Advertise Link policy Reprints Minor Outlying IslandsNORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDSArmed Forces AfricaArmed Forces Americas AA except CanadaArmed Forces CanadaArmed Forces Europe AEArmed Forces Middle AEArmed Forces Pacific APLast Name Zip Title Email Home Washington Convention Center, Washington 1112, First Name StateSELECT OF HAMPSHIRENEW JERSEYNEW MEXICONEW YORKNORTH CAROLINANORTH ISLANDSOUTH CAROLINASOUTH ISLANDSVIRGINIAWASHINGTONWEST SamoaGuam Micronesia Federated States ofPuerto RicoU. S. Isolation refers to virtualization designs that dont allow separate operating system and application combinations to communicate with one another, even when they run on the same hardware.
In virtual environment, youve got to have little more faith in your admin team. Systems administrators should also additional security training, he said. New threatsVendors, including market leader VMware, say virtualization can offer more secure server environment than those composed of traditional servers.The isolation characteristics provide very strong properties that help stop penetrations from security perspective, said Aileen Black, vice president of VMwares federal and publicsector operations. Link policy Reprints People have been too busy enjoying the benefits to become paranoid about the potential security vulnerabilities of virtualization mirror those of physical server environments.
Advertise Customer Help Washington Convention Center, Washington 1012, GovSec & Site Map 19962009 Media, Inc. Minor Outlying IslandsNORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDSArmed Forces AfricaArmed Forces Americas AA except CanadaArmed Forces CanadaArmed Forces Europe AEArmed Forces Middle AEArmed Forces Pacific APLast Name Zip Title Email Home Virtualization also enables more applications to run on fewer computer boxes, so agencies can buy less hardware and fewer power and cooling systems to keep the hardware humming. Isolation refers to virtualization designs that dont allow separate operating system and application combinations to communicate with one another, even when they run on the same hardware.
All Rights Reserved. Virtual servers, real threats Agencies face new security management challenges when they adopt server virtualization By Alan Joch Published on 10, Digg De. licio. us Slashdot Technorati Comment Click here to comment on this article Related story links The new diet plan Virtualization, then major consolidation Deft consolidation Virtualization hot at LinuxWorld Security Special Report page Newsletters You might also be interested in these FCW newsletters Daily To learn more, click here.