12Sep

Laying the foundation for tomorrow’s IAM

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The last time I witnessed a reboot of identity and access management (IAM) infrastructure was 1996. Web applications had taken hold and intranets and extranets were buzz words. The security industry responded with web access management (WAM), provisioning, strong authentication and directory services. The industry has since built on these technologies to deliver identity federation, risk-based authentication and identity and access governance. All these IAM technologies have served us well but a wave of new developments has revealed the need for a rethink.

14Jan

The New (Virtual) Stack Just Got Taller

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VMware’s acquisition of Zimbra is a big step towards delivering IT as a service and signals VMware’s intention to deliver the benefits of virtualization and cloud computing all the way from the infrastructure to the platform to the application layer.

02Sep

Getting started with security compliance for virtualization

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VMworld 2009 has been buzzing with an infectious energy since it opened this week.  One can see the very visible and strong effect that virtualization is having on the entire IT industry.  The emergence of virtualization as a major mainstream paradigm across datacenters has spawned a rich ecosystem of vendors and technologies that secure and manage virtualization.

01Jul

The Birth of the Virtual Datacenter Administrator

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I recently spoke at a VMware user group conference about securing virtualization. The audience comprised datacenter administrators and managers who are at the center of their organization’s virtualization initiatives.  I was fortunate to be able to talk with several of them at length about their experiences in virtualizing datacenters.  There are several trends to note.

23Apr

The Goby and the Shrimp

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What if virtualization makes security more effective and eficient?
What if virtualization actually reduces the cost of security?

The relationship between virtualization and security is indeed symbiotic. It reminds me of the endearing mutualism between the goby fish and the pistol shrimp.