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VMware opens hypervisor to security vendors

2008-02-27 00:00:00 by Jon Brodkin,Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
VMware plans to open its hypervisor to security vendors with a set of APIs that make it easier to protect virtual machines from threats including viruses, Trojans and keyloggers
 
Tags: security vendors, protect virtual machines, hypervisor, vmware plans, keyloggers, easier, threats, apis, viruses
 
 
 
 
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Red Hat develops Linux-based hypervisor, virtualization security tool

2008-06-18 00:00:00 by Jon Brodkin in Network World on Security
 
Red Hat released a beta version of a Linux-based hypervisor that fits on a flash drive
 
Tags: red hat, flash drive, hypervisor, beta version, fits
 
 
 
 
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Article: Analytics Brief: Securing The New Data Center

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2008-01-07 05:28:32 by Editor in Security Links
...hypervisors have emerged as the preferred method for introducing a hardware virtualization layer between the bare metal hardware and general-purpose operating systems.As such, hypervisors represent a relatively slim attack vector as theyre often implemented in less than 100,000 lines of code. When compared with the millions of lines that make...
 
Tags: virtual environment, environment, virtual appliances range, virtual appliances, security, tools, security tools, develop security, security holes
 
 
 
 
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Virtualization Vendors Are Not In The Security Business?

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2008-05-09 15:44:33 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...hypervisor should be the place in which all security functionality is delivered, but simply transferring the lack of design and architecture forethought from the hypervisor provider to the consumer by expecting someone else to clean up the mess is just, well, typical." Said Chris Hoff in his blog on this topic I've spoken with a number of...
 
Tags: security, security tools, deliver security tools, virtualization vendors, acquire, acquire security technology, security functionality, security controls, security concerns
 
 
 
 
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Virtualization Vendors Are Not In The Security Business?

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2008-05-09 15:44:33 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...hypervisor should be the place in which all security functionality is delivered, but simply transferring the lack of design and architecture forethought from the hypervisor provider to the consumer by expecting someone else to clean up the mess is just, well, typical." Said Chris Hoff in his blog on this topic I've spoken with a number of...
 
Tags: security, security tools, deliver security tools, virtualization vendors, acquire, acquire security technology, security functionality, security controls, security concerns
 
 
 
 
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My 2008 Security Predictions!

2008-01-09 15:42:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...hypervisor security and virtual security appliances as well as other fun stuff (e.g. this ), but, in all honesty, we can't yet fathom the impact that the coming virtualization wave will have on information security Privacy = I predict that privacy issues, also privacy laws and public outcry due to privacy violations will impact the world of...
 
Tags: security, security predictions, broader information security, information security, smb security, virtual security appliances, security market, security solutions, security software
 
 
 
 
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Catbird launches virtual security service

2008-01-14 00:00:00 by Denise Dubie in Network World on Security
 
Security vendor Catbird announced the availability of its Catbird HypervisorShield service, which the company says will protect virtual machines from management errors, unauthorized access and malicious attacks on the hypervisor
 
Tags: catbird, security vendor catbird, protect virtual machines, malicious attacks, service, management errors, access, hypervisor, availability
 
 
 
 
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Is VMsafe the answer for virtual security?

2008-03-16 21:28:24 by HASH0x8adeee4 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...hypervisor to security tomorrows virtualized mission critical environments I am interested in your thoughts and comments on this. Please feel free to put your two cents in on this discussion. As I dig deeper, I would like to know what others are thinking on this
 
Tags: security, security person, security tomorrows, security vendors, vmware, vmware environments, environments, security solutions, mission critical environments
 
 
 
 
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VMware fixes security bugs

2008-03-17 00:00:00 by Jon Brodkin in Network World on Security
 
VMware fixes hypervisor security bugs that could lead to denial-of-service attacks
 
Tags: attacks, lead