IT Auditing Using Controls to Protect Information Assets, 2nd Edition, 2nd Edition

CHAPTER 11Auditing Virtualized Environments

Innovations in operating system virtualization and server hardware permanently changed the footprint, architecture, and operations of data centers. This chapter discusses auditing virtualized environments, and begins with an overview of common virtualization technologies and key controls. The virtualization audit combines the concerns of the hypervisor and the guest operating systems. Although the focus of this chapter is the hypervisor and server virtualization, you can apply many of the same steps and concepts to desktop virtualization. We make the assumption that these system components are under your control. You should reference Chapter 14, “Auditing Cloud Computing and Outsourced Operations” for ...