Virtualization Security Impact

 Case Study: Problem 3 As discussions with Cisco Systems continue, you understand that one of their main goals is cost-savings and that the chief information officer (CIO) has been pushing virtualization as a means to that end. Unfortunately, it has become apparent to you that there is little to no understanding of how security fits into this. The CIO seems to believe that the system administrator will handle security for virtualization, but he has no training or awareness of that. As you discuss these topics with the Cisco Systems management team, they become concerned and ask you to provide a deliverable to them to help them take advantage of cost-savings with virtualization without giving up security. Provide an impact analysis that identifies the impact of moving an organization’s applications and databases to virtualization. Identify how this move impacts network security. Include the services being implemented in the virtualization solution. Include the strategies needed to mitigate security vulnerabilities that are associated with the organizational virtualization effort (e.g., current virtualization security vulnerability and security risks related to hypervisor security, host or platform security, and securing communications). Include the configuration management policies and practices that are applicable to the virtualization security implementation.