Virtualization has long been used to wring efficiency out of over-sized, under-used systems, but isolating applications and operating systems from the underlying hardware also produces immense ...

I am excited to announce my latest research, The CISO’s Guide To Virtualization Security. This is the first report in a new series focusing on securing virtual environments. The reduced costs and ...

Two warring questions tend to set the limits of what technology can do for business. The chief information officer asks "What's the best this machine can do?" The chief security officer asks, "What's ...

Virtualization will become dominant in enterprises, but the security risks are fuzzy at best. Meanwhile, the usual defense--firewalls, security appliances and such aren't ready for virtualization.

Four virtualization security companies take on patching, controlling access and ultimately protecting virtual server environments, which are proliferating in enterprise companies.

The data center virtualization market is rapidly expanding due to rising cloud adoption, demand for hybrid and multi-cloud ...

Network virtualization is not only essential to a mature cloud infrastructure, it also beefs up security, argues VMware's Rod Stuhlmuller Virtualization has brought IT many gifts. It has made the ...

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 ...

It’s hard not to love virtualization. The ability to create dozens of virtual servers (or “appliances”) as files within a single physical server can cut power consumption, save space, make IT admins’ ...