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So you have that talk with your security officer again…

Security, VMwarePost by Mike DiPetrilloAdd comments

If you’re ever faced with having to explain that virtualization is or can be secure then Gabe has put together an excellent post for you.

So you have that talk with your security officer again…: “”

(Via Gabe’s Virtual World.)

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  • The DoD is an interesting environment to run just about anything in. They are usually very big on air gap firewalls - 100 feet of air between systems in different zones with no connections what so ever. They're getting better about leveraging virtualization in their environment. Just take a look at what's been happening with NetTop. An old release note on this system (http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/nsa...). Obviously there's been more and more stuff going on but I just can't talk about it publicly.

    With all of that said, there's a lot that non-DoD agencies are doing to mix security zones once they understand virtualization and what it can do for them.
  • Mike,

    Thank you for the links. Just one question, if infrastructure sharing/virtualization is so safe why does the DoD still employ so harsh segregation rules on their infrastructure? For the best of my knowledge they even have 3 network running in parallel for different levels of classification.

    Cheers

    Andre
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