Chapter 67
Protecting Virtual Infrastructure
Edward G. Amoroso TAG Cyber LLC, United States
Abstract
The concept of virtualization is shown to provide a means for securing computing and networking systems and infrastructure. Attention is required to secure the hypervisor for data center and wide area network applications. Virtual cybersecurity techniques include the use of containers and the segmentation of enterprises. Trends in security virtualization are outlined.
Keywords
Container; Hypervisor; Open source software; Proprietary software; Security threat; Segmentation; Virtualization
1. Virtualization in Computing
The concept of virtualization in computing arose from the ability of one operating system (OS) to execute another OS as an application. ...
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