Latest research from the Yankee Group shows that nearly half of all businesses have virtualized some portion of their data centers. This means there is a very good chance you are in the midst of, or soon will be, a virtualization initiative in order to cut the costs of operating your data center, DMZ, mission critical applications or desktop environment. Standing in the way of realizing virtualization’s promise however, is security. And going forward with your virtualization initiative without addressing visibility, protection and compliance can prove problematic as malware targeting virtual networks proliferates and standards mandating granular virtualization security become ratified.

This paper lays out five ways by which you can fortify your planned or existing virtualized environment, to ensure it is architected for security, malware suppression, and regulation compliance.