In the same way, if you were running a mission-critical app on a traditional server, you’d ensure the operating system was hardened, was updated with the latest patches, and running an updated anti-malware suite. Ensure you so the same to every VM you run, too. And once you’ve started to deploy VMs, you need to unify the VM security – the updating, patching, anti-malware, firewalling and so on – under the same security management console with which you control the physical network. After all, one of the major headaches for IT teams now is managing what they have. Do you really want to add another layer of complication to management?


In conclusion, those who don’t learn from history are condemned to repeat it. The key security lessons of the last 15 years are still valid and relevant in a virtualized world.So by starting with the basics, you’ll have a robust platform for the next generation of computing apps.