trying to bring attention to the security aspects of this “new” technology that was getting quite a bit of hype at ...