Let’s face it. Virtualization is everywhere in businesses today. There probably isn’t an IT admin out there that doesn’t swear by it. The sheer number of benefits it adds to the IT departments with its reduced resources, better energy savings, easier administration, etc. It’s also nothing new really. It’s been around for quite some time now, but it has usually been limited to the IT departments, developers, system testers, or the other elite geeks. It hasn’t really been a product for mass consumption – until now very soon. Anyone who hasn’t been hiding under a rock for the past few weeks has probably heard about Microsoft’s new OS, Windows 7, and how it’s incorporated a built-in Windows XP virtualization. It[…]
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I can easily sum up what nearly every talk, every keynote, and every booth vendor is discussing here at RSA. I just need four words: “Cloud computing and virtualization”. Virtualization is important because of the desire to make things cheaper and easier to maintain, and presents a powerful argument for power savings especially the week of earth day. The security concerns in virtualization are generally no different than they are with any current system, except for attack vectors between the host and guest operating systems. Virtualizing security services may be helpful in long term cost savings, but introduces additional risks which must be considered and mitigated or accepted. During the Cryptographer’s Panel, counterarguments about cloud computing were presented. Whit Diffie[…]