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Virtualization: Are VMs any less secure than PMs?



Saw this on Dark Reading:

And VMWare's desktop Ace software lets you lock down virtual machines, even when they are moved around. Lin says it works like a network access control (NAC) for virtual machines.

Thomas Ptacek, a security researcher with Matasano Security, says the move to virtualization is the biggest thing happening in IT today. "And every application running in a modern IT organization is on a path to being moved to one big iron [machine] running multiple VMs," he says. "And its impact on security touches everything."


What I find great about Virtualization phenomena is that besides addressing the issues (security, provisioning, consolidation, flexibility), things finally will happen to the IT industry where a lot has been left undone.

Overall a good article, a bit of marketing pitch for Blue Lane (I thought there was Reflex VSA as well, among many others) but never mind.

Dark Reading's article and Matasano's take on it.

I am just glad that the long forgotten security issue will be addressed adequately thanks to Virtualization! All vulnerable OSs will eventually be secure like they ought to be!
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