VMware Security Center

The Security Center is a one-stop shop for security related issues involving VMware products. Check this resource center to stay up-to-date on all current security issues, and to understand considerations related to securing your virtual infrastructure.

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• Recommended Reading:

  vSphere Security Hardening Guide
  Provides best practices for securely deploying vSphere in a production environment.

   

  Managing VMware VirtualCenter Roles and Permissions
  Details how VMware Infrastructure 3 controls access to resources and describes techniques to assign appropriate access rights efficiently.

   

  Proven Practice: VMware Infrastructure Permissioning from Sungard
  Lays out the detailed permissions used to define the standards, customization and access levels, and process for VMware Infrastructure.

   

  ESXi Security Events Log Monitoring
  Reviews a set of security-related events and how they are logged on ESXi 4.0.

   

  DMZ Virtualization Using VMware vSphere 4 and the Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch
  Covers a number of DMZ security requirements and scenarios, presenting how vSphere users can implement the Cisco Nexus 1000V virtual switch in a DMZ.

   

  Deploying Secure Multi-Tenancy into Virtualized Data Centers
  Presents a reference design for Secure Multi-tenancy (SMT) in a Virtualized Data Center, a lab-validated solution for the next generation data center. (Available via Cisco.com)

   

  Designing Secure Multi-Tenancy into Virtualized Data Centers
  Describes the design of—and the rationale behind—the Secure Cloud Architecture developed by Cisco, NetApp and VMware. The document describes many issues that must be addressed prior to deployment. (Available via Cisco.com)