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Hyper-V Security

You're reading from   Hyper-V Security Secure your Hyper-V hosts, their guests, and critical services from intruders and malware

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2014
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782175490
Length 184 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Andy Syrewicze Andy Syrewicze
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Preface 1. Introducing Hyper-V Security FREE CHAPTER 2. Securing the Host 3. Securing Virtual Machines from the Hypervisor 4. Securing Virtual Machines 5. Securing the Network 6. Securing Hyper-V Storage 7. Hyper-V Security and System Center VMM 8. Secure Hybrid Cloud Management through App Controller Index

Understanding the role of backup


Security has two meanings. Throughout this book, we've focused almost exclusively on the definition that involves defending systems from malicious attacks. There's also a more generic definition that, in our context, just means keeping data and systems safe. For most installations, the most probable risks don't come from attackers. They come from accidents and system failures. The only meaningful defense you have against these risks are good and regular backups. As a side benefit, backups can also help you to recover from attacks that damage your data. Quite simply, backups are not something that any organization of any size can afford to be without.

Unfortunately, backups present a risk of their own. Numerous data breaches have occurred through theft of unencrypted backup tapes. No matter how well the live data is protected, it's meaningless if the backup data isn't equally well protected.

The first recommendation is to use encryption. Since backups aren't...

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