Hot or Not: Virtualisation Security

What are the potential security implications of virtualisation? The answer is: they are considerable.

There should be no surprise that virtualisation has grown so popular. The ability to run multiple applications, servers, or even entire networks on a single hardware-based server promises much more than consolidating the number of boxes needed in the data center.

When done correctly, virtualisation IT manageability cuts the amount of energy needed to power the data center, saves space, and makes businesses more agile than ever. Virtualisation is growing so fast that research firm IDC expects the virtualisation services market to grow from US$5.5 billion in 2006 to US$11.7 billion by 2011.

As security professionals, we have to ask: what are the potential security implications of virtualisation?

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