Security paramount in virtualized environments

By Edwinder Singh, Practice Head for Professional Services, Data Center and Storage Solutions, Datacraft Asia Pte Ltd | Feb 22, 2010

     

In an era where it is predicted that 70 percent of a CIO’s budget is allocated to IT operations, virtualization makes business sense. With virtual resources, system administrators can focus their attention on a limited number of abstract device pools that can be centrally managed, rather than on a plethora of complex proprietary devices that must be individually managed. However, consideration needs to be taken on how virtualization impacts all environments in an organization, including a potential increase in security threats.