Authorization Manger makes secure server virtualization more than a pipe dream. These best practices show you the two best ways to secure Hyper-V Server and virtual machines using Authorization Manager.
Tags : Microsoft, security, virtual, server virtualization, Hyper-v

A handful of vulnerabilities in Apache Web server get fixed, including one flaw that impacts only Windows systems.
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When it comes to data center jobs, IT security is the place to be. Salaries are on the rise as demand for security pros grows.
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Virtually Speaking: VMware, Intel and RSA have partnered to make cloud computing more secure, for the private cloud. Will anyone care?
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"Private cloud" is a term heard a lot these days. What does it actually mean?
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Internet service provider, Network Solutions, recently experienced a limited attack on Web sites hosted on their Unix servers.
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Virtually Speaking: Two sets of survey results released this week point to security as the next major hurdle for virtualization.
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A zero-day vulnerability in IIS revealed on Christmas day allows attackers to bypass file extension protections using a semicolon after an executable extension.
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When deploying virtualization technologies, key choices must be made to ensure the environment is secure. This article explains how to use Authorization Manager to make Hyper-V as secure as it can be.
Tags : Hyper-V, security, Windows Server 2008, virtual, operating system

Tip of the Trade: ssh-agent makes it possible to avoid having to type in a passphrase for each login. Helpfully, since the Leopard release on Mac OS X this functionality is built straight in.
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Cover Your Assets: Security is both necessary and good, but can it make your environment less usable? Single sign-on and virtual LANs are two options for securing your internal environment with minimal performance impact.
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A Security Advisory issued late Tuesday from Redmond warns users of a critical zero-day flaw in the FTP capability of older versions IIS Web server software.
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For a virtual infrastructure to be a success it must be secure. A just-released report from RSA noted that despite the complex security and compliance risks enterprises face when they adopt virtualization, companies that succeed will reap a 'security bonus.'
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A NULL pointer error has been found in all versions of the Linux kernel released since 2001.
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This venerable Web technology remains a primary way of securing the data perimeter -- nefarious means notwithstanding.
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OS Roundup: No, not really, though Microsoft argues otherwise. But Linux, OS X and UNIX aren't all that secure either. Here's why.
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Tip of the Trade: TrueCrypt, open source disk encryption software for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X, makes it easy to tighten security. Among its many useful features is the ability to create a hidden encrypted volume inside a standard encrypted one.
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Tip of the Trade: lsof is a handy way to check for security problems or keep an eye on how your machines are interacting with the wider internet.
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Virtually Speaking: With vSphere, VMware heads for the cloud while keeping its feet firmly planted on data center ground. Will it offer both the vision and terra firma enterprises are seeking?
Tags : Gartner, VMware, security, cloud computing, vSphere