Can you help with the following article? This article will be appearing in SC Magazine. SC features on specific technologies and trends are designed to inform IT security professionals about the state of the art in that area.
Virtualisation is being touted as the next wave in corporate computing but its advantages bring new challenges and headaches for the information security professional. You can't move these days in IT circles for people touting the advantages of VMWare and other virtualised systems - and advantages there are many, but those bring with them security pressures and risks.
Questions to consider
- What are the advantages of virtualisation?
- Is it any different from network computing?
- What are those security risks?
- How do these risks differ from those on non-virtual systems?
- Is there anything that should not, absolutely, be virtualised?
- Could a virtualised system actually offer more robust security than a non virtual system? How?
- Who are the leaders in secure virtual systems and what technologies do they use?
I'd like to speak to analysts, consultants, select vendors and the technical community for this piece.
I'm also looking for stats on how fast are UK businesses moving to virtualisation and what the reasons are.
Lastly, some companies like IBM are actively using virtual worlds like Second Life for serious business purposes like holding global sales meetings and to build communities for partners and customers. But how safe is this? Surely it's asking for trouble expecting virtual communities to be safe where you cannot be sure that anyone is who they say they are? I'd like to know if any other businesses are following IBM's lead, why they are doing it and what security steps they're putting in place.
I'd like to arrange interviews for this week and the week of the 7th - please note, I'm on holiday the week of the 31st so won't be able to answer questions, emails, etc during that week. My _absolute_ deadline for this piece is the 18th September.
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