Configuresoft, Inc., a leading provider of
enterprise server configuration management solutions for physical and virtual environments, announced today that Chris Farrow, vice president of market strategy, will moderate a panel discussion featuring fellow Configuresoft
virtualization security expert and chief security officer Dave Shackleford. Joining them on the panel are Christofer Hoff, former chief security architect with Unisys and author of the
Rational Survivability blog, and Rob Randell, senior security specialist at VMware.
The panel will examine best practices in virtualization security at 10:40 a.m. PT on Wednesday, April 22 at the annual RSA® Conference 2009 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
This marks the second year that Configuresoft experts have been featured on the virtualization security panel at RSA, the world’s leading information security conference.
During the session, Defending & Deconstructing Virtualization Security Best Practices, panelists will conduct an interactive analysis of industry virtualization security best practices, including an overview of the three major standards (VMware ESX hardening guide, CIS Benchmark and DISA STIG). The discussion will feature a matrix comparing the three standards with regard to key security and compliance benchmarks, and attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a critical analysis and rating of the standards, as well as a Q&A with some of the leading security practitioners in the industry.
“The unprecedented level of agility and tremendous cost savings that virtualization provides has led to exponential growth in its adoption as a fundamental IT strategy,” Farrow said. “However, far too many companies are deploying virtual environments without proper pre-planning to manage the impact of this technology on their security and compliance posture, which can render the benefits of virtualization practically irrelevant. This panel will address those issues to help companies evaluate and implement security best practices and maximize their ROI on this game-changing technology.”
For more information about the session, go to www.rsaconference.com/2009.
For more information about Configuresoft and its industry-leading solutions for enterprise compliance and configuration management, visit www.configuresoft.com.