As server virtualization gains steam in today's IT shops and more mission-critical applications are virtualized, virtualization security has become a prominent issue. While physical and virtual environment security strategies share much in common, IT administrators should routinely scrutinize existing security practices.
The virtual security winners simplified the security process while providing additional tools on top of the ones provided by a hypervisor.Virtualization security
The top winners in this category are:
- Gold Award:
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HyTrust Appliance eliminates the difficulties of managing and securing multiple logins and client types, which are common problems in large virtual environments.
- Silver Award:
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Reflex's vTrust provides a robust network security solution for virtual environments.
- Bronze Award:
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Altor Networks Virtual Firewall
Altor Networks' Virtual Firewall 3.0 provides policy-based firewall protection for virtual machines as well as an intrusion detection system.
Virtualization Strategies for the CIO