Considering ‘cloud’ computing and virtualization? Be wary
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Two of the hottest growth sectors in information technology are cloud computing and virtualization, but a new IBM (NYSE: IBM) report cautions buyers to think before buying.
Cloud computing enables customers to add computing power and bandwidth on demand or as needed.
Virtualization is a relatively new technology that enables hardware to support multiple operating systems.
IBM’s latest X-Force security report, which was issued Wednesday, expressed concerns about both emerging trends:
Cloud Computing: “As an emerging technology, security concerns remain a hurdle for organizations looking to adopt cloud computing. As organizations transition to the cloud, IBM recommends that they start by examining the security requirements of the workloads they intend to host in the cloud, rather than starting with an examination of different potential service providers. Gaining a good understanding of the needs and requirements first will help organizations take a more strategic approach to adopting cloud services.”
Virtualization: “As organizations push workloads into virtual server infrastructures to take advantage of ever increasing CPU performance, questions have been raised about the wisdom of sharing workloads with different security requirements on the same physical hardware. X-Force's vulnerability data shows that 35 percent of vulnerabilities impacting server class virtualization systems affect the hypervisor, which means that an attacker with control of one virtual system may be able to manipulate other systems on the same machine. This is a significant data point when architecting virtualization projects.”
For more from the X-Force report, read here.
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