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VMware vSphere Security Cookbook

You're reading from   VMware vSphere Security Cookbook Over 75 practical recipes to help you successfully secure your vSphere environment

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2014
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ISBN-13 9781782170341
Length 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Michael Greer Michael Greer
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Threat and Vulnerability Overview FREE CHAPTER 2. ESXi Host Security 3. Configuring Virtual Machine Security 4. Configuring User Management 5. Configuring Network Security 6. Configuring Storage Security 7. Configuring vShield Manager 8. Configuring vShield App 9. Configuring vShield Edge 10. Configuring vShield Endpoint 11. Configuring vShield Data Security 12. Configuring vSphere Certificates 13. Configuring vShield VXLAN Virtual Wires Index

Introduction

Networking, by its very nature, is insecure by default. The idea was and remains to move information between connected endpoints in the most efficient way through the seven layers of the OSI stack. We've looked at different facets of the vSphere infrastructure and how to secure them against intrusion and administration threats. Improper virtual network design and implementation is a very real threat with high probability when it comes to virtual switch configurations.

One of the primary reasons that contribute to the high likelihood of misconfiguration is the lack of collaboration between the virtual environment administrators and the physical network administrators. While virtual environment administrators tend to understand the virtualizing hardware very well, many come from a Windows administration background as opposed to an in-depth networking background.

Physical versus virtual networking teams are often different and don't work with each other. The details are...

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