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Defense in Depth: Intelligence Gathering Intelligence gathering is an oft overlooked aspect of system and data defense in depth. On the 7/12 Virtualization Security podcast we discussed new and old sources of such intelligence. We were joined by Urvish Vashi, VP of marketing, Alert Logic. Alert Logic has updated their report on cloud based security attacks. Add to this the… VDI Security – better than physical desktops? VDI Security offers little security over well managed standard desktops and can expose more security risks: what is the impact of this? VMware and Public Cloud Computing – A DiscussionMicrosoft is offering public cloud, service provider, and on-premise versions of Azure. Will VMware follow suite with a vSphere based Public Cloud Computing offering? Software Defined Security: Is it Achievable?Cloud based security is about securing the data, yet compliance requirements are often about securing the environment, such as PCI's requirement for web application firewalls, which protect web servers and perhaps applications and imply protection of data. But they do not directly protect data. How can a Software Defined Data Center implement a form of… Is the Software Defined Data Center the Future? VMware purchased Nicira, backed the Openflow Community, and is now touting software defined data centers (SDDC). But what is a software defined datacenter? Is it just virtualization or cloud with a software defined network? Or is it something more than that? Given heavy automation and scripting of most clouds, do we not already have SDDC?… Type 0 Hypervisor – Fact or Fiction While looking around the web for anything new with virtualization, I kept seeing more and more posts and articles about the new type of virtual hypervisor. Type 0, now this sounds interesting and I found these definitions for each type of hypervisor. Storage Hypervisors: Worth the Hype Just what are storage hypervisors? There are several companies that claim to have storage hypervisors. Wikipedia states that a hypervisor is "conceptually one level higher than a supervisory program". We also know that from our normal use of hypervisors that they manage the underlying resources that a guest uses. Do these definitions work for a… Defense in Depth: Know Your Attack SurfacesThe 6/28 Virtualization Security Podcast we spoke about attacks, defense in depth, and compliance with Davi Ottenhiemer and Matt Wallace. Davi and Matt just published a book on how to defend your virtual environment against attack. Unlike other books, this approaches the problem from the point of view of well know attacks. It even gives… Defense in Depth: Storage Security in a Hybrid CloudStorage Security is not only about Encryption, which is just one aspect of Storage Security requirements for the virtual and cloud environments. It is also about increasing defense in depth and knowledge of what is touching your storage environment. As well as providing security around those touch points and to a great extent auditing and…  Join my Circle on Google+ Plugin by Social Author Bio        |
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