Feature: Security in a virtualised world

  • Authors:
  • Kevin Sloan

  • Affiliations:
  • Amethyst Risk Management

  • Venue:
  • Network Security
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Do the security challenges posed by virtualisation make it a non-starter for your sensitive business applications? There is much debate about cloud computing, which promises to deliver utility-based virtual computing to the front door of every company. Some are dismissing it as marketing hype - but if it delivers the benefits it claims, it has the potential to transform enterprise computing. So what are the challenges - and what are the opportunities posed by this development?