Server virtualization is a no-brainer--it's quick to deploy and easy to justify in terms of cost-savings--but too many companies are deploying the technology without considering the security ...

Virtualization offers organizations the opportunity to reduce costs and increase agility, however, if this is done without implementing best practices for security, virtualization may actually ...

I sometimes find myself talking about a topic and getting blank stares. Then a year or two later, everyone is suddenly talking about it. One such topic is security virtualization. Until now, those two ...

Virtualization and cloud computing have disrupted the security industry to its core. We have not quite figured out how to deal with very dynamic infrastructure while most security is implemented in a ...

To achieve cost savings, scalability and other important benefits, many organizations have migrated applications and sensitive data to private clouds. However, concerns over how to secure a private ...

Part 1 of this five-part series defines virtualization; Part 2 takes a look at the business drivers for virtualization; and Part 3 examines the challenges enterprises face when they virtualize their ...

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 ...

With the military's current mandates to increase efficiencies, virtualization offers multiple benefits to the armed forces. Projects underway at the National Security Agency are advancing its use, but ...

VMware, Xen, and Hyper-V virtualization environments can add additional security concerns. What should you be thinking about? Security expert and VMware community member Edward Haletky talks virtual ...

VMware is making a case that network virtualization can improve security in the enterprise. VMware, one of the biggest proponents of virtualizing the entire data center, says CIOs concerned about ...

Your old PC isn't aging badly — this Windows security layer is just too heavy for it, so you need to disable it.

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 ...