Security is a complete process flow with an entire life cycle; depending on the model that will be used, the first part of the process is usually product-agnostic, but there is a part that's dependent on the different products and their features and capabilities.
Following VMware's vision, the five pillars of cyber hygiene are as follows:
- Least privilege: This is the standard and most reasonable approach, which applies to user accounts, service accounts, and services in general (for example, used ports).
- Micro-segmentation: Using NSX, it's finally possible to bring network control at the VM level with granular security rules. Considering also the new product, VMware AppDefense, VM security can be enforced at both network and application levels.
- Encryption: Data must be protected at each level, and for the physical level...