Virtual Environment performance has been a widely discussed topic when it comes to running security within virtual environments and there is this concept that I have had in my head for a while now that I thought I'd share with the public to get feedback on.  Its called the Virtual Security Nic and is intended to move security out of the shared computing layer (virtual environment) and into the physical layer with dedicated processors.  By doing this the performance challenge goes away and you are able to get security as close as possible to the VM's.  All traffic going from VM to VM will have to traverse the bus and be inspected by this security NIC before it is delivered to its final destination.

Take a look at the picture bellow and feel free to comment either on this blog or email me at:  jpeterson@montegonetworks.com