This document discusses the security implications of server virtualization. While virtualization provides benefits like reduced costs and improved management, it also introduces new security risks. Specifically, a breach of one virtual server could potentially impact multiple virtual servers running on the same physical hardware. Traditional security tools are not designed to address the unique security challenges of virtualized environments. The document argues that organizations must understand these new risks and take steps to secure virtualized environments in order to fully realize the benefits of virtualization.
The benefits of employing virtualization in the corporate data center are compelling – lower operating
costs, better resource utilization, increased availability of critical infrastructure to name just a few. It is an
apparent “no brainer” which explains why so many organizations are jumping on the bandwagon. Industry
analysts estimate that between 60 and 80 percent of IT departments are actively working on server
consolidation projects using virtualization. But what are the challenges for operations and security staff
when it comes to management and ensuring the security of the new virtual enterprise? With new
technology, complexity and invariably new management challenges generally follow.
Over the last 18 months, Prism Microsystems, a leading security information and event management
(SIEM) vendor, working closely with a set of early adopter customers and prospects, has been working on
extending the capability of EventTracker to provide deep support for virtualization, enabling our customers
to get the same level of security for the virtualized enterprise as they have for their non-virtualized
enterprise. This White Paper examines the technology and management challenges that result from
virtualization, and how EventTracker addresses them.
This document discusses practical steps organizations can take to mitigate security risks introduced by virtualization. It outlines seven steps, including securing virtual machine managers, establishing a known and trusted state, and gaining visibility and control over changes. The author argues that configuration control is important for virtual environments, and that Tripwire Enterprise can help implement the seven steps by integrating with systems to maintain visibility and control over the data center.
This technical brief discusses the challenges of virtualizing critical infrastructure like Active Directory (AD) and Microsoft Exchange. It explains that visibility into both the virtual and physical environments is needed to accurately diagnose and resolve performance issues. The brief recommends using a solution like Quest's vFoglight, which provides extensive monitoring of virtual and physical components, allowing administrators to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve problems affecting AD and Exchange availability and performance.
Virtual versions of servers, applications, networks and storage can be created through virtualization. Its main types include operating system virtualization (VMs), hardware virtualization, application-server virtualization, storage virtualization, network virtualization, administrative virtualization and application virtualization.
This document provides an overview of virtualization. It defines virtualization as separating a resource or request for a service from the underlying physical delivery of that service. Virtualization allows for more efficient utilization of IT infrastructure by running multiple virtual machines on a single physical server. There are two main approaches to virtualization - hosted architectures which run on top of an operating system, and hypervisor architectures which install directly on hardware for better performance and scalability. Virtualization can provide benefits like server consolidation, test environment optimization, and business continuity.
Virtualization refers to the creation of virtual versions of hardware platforms, operating systems, storage devices and network resources. There are different types of virtualization including hardware virtualization, which creates virtual machines that act like physical computers running their own guest operating systems. Other types are desktop virtualization, software virtualization, memory virtualization, storage virtualization, data virtualization, and network virtualization. Virtualization provides benefits like consolidating resources and isolating systems.
The process of virtualization enables the creation of virtual forms of servers, applications, networks and storage. The four main types of virtualization are network virtualization, storage virtualization, application virtualization and desktop virtualization.
The benefits of employing virtualization in the corporate data center are compelling – lower operating
costs, better resource utilization, increased availability of critical infrastructure to name just a few. It is an
apparent “no brainer” which explains why so many organizations are jumping on the bandwagon. Industry
analysts estimate that between 60 and 80 percent of IT departments are actively working on server
consolidation projects using virtualization. But what are the challenges for operations and security staff
when it comes to management and ensuring the security of the new virtual enterprise? With new
technology, complexity and invariably new management challenges generally follow.
Over the last 18 months, Prism Microsystems, a leading security information and event management
(SIEM) vendor, working closely with a set of early adopter customers and prospects, has been working on
extending the capability of EventTracker to provide deep support for virtualization, enabling our customers
to get the same level of security for the virtualized enterprise as they have for their non-virtualized
enterprise. This White Paper examines the technology and management challenges that result from
virtualization, and how EventTracker addresses them.
This document discusses practical steps organizations can take to mitigate security risks introduced by virtualization. It outlines seven steps, including securing virtual machine managers, establishing a known and trusted state, and gaining visibility and control over changes. The author argues that configuration control is important for virtual environments, and that Tripwire Enterprise can help implement the seven steps by integrating with systems to maintain visibility and control over the data center.
This technical brief discusses the challenges of virtualizing critical infrastructure like Active Directory (AD) and Microsoft Exchange. It explains that visibility into both the virtual and physical environments is needed to accurately diagnose and resolve performance issues. The brief recommends using a solution like Quest's vFoglight, which provides extensive monitoring of virtual and physical components, allowing administrators to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve problems affecting AD and Exchange availability and performance.
Virtual versions of servers, applications, networks and storage can be created through virtualization. Its main types include operating system virtualization (VMs), hardware virtualization, application-server virtualization, storage virtualization, network virtualization, administrative virtualization and application virtualization.
This document provides an overview of virtualization. It defines virtualization as separating a resource or request for a service from the underlying physical delivery of that service. Virtualization allows for more efficient utilization of IT infrastructure by running multiple virtual machines on a single physical server. There are two main approaches to virtualization - hosted architectures which run on top of an operating system, and hypervisor architectures which install directly on hardware for better performance and scalability. Virtualization can provide benefits like server consolidation, test environment optimization, and business continuity.
Virtualization refers to the creation of virtual versions of hardware platforms, operating systems, storage devices and network resources. There are different types of virtualization including hardware virtualization, which creates virtual machines that act like physical computers running their own guest operating systems. Other types are desktop virtualization, software virtualization, memory virtualization, storage virtualization, data virtualization, and network virtualization. Virtualization provides benefits like consolidating resources and isolating systems.
The process of virtualization enables the creation of virtual forms of servers, applications, networks and storage. The four main types of virtualization are network virtualization, storage virtualization, application virtualization and desktop virtualization.
NCCE 2011 - Virtualization 101: The Fundamentals of Virtualizationncceconnect
This document discusses the fundamentals of virtualization. It describes traditional computing versus a virtualized environment and the two types of hypervisors - type 1 runs directly on hardware while type 2 runs on a host OS. Features of virtualization include sharing resources transparently across VMs, live migration, centralized management, and high availability. Virtualization helps address server sprawl by allowing server consolidation ratios of 10-40 physical to virtual servers, reducing costs for power, cooling, space and hardware while improving operational efficiency and avoiding downtime through features like high availability.
The process of creating a virtual version of something be it an operating system, a storage device, a server or network resources is known as virtualization. With virtualization, enterprises and companies succeeded in integrating administrative tasks, enhancing scalability, managing workloads, and reducing operational complexities.
Virtualization 2.0: The Next Generation of VirtualizationEMC
In this paper, Frost & Sullivan define virtualization 2.0 and show the enhanced benefits that the latest virtualization platforms can deliver to the business.
You will learn how the virtualization 2.0 can:
- Improve your business agility, productivity, and application performance
- Provide new benefits of next generation virtualization platforms, including capacity management, predicitive analytics and data protection
Virtualization 101 presents a history of virtualization and defines key concepts. It describes how virtual machines isolate operating systems and applications from each other and the physical hardware. Benefits include ease of deployment, mobility, backup/recovery, and hardware independence. Server virtualization partitions physical servers, while desktop virtualization hosts desktops centrally. Application virtualization protects operating systems from application changes. Major virtualization vendors include Citrix, Microsoft, and VMWare.
Virtualization Explained | What Is Virtualization Technology? | Virtualizatio...Simplilearn
In this presentation on virtualization explained, we will understand what is virtualization technology and how it is helpful to us during professional as well as personal work. In this virtualization tutorial, we will understand how virtualization takes place and what software makes virtualization possible and manage different virtual instances, along with the benefits of virtualization.
The topics covered in this what is virtualization presentation are:
1. What Is Virtualization?
2. What Is a Virtual Machine(VM)?
3. Role and Types of Hypervisor
4. Types of Virtualization
5. Benefits of Virtualization
Virtualization is the process of designing a virtual layer to allow one or more operating systems to work on a single physical system known as the host and virtual operating system as a guest. This virtual layer is created through software known as the hypervisor, and it also manages the resource distribution among the virtual machines.
About Simplilearn AWS Cloud Architect Program:
This AWS Cloud Architect Certification Course will make you an expert in Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this program, you will become familiar with architectural principles and services of AWS, learn how to design and deploy highly scalable and fault-tolerant applications on AWS, implement AWS security and testing, and become an expert in AWS components such as S3 and CloudFormation.
What are the course objectives for this AWS Cloud Architect training?
This AWS Cloud Architect certification training will enable you to master the core skills required for designing and deploying dynamically scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant, and reliable applications on one of the top cloud platform providers—Amazon Web Services (AWS). You will learn the fundamentals of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform and become an expert in understanding AWS terminologies, concepts, benefits, and deployment options to meet your business requirements. You will also get an overview of AWS DMS (Database Migration Service), how the AWS Schema Conversion tool works, and the various types of AWS DMS; how to build, implement, and manage scalable and fault-tolerant systems on AWS; and, how to select the appropriate AWS service based on data, compute, database, and security requirements.
Learn more at: https://www.simplilearn.com/aws-cloud-architect-certification-training-course
Microsoft offers several virtualization technologies including application, server, presentation, storage, and desktop virtualization. Key server virtualization technologies include Hyper-V and Virtual Server 2005 which allow consolidating servers to reduce costs and improve manageability. System Center provides tools for managing virtualized environments.
In a general sense, virtualization, is the creation of a virtual, rather than an actual, version of something.
For example:
Google Earth, It is a virtual image of Earth which hold every detail about earth.
From a computing perspective, we might have already done some virtualization if you’ve ever partitioned a hard disk drive into more than one “virtual” drive.
Virtualization in a computing environment can be present in many different forms, some of which are:
Hardware virtualization
Storage and data virtualization
Software virtualization
Network virtualization
This presentation tries to explain basics of virtualization, what is server virtualization ? why is it important ? how it is done ? What are the limitations and risks associated with it ?
Virtualization allows multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on a single physical server using a hypervisor. This reduces costs by improving hardware utilization, lowering maintenance needs, and providing continuous server uptime. There are two main hypervisor types: native hypervisors have direct access to server hardware while hosted hypervisors run within an operating system. Virtualization offers advantages like zero downtime maintenance, dynamic resource allocation, and automated backups.
This is summary on Virtualization. It contains benefits and different types of Virtualization. For example:Server Virtualization, Network Virtualization, Data Virtualization etc.
This slides focuses on Virtualization concepts, types of virtualization, Hypervisors, Evolution of virtualization towards cloud and QEMU-KVM architecture.
The document discusses virtualization and its role in enabling cloud computing. It describes how virtualization abstracts physical computing resources into logical units, allowing single physical machines to appear as multiple virtual machines. This enables more efficient utilization of hardware resources. The document outlines different types of virtualization including server, network, storage and discusses how virtualization of CPU, memory and I/O allows virtual machines to run concurrently on a single physical host.
Cloud computing allows users to access shared computing resources over the internet. It utilizes virtualization which involves partitioning physical resources and allocating them to virtual machines. This improves resource utilization, enables multi-tenancy, and makes resources scalable and flexible. Virtualization allows multiple operating systems and applications to run concurrently on a single physical server through virtual machines. It provides benefits like hardware independence, migration of virtual machines, and better fault isolation. Security challenges in virtualized cloud environments include issues around scaling, diversity, identity management and sensitive data lifetime.
This document discusses virtualization and provides information on different types of virtualization including hardware virtualization, desktop virtualization, and operating system virtualization. It describes virtual machines and how they operate based on the architecture and functions of real computers. Benefits of virtualization include conserving energy, improving ease of management, enabling testing and learning, reducing backup times, and maintaining legacy applications. Potential disadvantages include performance impacts if the server hosting virtual machines fails and demands for powerful hardware. The document also provides details about Oracle VM VirtualBox software.
Virtualization allows multiple operating systems to run on a single machine by creating virtual versions of hardware resources. There are three main types of virtualization: partial, full, and para. A hypervisor manages virtual machines and allocates resources to guest operating systems. Cloud computing delivers computing as an on-demand utility over the internet by sharing resources. It provides software, platforms and infrastructure as services across public, private, hybrid and community clouds. Big data refers to massive volumes of structured and unstructured data that is difficult to process using traditional techniques and requires specialized infrastructure.
Virtualization involves dividing the resources of a computer into multiple execution environments. It has been used since the 1960s and there are several types including hardware, desktop, and language virtualization. The key components of a virtualization architecture are the hypervisor and guest/host machines. Hypervisors allow multiple operating systems to run on a single system and can be type 1 (runs directly on hardware) or type 2 (runs within an operating system). Virtualization provides benefits but also has limitations related to resource allocation and compatibility that vendors continue working to address.
Virtualization is a technology that allows multiple operating systems and applications to run on a single physical machine simultaneously. It provides a layer of abstraction between the physical hardware and the applications running on top of it. The document discusses concepts of virtualization like partitioning, full virtualization, paravirtualization, and VMware's product portfolio for data center, desktop, and mobile virtualization.
Virtualization allows multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on a single physical machine through the use of a hypervisor layer. It provides benefits like server consolidation, application consolidation, sandboxing, and mobility. The main technologies that enable virtualization are the hypervisor and virtual machines. Virtualization can be implemented through full virtualization, para-virtualization, software virtualization, or hardware virtualization. It has become a widely used technology in areas like desktops, servers, and cloud computing.
Rewriting the rules of patch managementArun Gopinath
The document discusses how IBM's Tivoli Endpoint Manager shifts the patching paradigm by providing a comprehensive solution that streamlines the patch management process. It combines the separate steps of patch management (research, assess, remediate, confirm, enforce, report) into a unified, closed-loop process. This allows organizations to see, change, enforce and report on patch compliance status in real time across all endpoints. Key benefits include reducing patch research time, rapidly deploying patches, confirming installation within minutes, and enforcing continuous compliance through centralized reporting and management.
This document discusses building identity-based security into information systems. It argues that most organizations have focused on adding security after the fact, rather than building it in from the start. Today's identity and access management technologies allow building security directly into systems through features like real-time authentication, fine-grained access controls, and linking identity to transactions and information. This approach provides both security benefits and opportunities to optimize business performance. The document examines IBM's identity and access management capabilities as an example of a vendor that can help organizations take a comprehensive, built-in approach to security.
NCCE 2011 - Virtualization 101: The Fundamentals of Virtualizationncceconnect
This document discusses the fundamentals of virtualization. It describes traditional computing versus a virtualized environment and the two types of hypervisors - type 1 runs directly on hardware while type 2 runs on a host OS. Features of virtualization include sharing resources transparently across VMs, live migration, centralized management, and high availability. Virtualization helps address server sprawl by allowing server consolidation ratios of 10-40 physical to virtual servers, reducing costs for power, cooling, space and hardware while improving operational efficiency and avoiding downtime through features like high availability.
The process of creating a virtual version of something be it an operating system, a storage device, a server or network resources is known as virtualization. With virtualization, enterprises and companies succeeded in integrating administrative tasks, enhancing scalability, managing workloads, and reducing operational complexities.
Virtualization 2.0: The Next Generation of VirtualizationEMC
In this paper, Frost & Sullivan define virtualization 2.0 and show the enhanced benefits that the latest virtualization platforms can deliver to the business.
You will learn how the virtualization 2.0 can:
- Improve your business agility, productivity, and application performance
- Provide new benefits of next generation virtualization platforms, including capacity management, predicitive analytics and data protection
Virtualization 101 presents a history of virtualization and defines key concepts. It describes how virtual machines isolate operating systems and applications from each other and the physical hardware. Benefits include ease of deployment, mobility, backup/recovery, and hardware independence. Server virtualization partitions physical servers, while desktop virtualization hosts desktops centrally. Application virtualization protects operating systems from application changes. Major virtualization vendors include Citrix, Microsoft, and VMWare.
Virtualization Explained | What Is Virtualization Technology? | Virtualizatio...Simplilearn
In this presentation on virtualization explained, we will understand what is virtualization technology and how it is helpful to us during professional as well as personal work. In this virtualization tutorial, we will understand how virtualization takes place and what software makes virtualization possible and manage different virtual instances, along with the benefits of virtualization.
The topics covered in this what is virtualization presentation are:
1. What Is Virtualization?
2. What Is a Virtual Machine(VM)?
3. Role and Types of Hypervisor
4. Types of Virtualization
5. Benefits of Virtualization
Virtualization is the process of designing a virtual layer to allow one or more operating systems to work on a single physical system known as the host and virtual operating system as a guest. This virtual layer is created through software known as the hypervisor, and it also manages the resource distribution among the virtual machines.
About Simplilearn AWS Cloud Architect Program:
This AWS Cloud Architect Certification Course will make you an expert in Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this program, you will become familiar with architectural principles and services of AWS, learn how to design and deploy highly scalable and fault-tolerant applications on AWS, implement AWS security and testing, and become an expert in AWS components such as S3 and CloudFormation.
What are the course objectives for this AWS Cloud Architect training?
This AWS Cloud Architect certification training will enable you to master the core skills required for designing and deploying dynamically scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant, and reliable applications on one of the top cloud platform providers—Amazon Web Services (AWS). You will learn the fundamentals of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform and become an expert in understanding AWS terminologies, concepts, benefits, and deployment options to meet your business requirements. You will also get an overview of AWS DMS (Database Migration Service), how the AWS Schema Conversion tool works, and the various types of AWS DMS; how to build, implement, and manage scalable and fault-tolerant systems on AWS; and, how to select the appropriate AWS service based on data, compute, database, and security requirements.
Learn more at: https://www.simplilearn.com/aws-cloud-architect-certification-training-course
Microsoft offers several virtualization technologies including application, server, presentation, storage, and desktop virtualization. Key server virtualization technologies include Hyper-V and Virtual Server 2005 which allow consolidating servers to reduce costs and improve manageability. System Center provides tools for managing virtualized environments.
In a general sense, virtualization, is the creation of a virtual, rather than an actual, version of something.
For example:
Google Earth, It is a virtual image of Earth which hold every detail about earth.
From a computing perspective, we might have already done some virtualization if you’ve ever partitioned a hard disk drive into more than one “virtual” drive.
Virtualization in a computing environment can be present in many different forms, some of which are:
Hardware virtualization
Storage and data virtualization
Software virtualization
Network virtualization
This presentation tries to explain basics of virtualization, what is server virtualization ? why is it important ? how it is done ? What are the limitations and risks associated with it ?
Virtualization allows multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on a single physical server using a hypervisor. This reduces costs by improving hardware utilization, lowering maintenance needs, and providing continuous server uptime. There are two main hypervisor types: native hypervisors have direct access to server hardware while hosted hypervisors run within an operating system. Virtualization offers advantages like zero downtime maintenance, dynamic resource allocation, and automated backups.
This is summary on Virtualization. It contains benefits and different types of Virtualization. For example:Server Virtualization, Network Virtualization, Data Virtualization etc.
This slides focuses on Virtualization concepts, types of virtualization, Hypervisors, Evolution of virtualization towards cloud and QEMU-KVM architecture.
The document discusses virtualization and its role in enabling cloud computing. It describes how virtualization abstracts physical computing resources into logical units, allowing single physical machines to appear as multiple virtual machines. This enables more efficient utilization of hardware resources. The document outlines different types of virtualization including server, network, storage and discusses how virtualization of CPU, memory and I/O allows virtual machines to run concurrently on a single physical host.
Cloud computing allows users to access shared computing resources over the internet. It utilizes virtualization which involves partitioning physical resources and allocating them to virtual machines. This improves resource utilization, enables multi-tenancy, and makes resources scalable and flexible. Virtualization allows multiple operating systems and applications to run concurrently on a single physical server through virtual machines. It provides benefits like hardware independence, migration of virtual machines, and better fault isolation. Security challenges in virtualized cloud environments include issues around scaling, diversity, identity management and sensitive data lifetime.
This document discusses virtualization and provides information on different types of virtualization including hardware virtualization, desktop virtualization, and operating system virtualization. It describes virtual machines and how they operate based on the architecture and functions of real computers. Benefits of virtualization include conserving energy, improving ease of management, enabling testing and learning, reducing backup times, and maintaining legacy applications. Potential disadvantages include performance impacts if the server hosting virtual machines fails and demands for powerful hardware. The document also provides details about Oracle VM VirtualBox software.
Virtualization allows multiple operating systems to run on a single machine by creating virtual versions of hardware resources. There are three main types of virtualization: partial, full, and para. A hypervisor manages virtual machines and allocates resources to guest operating systems. Cloud computing delivers computing as an on-demand utility over the internet by sharing resources. It provides software, platforms and infrastructure as services across public, private, hybrid and community clouds. Big data refers to massive volumes of structured and unstructured data that is difficult to process using traditional techniques and requires specialized infrastructure.
Virtualization involves dividing the resources of a computer into multiple execution environments. It has been used since the 1960s and there are several types including hardware, desktop, and language virtualization. The key components of a virtualization architecture are the hypervisor and guest/host machines. Hypervisors allow multiple operating systems to run on a single system and can be type 1 (runs directly on hardware) or type 2 (runs within an operating system). Virtualization provides benefits but also has limitations related to resource allocation and compatibility that vendors continue working to address.
Virtualization is a technology that allows multiple operating systems and applications to run on a single physical machine simultaneously. It provides a layer of abstraction between the physical hardware and the applications running on top of it. The document discusses concepts of virtualization like partitioning, full virtualization, paravirtualization, and VMware's product portfolio for data center, desktop, and mobile virtualization.
Virtualization allows multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on a single physical machine through the use of a hypervisor layer. It provides benefits like server consolidation, application consolidation, sandboxing, and mobility. The main technologies that enable virtualization are the hypervisor and virtual machines. Virtualization can be implemented through full virtualization, para-virtualization, software virtualization, or hardware virtualization. It has become a widely used technology in areas like desktops, servers, and cloud computing.
Rewriting the rules of patch managementArun Gopinath
The document discusses how IBM's Tivoli Endpoint Manager shifts the patching paradigm by providing a comprehensive solution that streamlines the patch management process. It combines the separate steps of patch management (research, assess, remediate, confirm, enforce, report) into a unified, closed-loop process. This allows organizations to see, change, enforce and report on patch compliance status in real time across all endpoints. Key benefits include reducing patch research time, rapidly deploying patches, confirming installation within minutes, and enforcing continuous compliance through centralized reporting and management.
This document discusses building identity-based security into information systems. It argues that most organizations have focused on adding security after the fact, rather than building it in from the start. Today's identity and access management technologies allow building security directly into systems through features like real-time authentication, fine-grained access controls, and linking identity to transactions and information. This approach provides both security benefits and opportunities to optimize business performance. The document examines IBM's identity and access management capabilities as an example of a vendor that can help organizations take a comprehensive, built-in approach to security.
The document summarizes IBM's Application Security Assessment service which identifies security vulnerabilities in applications and network infrastructure. The service performs comprehensive testing of applications, identifies specific risks, and provides detailed recommendations to mitigate issues. It uses proven methodologies including technical testing, code review, and delivers a report on an application's security posture with remediation steps. IBM experts leverage specialized skills and tools to provide a cost-effective security evaluation.
This document provides a buyer's guide for centralizing security on the mainframe. It discusses the benefits of centralizing security using the mainframe to address challenges from heterogeneous IT environments. It outlines features to look for in effective mainframe security solutions, including security management, identity and access management, monitoring/auditing, and compliance reporting. Checklists are provided to evaluate whether vendor solutions address key functional areas for these categories.
Cloud computing white paper who do you trustArun Gopinath
This white paper discusses security challenges in cloud computing. It identifies key security concerns including governance, data security, architecture vulnerabilities, application risks, and assurance challenges. The paper argues that trust is essential for cloud adoption and can be achieved by understanding these risks, applying appropriate security controls, and choosing the right cloud model matched to workload needs and security requirements.
Ibm xiv storage your ideal cloud building blockArun Gopinath
The document discusses how the IBM XIV Storage System is optimized for virtualized environments when combined with VMware virtualization solutions. Key benefits include storage designed and optimized for virtual servers, high performance through randomization and caching techniques, and high availability. The IBM XIV also integrates well with VMware management tools and helps optimize tasks like snapshots and disaster recovery. Real-world examples demonstrate the IBM XIV's success in server-storage virtualization.
Strategies for assessing cloud securityArun Gopinath
IBM provides strategies for assessing cloud security risks. Key steps include developing a strategic cloud security roadmap, identifying risks specific to public and private cloud models, and conducting assessments of cloud security architectures. IBM security experts evaluate cloud security programs against best practices and provide recommendations to address gaps through additional controls, policies, identity management, or managed security services. Thorough testing also examines network and application vulnerabilities from an attacker's perspective.
1. Implementing Tivoli Identity and Access Assurance can help organizations realize business value through centralized identity and access management that addresses the entire user lifecycle. This improves service, reduces costs, and supports compliance.
2. Case studies show organizations reducing user provisioning times by 80%, streamlining access to new applications, and improving security audits.
3. Features like single sign-on and automated workflows help organizations improve efficiency, reduce help desk calls, and focus resources on strategic initiatives.
Secure by design building id based securityArun Gopinath
This document discusses building identity-based security into information systems. It argues that organizations need to shift from adding security tools to building security in from the start. Identity and access management technologies can integrate security throughout modern IT architectures by authenticating users, enforcing access policies, and managing user sessions and transactions. These technologies provide both security benefits and opportunities to optimize business performance through personalization. The document advocates a comprehensive approach using these and other security tools.
The document repeatedly promotes "Scanner for iOS" and provides a link to "bit.ly/BestScanner" without providing any other details. It appears to be an advertisement for a scanner app for iOS that can be found at the given link.
This document provides an agenda for the "Wind Power HR & Talent Management" conference taking place on October 9-10, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany. The conference will feature 15 expert speakers discussing topics such as effective recruitment channels, improving employee retention, training programs, and bridging skills gaps in the wind industry. Speakers will share case studies and lessons learned from companies such as ENERCON Services UK Ltd, Centrica Energy, EDP Renewables, and KENERSYS GmbH. Participants can learn recruitment strategies for international roles and using company reputation to attract senior candidates.
This document provides instructions for customizing a Libguide template. It discusses formatting the page into left, center, and right columns. The center column is reserved for substantive material. It also covers adding master page elements like boxes, including slideshow presentations and embedded video. The document concludes with normalizing the number of tabs and subtabs and conducting a peer review.
IT Security Risk Mitigation Report: Virtualization SecurityBooz Allen Hamilton
Security is a major area of concern for any organization deploying a virtual environment. The introduction of VMs has created security considerations unheard of just a few years ago. This report provides insight into managing these new risks, and shows how Booz Allen’s expertise helps organizations develop comprehensive and secure virtualization solutions that comply with federal security standards.
At VMworld 2012, Symantec announced new solutions and technical integrations with VMware across its entire product portfolio to ensure higher levels of protection for virtualized environments. Together, Symantec and VMware enable SMBs and enterprises to use the benefits of virtualization without compromising protection.
HyTrust and VMware-Providing a Secure Virtual Infrastructure HyTrust
This document discusses the need for secure virtualization solutions as organizations virtualize more mission-critical workloads. It summarizes that while virtualization provides basic security and cost savings, virtual infrastructures require purpose-built security solutions to address issues like lack of visibility, inconsistent configurations, and inadequate tenant segmentation. The document then outlines VMware's virtual security products and how HyTrust provides additional controls like strong authentication, auditing, and integrity monitoring for the virtual infrastructure and hypervisor administration. Major industry partners are also noted as trusting and integrating with HyTrust's virtual security platform.
This document discusses how Trend Micro's Deep Security product provides virtualization and cloud security through an integrated platform. It offers agentless and agent-based security across physical, virtual, and cloud environments from a single management console. This consolidated security model maximizes performance and ROI while simplifying management and strengthening protection across platforms.
Teneja Group report highlighting the need for performance management solutions that guarantee service assurance and delivery in the data center. This report illustrates that while virtualization has brought many benefits and changed the nature of how we host applications; it has also brought to light "a critical gap for IO and storage." The report stresses the need for increased visibility into the physical infrastructure and how Virtual Instruments can assure the success of virtualizing mission critical applications.
Secure Your Virtualized Environment. Protection from Advanced Persistent Thre...Acrodex
Trend Micro Deep Security
#1 Security Platform for Virtualization and the cloud
Trend Micro Deep Discovery
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Trend Micro Mobile Security
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Symantec announced new products and support at VMworld 2011. They will support vSphere 5.0 with Backup Exec 2010 and new V-Ray technology for virtual machine backups. Symantec also announced new NetBackup 5220 and Backup Exec 3600 appliances for backup and recovery. Symantec aims to help customers virtualize business critical applications and evolve to a hybrid cloud model through solutions that address challenges with virtualization complexity, storage costs, availability, security and performance.
This white paper discusses building the next-generation data center through virtualization maturity. It outlines a 4-stage model of virtualization maturity: server consolidation, infrastructure optimization, automation and orchestration, and dynamic data center. For each stage, it discusses the challenges and provides a sample implementation plan. The target audience is IT directors and infrastructure leaders looking to advance their organizations along the virtualization maturity lifecycle with guidance on overcoming roadblocks at each stage through the right combination of people, processes, and technologies.
The Evolution Of Server Virtualization By Hitendra MolletiHitendra Molleti
This document discusses the benefits of server virtualization for businesses. It begins by outlining top business challenges such as reacting quickly to market changes and containing costs. It then discusses what businesses demand from IT, including flexibility, cost control, simplicity, continuity, and security. Server virtualization can help meet these demands. The document provides a brief history of virtualization and explains how the virtualization approach abstracts physical hardware and allows for more efficient utilization of servers than the traditional one application, one server model. Key benefits of server virtualization include more efficient utilization rates, reduced power consumption and costs, decreased capital expenditures, enhanced business continuity, more flexible resource allocation, simplified management, and acting as the first step towards cloud computing. The
Protecting Dynamic Datacenters From the Latest Threatswhite paper
The document discusses the challenges of securing dynamic datacenters, where servers are increasingly virtualized, mobile between physical locations, and deployed in public clouds. It notes that traditional network-based security is insufficient as servers lose their strict separation. The proliferation of virtual machines multiplies security risks like exposure to attacks between VMs and loss of security context during live migration. Cloud computing further challenges the security model by removing even the datacenter perimeter and requiring host-based protections on internet-accessible VMs. The document introduces Third Brigade Deep Security as a comprehensive server and application protection solution suited for dynamic virtual, cloud and traditional datacenter environments.
Risk Analysis and Mitigation in Virtualized EnvironmentsSiddharth Coontoor
As companies move towards hybrid cloud solution there are still many private cloud solutions still out there. Traditional risk assessment techniques cannot be applied to such virtual servers. This paper is an attempt to identify key assets and assess risks related to these critical assets.
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Securing virtualization in real world environments
1. IBM Software January 2011
Thought Leadership White Paper
Securing virtualization in
real-world environments
2. 2 Securing virtualization in real-world environments
Contents However, the key to successful virtualization is providing bene-
fits like energy efficiency and performance without compromis-
2 Introduction ing security. Organizations typically struggle to stay ahead of
3 Virtualization: Enjoy the ride, but don’t forget to buckle up today’s threats while also addressing various regulatory-based
compliance standards. Adding new technologies such as
5 Security implications of virtualization virtualization exacerbates this problem, making it essential
for organizations to identify and address the new security gaps
7 Securing virtualization
that are introduced by virtualized environments.
8 Virtualization security solutions from IBM
For example, in a physical server environment, if someone com-
11 Summary promises the security of one server, most organizations have the
security tools in place to address and contain that breach. But
12 For more information
in a virtual server environment, where a single physical server
can be running multiple applications from different resources, a
Introduction breach of one virtual server can potentially be a breach across
IT organizations are under increasing pressure to deliver more a multitude of virtualized servers. And traditional security tools
functionality faster and with smaller budgets. Increasing costs can’t help, because they weren’t designed to address virtualiza-
attributed to power and cooling of servers, coupled with the tion. It’s only a matter of time before a tremendous security
headache of managing an expanding number of servers, makes breach associated with server virtualization makes headlines.
this a serious challenge requiring new advancements within the
data center. Given the potential for catastrophe, organizations must act now.
The first step is to take the time to understand how to properly
At the heart of many data center transformations is virtualiza- integrate, deploy and manage security in virtualized environ-
tion. Through its ability to consolidate workloads and reduce the ments. Without a baseline plan or a real understanding of virtu-
amount of time and energy IT spends purchasing, installing and alization and security, IT groups may decide to disable many
maintaining racks of servers, virtualization allows the organiza- of the advanced features of virtualization for fear of unintended
tion to satisfy its goals with fewer physical resources and reduced consequences, or even worse, they might introduce more risk
operational costs. Early adopters of virtualization are also into the process.
attaining additional returns on their investment through
simplified systems management, automation and optimized
server utilization. In short, both the expectations and benefits
are very real.
3. IBM Software 3
This white paper examines many of the security concerns associ- However, in addition to providing these benefits, virtualization
ated with virtualization and helps you understand and prioritize significantly impacts security. As data centers evolve into shared
these risks, as well as describing the IBM security solutions and dynamic infrastructures, security concerns increase. The
that can help you secure virtual environments and position your industry has already expressed anxiety over physical-to-virtual
organization to reap the full rewards of this exciting technology. migrations, security of the virtualization management stack, and
visibility into the virtual network. As virtual data centers become
Virtualization: Enjoy the ride, but don’t more complex, additional concerns around workload isolation,
forget to buckle up multi-tenancy, mobility, virtual machine sprawl and trust rela-
Virtualization has tremendous appeal for a variety of reasons. tionships are gaining visibility. Negatively impacting the overall
Most notably, organizations are successfully reducing capital and security posture and increasing risk are never the intentions of
operating expenses through server consolidation. By breaking IT groups deploying virtualization, but that potential readily
down silos of physical resources, organizations can simplify exists.
data center management and reduce server sprawl.
Concerns over risk have the potential to limit the benefits an
While reducing data center costs has become the primary suc- organization will realize from virtualization. For example, many
cess metric for organizations, investments in server virtualization companies have seen no change in the number of resources
also come with greater expectations. Organizations have addi- needed to manage virtual environments (see Figure 1). This is
tional goals of increased availability, automation and flexibility likely the result of organizations not enabling automation
that are possible only with virtualization. Realizing these goals capabilities such as dynamic resource allocation and mobility.
is a critical step towards greater levels of service management Additionally, adopters of virtualization may not be changing—
through virtualization, including advanced IT service delivery and ultimately improving—the efficiency of server provisioning
and strong business alignment. It also helps break the lock processes for fear of introducing risk or of moving out of com-
between IT resources and business services—freeing you to pliance with security policies. Until these organizations enable
exploit highly optimized systems and networks to further more advanced virtualization features, they will not realize
improve efficiency. the enhanced manageability and availability benefits that
virtualization brings.
4. 4 Securing virtualization in real-world environments
The security challenges of virtualization
Traditional threats
Traditional threats can attack
New threats to VM VMs just like real systems
environments
Virtual server sprawl
APPLICATIONS Dynamic state
VIRTUAL Dynamic relocation
Management
vulnerabilities MACHINE
OPERATING
Secure storage of VMs
SYSTEM
and the management
data MANAGEMENT Resource sharing
Requires new Single point of failure
skill sets VMM OR HYPERVISOR
Loss of visibility
Insider threat
HARDWARE Stealth rootkits
MORE COMPONENTS = MORE EXPOSURE
Figure 1: The unique security challenges of virtualized infrastructures generate new risks for IT organizations, and the risk increases with the number of
components involved.
5. IBM Software 5
On the other hand, many early adopters have rushed to take controls, strengthen the platform and increase awareness of
advantage of these technologies, often without fully understand- potential security implications, organizations will be able to real-
ing the security concerns. For example, server consolidation ize more benefits without adding new risk.
increases overall efficiency, but also complicates matters by
introducing a new architecture with various technical and Before we examine the solutions offered for virtualization
organizational complexities. Both IT and security professionals security, let’s take an in-depth look at the major concerns.
must adapt as consolidation forces change.
Security implications of virtualization
As network and server administration begin to converge, physi- Some characteristics and attributes of virtualization have inad-
cal security devices and other security tools become less effective. vertent yet influential consequences on information security.
Even the most basic features of virtualization greatly impact the Physical servers and other computer resources are heavily
day-to-day security responsibilities and processes used to achieve shared, barriers between virtual machines are logical, and
and maintain compliance. workloads can move around the data center—en route to new
servers or geographic locations in real time.
Perhaps a lesson can be learned from the automobile industry in
that safety and security increase with maturity. The first modern Understandably, people, processes and technology must adapt.
automobiles were available in the late 19th century, but seat belts To do so, we must fully understand the new risks and security
were not offered as standard equipment until 1958. Clearly, challenges unique to this technology. The following sections
technological advances allowing cars to travel much farther and describe several major security concerns of virtualized
faster outpaced advances in safety. Likewise, new virtualization environments.
capabilities are currently being introduced at a pace that chal-
lenges risk mitigation solutions. While mature virtualization Isolation
platforms have strengthened their inherent security capabilities In order to safely consolidate servers and allow a single physical
over time, new virtualization products with widespread appeal server to host multiple virtual machines, virtualization uses logi-
and poorly understood security capabilities are now on the cal isolation to provide the illusion of physical independence.
highway. No longer able to verify that machines are separated by network
cables and other physical objects, we rely on the hypervisor and
In response, organizations must buckle up. They should under- other software-based components to provide these assurances.
stand the new security risks that are introduced in virtualized This becomes increasingly important when workloads from
environments, and then evaluate new security solutions specifi- users of different trust levels share the same hardware. In
cally designed to address these new virtualization security order to properly contain information, administrators must pay
challenges. Yes, virtualization introduces new concerns, but it special attention to configuration settings that affect virtual
also provides an opportunity to extend defense-in-depth to machines and network isolation, as well as continuously monitor
new and unique areas of integration. As we optimize security the entire infrastructure for changes that could result in leakage
of sensitive data.
6. 6 Securing virtualization in real-world environments
Server lifecycle and change control configuration protocol (DHCP) environments. Static policies
Patch management and change control windows are vital to and other security mechanisms designed for traditional servers
keeping operations running smoothly and safely. This is done by and networks may become easily confused. The ability of secu-
applying important security fixes in a timely manner. In fact, this rity products to operate intelligently across multiple physical and
is so important that many IT organizations have built an exact virtual environments, as well as to be more infrastructure-aware
science around server maintenance. Without question, a great through integration of platform and management APIs, will
amount of time and money are invested annually to maintain allow administrators to enforce control over the mobility of
servers in the data center. Virtualization adds to this complexity virtual machines within various security zones.
by changing the rules of the game. Servers are no longer con-
stantly running; virtual machines can be stopped, started, paused Virtual network security
and even rolled back to a previous state. The speed at which Networks and servers are no longer two separate, distinct layers
machines are configured and deployed also dramatically of the data center. Virtualization allows for the creation of
increases. What used to take hours now takes seconds or sophisticated network environments, completely virtualized
minutes. The result is a highly dynamic environment where within the confines of the server itself. These virtual networks
machines can be quickly introduced into the data center with facilitate communications for virtual machines within the server
little oversight, and security flaws can be absent or reintroduced and share many of the same features used by physical switches
based on virtual machine state. Security professionals must and other traditional networking gear. A physical port in the data
fully understand what virtual machines are being deployed, center that used to represent a single server now represents tens
which are currently running, when they were last patched and or hundreds of virtual servers and drastically affects how we
who owns them. secure data center networks. Network traffic between virtual
machines within the same physical server does not exit the
Virtual machine mobility machine and is not inspected by traditional network security
Mobility, in the language of virtualization, refers to the ability of appliances located on the physical network. These blind spots,
a virtual machine to automatically relocate itself and its resources especially between virtual machines of varying trust levels, must
to an alternate location. This capability, while highly desirable, be properly protected with additional layers of defense running
can also create problems. In a traditional data center, physical within the virtual infrastructure.
server ‘A’ might be located on Row 5, Rack 8, Slot 3. In the
hybrid data center, virtual machine ‘B’ is not as easily locatable. Separation of operational duties
As part of a resource pool, server ‘B’ could be spread across Separation of duties and the policy of least privilege are
multiple physical resources. If configured for mobility, the virtual important security principles used to limit the capabilities of IT
machine could relocate to another physical server, either auto- administrators as they manage resources and perform routine
matically as part of a disaster preparedness plan or in response tasks. Server management is usually handled by the server
to a performance threshold. administrator, and network management by the network
administrator—while security professionals work with both
The mobile aspect of virtual machines means flexibility, time teams and handle their own specific tasks. Virtualization has
and cost savings for the data center, but it also introduces secu-
rity concerns similar to laptop and large-scale dynamic host
7. IBM Software 7
changed the natural boundaries and lines of demarcation that the same security technology. The reason we cannot is due to a
built these divisions. Both server and network tasks can be fundamental shift in the way organizations plan, deploy and
managed from a single virtualization management console, manage virtualization platforms. This shift requires, in some
which introduces new operational challenges that must be instances, a simple adaptation, and in others, a completely new
overcome. Organizations must clearly define proper identity and way of operating.
access management policies, allowing administrations and secu-
rity professionals to properly maintain and secure the virtual For example, it is true that some of the threats exposed by
environment without granting excessive authority to those who virtualization can be mitigated or reduced by using existing
do not require it. people, processes and technology. Traditional network and host
security products for example, can be used to protect the net-
Additional layers of software work, desktops and servers. Given a small adaptation, host intru-
As virtualization is introduced into the data center, so are addi- sion prevention systems (HIPS) can also be installed on each
tional lines of code that make up the software needed to virtual machine. However, what cannot be effectively protected
implement it—from the management consoles that control by traditional processes and technologies is the virtual fabric
virtual machines to the hypervisors that provide the foundation composed of the hypervisor, management stack, inter-VM traffic
for the technology itself. As such, new vulnerabilities related to and virtual switch. While people, processes and technology are
virtualization software can be introduced, with some attributed recyclable, they also need to evolve to the new architecture and
to the popularity, accessibility and relative immaturity of x86 concepts exposed by virtualization.
virtualization. In addition, there is a heightened sensitivity from
vendors to analyze and disclose vulnerabilities. Many disclosures Change control and patching procedures are good examples.
can be attributed to third-party code that is packaged with the The patching procedures for virtual machines certainly need to
virtualization software stack, and vendors are taking measures to adapt to fluctuating running states and dormancy. Furthermore,
reduce the footprint of their software and dependency on uncon- how do organizations use virtualization management suites to
trolled code. However, it goes without saying that fault-free code reclaim the separation of duties lost when network and host
is largely unattainable, especially as vendors integrate complex administration merge onto the virtualization platform?
features into their platforms. Organizations should treat virtual-
ization as they would any critical application and apply proper Deploying access control and applying the policy of least privi-
defenses to stay ahead of these threats. lege to the management console, administrative roles and virtual
images are certainly not unique concepts; however, slowing the
Securing virtualization growth of virtual networks and preventing virtual server sprawl
IBM believes that a foundation in security is the basis from is. Administrators must also adapt to the concept of shared
which organizations can reap the most benefit from virtualiza- resources and ensuring a fair distribution of RAM, CPU,
tion. If many of today’s virtualization security challenges simply storage and bandwidth.
mirror yesterday’s challenges, logically, we should be able to use
8. 8 Securing virtualization in real-world environments
All of these practices are used in today’s networks—in some Virtualization security products
form—to mitigate risk. Since even virtual networks are really IBM’s virtualization security product offerings fall into three
hybrid networks, these traditional solutions are still absolute areas within the virtualization spectrum: Virtual environment
necessities in the fight for security. However, organizations ready, virtual appliances and virtual infrastructure protection.
should keep in mind that organizational security is only as good
as the sum of its parts. Defense-in-depth must be extended from Virtual environment ready solutions utilize IBM security
physical to virtual environments. In today’s era of reduced cost offerings to protect virtual environments. With these solutions,
and complexity, the value of a single suite of centrally managed IBM can protect virtual environments with proven technologies
security products that protects both physical and virtual net- that incorporate recommended policies from the IBM X-Force™
works and hosts is critical to achieving organizational security team, which is one of the oldest and best-known commercial
and maximum return on investment. security research groups in the world. Certified by the
International Computer Security Association (ICSA), and
Virtualization security solutions from IBM developed according to National Security Services (NSS)
Most organizations are running hybrid infrastructures with libraries for cross-platform security development, these
varying percentages of physical and virtual hosts, applications solutions have the ability to block threats and provide seamless
and devices. While many are rushing headlong into virtualiza- integration with no interruption of your workflows.
tion, others are testing in laboratories or waiting until the value
of their servers and appliances have amortized. Regardless, the Virtual appliances such as IBM Security Network Intrusion
stark reality of virtualization is that there is an adoption period. Prevention System help reduce operational expenses while
Current investments in security will not be thrown away but will increasing flexibility for your security infrastructure by allowing
be recycled and reused. Without question, organizations will the reuse of assets you already own. These solutions can easily
look to cannibalize their existing investment in security in order migrate from older technologies without changing hardware,
to effectively extend their investment. and they provide a foundation for future expansion. The same
policies of the physical appliance can be reused, and there can
It is critical to understand that the true value of security is not in be numerous virtual appliances running on every virtualization
point products that address virtualization only, but in solutions server.
that extend security to the new risks exposed by virtualizing
production servers. Organizations interested in reducing cost Virtual infrastructure protection solutions include IBM Security
and complexity while achieving enterprise-grade security must Virtual Server Protection for VMware, an integrated threat miti-
pay close attention to how solutions will fill the coverage gaps gation solution designed to allow organizations to fully exploit
introduced by virtualization. the benefits of server virtualization while protecting critical
virtualized assets (see Figure 2). It provides the same intrusion
IBM is focused on providing best-of-breed, end-to-end security prevention capabilities of other network IPS solutions, but with
solutions for key control points—network, endpoint and server. the advantage of being integrated into the hypervisor through
IBM provides a range of virtualization security products, serv- the VMsafe interface made available by VMware—which means
ices, and leading-edge expertise to help organizations maintain you need to install only one instance for each virtualization server
security while realizing the promise of virtualization. in order to protect the entire virtualized infrastructure.
9. IBM Software 9
IBM Security Virtual Server Protection for VMware
IBM Security VM VM VM
Virtual Server Web Server Host Desktop Web Application
Protection for VMware
Policy
Response Applications Applications Applications
Engines
Hardened OS OS OS OS
Rootkit Firewall VMsafe Intrusion Virtual
Detection Prevention NAC
Hypervisor
Hardware
Figure 2: IBM Security Virtual Server Protection for VMware helps organizations operate more securely and cost-effectively by delivering integrated and
optimized security capabilities for virtual data centers.
10. 10 Securing virtualization in real-world environments
IBM Security Virtual Server Protection for VMware automati- ● IBM Security SiteProtector System offers the industry’s largest
cally protects virtual machines as they come online or move portfolio of centrally managed security products and is sup-
across the data center, and it monitors traffic between virtualized ported on VMware ESX. Designed for simplicity and flexibil-
servers with a holistic view of the virtual network. In addition to ity, Security SiteProtector System can provide centralized
delivering IPS capabilities, the solution enables the security team configuration, management, analysis and reporting for select
to search for malware by looking for rootkit activity in virtual- IBM security products.
ized systems and to configure firewall rules and network access ● IBM virtualized infrastructure security provides virtual envi-
control (NAC) rules. ronment awareness and forms a transparent plug-and-play
threat protection solution to address security concerns associ-
IBM Security SiteProtector™ System is integrated into Virtual ated with virtual machine sprawl, lack of virtual network
Server Protection for VMware, providing a simple, cost-effective visibility, and mobility. Through integration with virtualization
way to manage security solutions for physical and virtualized platforms, IBM provides consolidated network-level intrusion
systems across the entire IT environment. Security SiteProtector prevention and auditing of the virtual environment, reducing
System provides a central management point to control security the need for network traffic analysis in the guest operating
policy, analysis, alerting and reporting. system. Through this approach, organizations can limit the
security footprint per guest OS, thereby eliminating redundant
Security management solutions resource consumption and reducing security management
IBM provides a wide range of security management offerings, complexity.
from managed services to plug-and-play solutions:
Solutions backed by IBM X-Force
● IBM Managed Security Services offers the option to outsource IBM security excellence is driven by the world-renowned
the deployment and management of your security products, X-Force team, which provides the foundation for IBM’s preemp-
thus reducing the cost and complexity of training and main- tive approach to Internet security. This leading group of security
taining in-house staff. IBM Managed Security Services also experts researches and evaluates vulnerabilities and security
offers an innovative and simple way to secure the virtual issues, develops assessment and countermeasure technology for
infrastructure by choosing to have IBM manage your security IBM security products, and educates the public about emerging
operations from one of eight IBM operation centers around Internet threats.
the world. Called the IBM Virtual-Security Operations Center
(Virtual-SOC), this service is designed to ensure that all
physical and virtual security solutions are active and updated
with the latest patches and software updates, including security
intelligence provided by the IBM X-Force research and
development team.
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The X-Force team delivers security intelligence that customers Summary
can use to improve the security of their networks and data. Without a doubt, virtualization has changed—and is changing—
Regardless of whether the product is a physical 1U appliance or how organizations run, manage and store applications and data.
a piece of software installed on a virtual machine, the same secu- New, complex technologies are rapidly increasing the potential
rity intelligence and threat content developed by the X-Force for more gaps in protection.
team is installed on that IBM security device and helps manage
the threat mitigation process. Virtualization security need not mean scrapping current security
investments in IPS technology, firewalls or multifunction
In addition to providing security content updates to IBM secu- devices. Networks will always have some amount of physical
rity products, the X-Force team also provides the IBM X-Force hardware, and virtual security will always be limited by a finite
Threat Analysis Service (XFTAS). The XFTAS delivers cus- amount of resources. But you do need to plan now and consider
tomized information about a wide array of threats that could how to best protect your physical and virtual resources.
affect your network through detailed analysis of global threat
conditions. IBM continues to develop solutions that not only help protect
capital investments and confidential data, but also make it easy to
track, monitor, automate and manage your critical infrastructure
resources, including those in the virtualization stack.