Virtualization

Written by McAfee’s resident experts, this blog speaks to the challenges of virtualization, including desktop and server virtualization.

15 Minutes With… Ben Andrew

Welcome to “15 minutes with” – an occasional contribution between Simon Hunt, CTO Endpoint Security and the movers-and-shakers within McAfee’s technical community. This week on the stand is Ben Andrew, Senior Product Manager for Virtualization Security. So Ben, care to tell us how long you’ve been with McAfee, and what you’ve been involved in? Hi Read more…

Virtualization Might Break Compliance

I recently read a Gabriel Consulting Group survey entitled 2011 Data Center Security Survey: Virtualization & Clouds. One statistic that really struck me was that approximately 65 percent of the respondents said that they were going to use “the same security mechanisms for physical and virtual systems.” This is an amazing statistic since most security Read more…

Tags: Cloud computing, data center security, enterprise, VIrtual Machines, Virtualization

What folly of a report – don’t be dense on density measures

What a folly of a report illuminating nothing but questions for AV performance for VMware virtualized environments with three top antivirus companies? Normally a head-to-head comparison would include like-for-like products.  However, not this report. The McAfee MOVE AV for VDI, which would optimize the AV for the workflows, was not even included. Highlighting the ability Read more…

Tags: antivirus, McAfee MOVE AV, Virtualization

The Appetite For Virtualization In The Real World

It’s a rare opportunity when you get to hear such a great panel of participants of chief technology officers and strategy officers talk about security for virtualized environments. However, you can click on the replay from the Citrix sponsored “Geek Speak Virtual: The Experts [Uncensored] – Virtual Security in the Real World”. Our own Candace Worley Read more…

Tags: enterprise, Virtualization

Pondering Security And Virtual Desktops

If you’re like any of the surveyed CIOs from an Information Week article mid 2010, 77% of corporations are currently using or testing solutions for VDI (http://mcaf.ee/c8b2e).  But this really doesn’t tell the whole story. Virtual desktops are a disruptive technology, most deployments don’t have an outwardly positive return on investment, and there are a wide Read more…

Tags: enterprise, Mid-Market, security, Virtualization