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NetFlow and Visibility in the Virtual Environment

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2008-03-31 23:21:54 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...virtual environment and potential hypervisor based attacks, we sometimes forget about the visibility problem within the virtual environment Today's blog is about just that. Visibility We've all probably heard the saying, its hard to secure what you can't see and that understanding your environment is the first step to security. Well, with...
 
Tags: virtual, virtual environment, environment, virtual infrastructure, virtual switch, virtual firewall, virtual security product, physical world, world
 
 
 
 
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Netflow visibility inside Virtual Environments

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2008-04-22 18:07:24 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...virtualized environments is the lack of visibility of the communication between virtual machines. With this lack of visibility a number of challenges start to appear such as security, monitoring and capacity planning. Its hard to secure what you cant see or dont know about and its hard to determine when you need to add more resources when you...
 
Tags: virtual network communication, communication, virtual network, virtual environment communication, netflow, network communication, visibility, network, enable network visibility
 
 
 
 
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Virtual Security Concerns

2008-01-31 14:01:47 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
 
...virtual networks created by the power of VMWare, Citrix/XenSource, Virtual Iron and the like are less secure than their physical counter parts. I believe Gartner made such a claim. Is that actually true I tend to believe that it is. One of the security problems that hasn't widely been discussed is the trust issues around Virtual Server...
 
Tags: virtual server images, security concerns, virtual server, concerns, security, server, linux server, virtual environment, physical server
 
 
 
 
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Virtual Security = Virtual Performance Challenge

2008-02-14 18:24:44 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
 
...virtual environment I think not only about security but the performance impact security applications will have on the virtual environment People virtualize because CPU/Memory resources have been UNDER utilized. People have traditionally bought a server to host an application and those applications are not always in use. Many times they sit...
 
Tags: security, symantec security applications, network, network based security, security detail, reflex vsa product, reflex, perimeter security, security application
 
 
 
 
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Virtual Environments will be more secure than their physical counter parts by 2010

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2008-03-22 18:29:17 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...Virtual Environments will be more secure than their physical counter parts by 2010 Neil McDonald of Gartner reported in 2007 that throughout 2009, 60% of virtual environment deployments would be less secure than their physical counter parts Although I tend to believe Neils prediction Im a bit optimistic about the markets awareness of the...
 
Tags: security concerns, application security concerns, virtual, concerns, server, virtual server, virtual appliances, security infrastructure due, lift
 
 
 
 
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Securing Virtual Environments Through Partnerships

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2008-04-13 16:06:19 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...virtual) we believe in security through partnerships. Securing virtual environments is like exploring new frontier or a planned venture to Mars. Research scientists, chemists, doctors, collective minds and in this case a unity of security vendors we feel is the best approach to getting ready for this venture to the new Virtual World ...
 
Tags: virtual, network, virtual network communication, networks, montego networks plans, virtual datacenter, montego networks, virtual environment, security
 
 
 
 
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Every network has a firewall, shouldnt a virtual one have the same?

2008-02-10 15:07:45 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
 
...virtual networks, know it needs to be secure but tell ourselves "we'll cross that bridge when we come to it". Can we truely cross that bridge when we come to it? By the time you come to it, your company is on the front page of the New York times indicating something like "TJ Max Just Hacked, Millions of Customer Credit Cards Stolen!". I would...
 
Tags: security, low security environment, security servers, low security segments, low security machines, network, security takes, security virtual machines, machines
 
 
 
 
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Virtual Environment User Based Access Controls

2008-02-03 19:34:33 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
 
...Virtual Switches? Can they control user activity also? What if you've invested in LAN based solutions from Cisco, Consentry, Nevis and others for your NAC solution but are now thinking about moving to VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure)? Does that NAC solution do you any good? Hmmm... sounds like more hardware to throw out Many have said...
 
Tags: user, strict policy control, control, specific user, control user activity, access, access controls, user access, virtual desktop
 
 
 
 
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High Availability Security In Your Virtual Environment

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2008-03-12 21:41:15 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...virtualization blog Well, I know that Virtual Networks function much like Physical Networks and since network engineers don't always trust security devices I understand that the same set of requirements placed on physical security products will be placed on virtual security products Why wouldn't the networking guys demand that virtual...
 
Tags: virtual, physical, physical relay, physical network, virtual security products, security products, network, virtual network, virtual environment