Securing the Virtual Environment by Davi Ottenheimer

Securing the Virtual Environment by Davi Ottenheimer

A step-by-step guide to identifying and defending against attacks on the virtual environment As more and more data is moved into virtual environments the need to secure them becomes increasingly important. Useful for service providers as well as enterprise and small business IT professionals the book offers a broad look across virtualization used in various industries as well as a narrow view of vulnerabilities unique to virtual environments. A companion DVD is included with recipes and testing scripts. * Examines the difference in a virtual model versus traditional computing models and the appropriate technology and procedures to defend it from attack * Dissects and exposes attacks targeted at the virtual environment and the steps necessary for defense * Covers information security in virtual environments: building a virtual attack lab, finding leaks, getting a side-channel, denying or compromising services, abusing the hypervisor, forcing an interception, and spreading infestations * Accompanying DVD includes hands-on examples and code This how-to guide arms IT managers, vendors, and architects of virtual environments with the tools they need to protect against common threats.

Anyone who is serious about virtualization security should certainly make sure that Securing the Virtual Environment: How to Defend the Enterprise Against Attack is on their reading list, and that of every security administrator in their company(RSA Conference, 7th May)

Davi Ottenheimer is president of flyingpenguin and a security/compliance consultant to VMware. He was previously responsible for security at Barclays Global Investors and at Yahoo! He also has helped secure Cisco, U.S. DoD, IBM, Intel, State Farm, and the University of California. Matthew Wallace is a solutions architect at VMware and was the founding engineer of Exodus Communications' Managed Security Services.

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ISBN 13	9781118155486
ISBN 10	1118155483
Titre	Securing the Virtual Environment
Auteur	Davi Ottenheimer
État	Non disponible
Éditeur	John Wiley & Sons Inc
Année de publication	2012-05-08
Nombre de pages	456
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