Nemertes Research: Practicing Virtual Security
Treating virtual servers simply as very thin physical servers is insufficient as a security policy, as it fails to address the added layers of complexity virtualization creates and the decreased visibility of inter-VM network traffic. To properly secure a virtual environment, IT must layer various security technologies within and outside the virtual environment appropriately, based on careful consideration of the requirements of the systems involved.

Security Within a Virtualized Environment:
A New Layer in Layered Security
While virtualized server configurations provide many potential benefits, they create unique network security issues that are not addressed by conventional security products.  This can result in the spread of computer viruses, theft of data, denial of service, regulatory compliance conflicts or other consequences within the virtualized environment.
 
This paper outlines the special issues and solution criteria required to deploy effective security in a virtualized server environment.  It presents new patent-pending technology from Reflex Security that provides a solution to these challenges.