Virtualization Security

ESXi Hosts, AD Integrated Security Gotcha

tludwig — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:45:37 -0600

Configuring Active Directory-integrated security for ESXi hosts is easy; managing the license, a bit more complicated.

Case study: Hungry for virtual server security

root — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:45:24 -0600

When it comes to sampling innovative technology, Schwan Foods, a multibillion-dollar frozen food producer, digs right in.

Cisco's grand telepresence experiment in Songdo, South Korea

root — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:45:20 -0600

Cisco and Songdo developers are putting telepresence systems in every home. Talk about an interesting Petri dish. How will citizens act if telepresence becomes a daily part of your life?

Our growing security quagmire

root — Fri, 21 May 2010 04:45:29 -0600

Information security was always an esoteric field but with personal computing came personal security issues, culminating in the identity theft problem that concerns even the most techno-phobic of consumers. It's about to get much worse.

It’s Time to Retire the Term Firewalls

root — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:45:25 -0600

In my research on Adaptive Security Infrastructure and Context Aware Security, I have concluded that future information security policy enforcement points must move security policy enforcement “up the stack”. As we move to virtualize our data centers and adopt cloud-based computing platforms, security policy can no longer be bound solely to physical attributes such as IP address or device.

The Four Horsemen Of the Virtualization (and Cloud) Security Apocalypse…

root — Sat, 01 May 2010 02:45:37 -0600

I just stumbled upon this YouTube video (link here, embedded below) interview I did right after my talk at Blackhat 2008 titled “The 4 Horsemen of the Virtualization Security Apocalypse (PDF)” [There's a better narrative to the PDF that explains the 4 Horsemen here.]

Cloud computing's big hurdle: Conquering enterprise IT's risk aversion

root — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:45:37 -0600

Enterprise technology executives are skeptical about cloud computing and 45 percent of them say that the risks outweigh the benefits, according to a survey.

Cisco: Virtualisation, security and collaboration to grow

root — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:45:31 -0600

Cisco introduced the CCIE certification in 1993 to aid the industry in distinguishing the top inter-networking experts worldwide.

Cloud Security and VPNs

root — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:45:16 -0600

I remember when Microsoft first introduced PPTP virtual private network technology and sparked a debate about whether or not the Internet could be securely used for remote access. Nowadays, we take VPNs for granted. If you think about it, with VPNs we’ve given up control of the pipe (the Internet), but it doesn’t mean we have to give up control of the data in the pipe.

Cisco TrustSec

root — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:45:15 -0600

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