Bladewatch.com

http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/04/11/
virtualization-security-risks-being-overlooked-analyst-firm-says/

The market for server and desktop virtualization is hitting a growth spurt, given a run of new product introductions and research showing increased demand for the technology. The technology offers companies the ability to reduce costs and increase productivity, however, if the adoption and implementation is done without much thought for security, virtualization may lead to higher costs, and loss of production, Gartner said.

“Virtualization, as with any emerging technology, will be the target of new security threats,” said Neil MacDonald, a vice president at Gartner, in a published statement.

I’ve written about this before, but it highlights an important issue, securing your virtualization platform and your virtual machines is an important part of the IT function and should be seen as ‘the cost of doing business’, whether you use an automated tool like VirtualShield or develop and manage something in house, consider how your business, your IT will manage the virtual server patching and security.

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