Carroll, MKotzé, PaulaVan der Merwe, A2012-09-052012-09-052012Carroll, M, Kotze, P and Van der Merwe, A. Securing virtual and cloud environments. Cloud Computing and Services Science, Springer Science + Business Media, New York, 2012, pp. 73-90978-1-4614-2325-6http://www.springerlink.com/content/n44690556wv8842j/http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6078Copyright: 2012 Springer Science + Business Media. This is an ABSTRACT ONLYOrganisations have to adapt quickly to changes, continuously investigate innovations and be flexible in order to remain competitive. The information technology (IT) landscape has evolved to enable organisations a competitive advantage and to meet targets such as reduced costs, scalability, flexibility, capacity utilisation, higher efficiencies and mobility. Many of these benefits are achieved through the utilisation of technologies such as cloud computing and virtualisation. In many instances cloud computing builds on the capabilities of a virtualised computing infrastructure enabling multi-tenancy, scalability and a highly abstracted cloud model. Even though cloud computing and virtualisation provide significant benefits and cost-effective options for IT hosting and expansion, cloud and virtual IT systems are not risk-free. Risks must be understood to ensure adequate security not only for cloud computing, but also for the underlying technologies enabling cloud computing. The focus of this paper is on mitigation for virtualisation and cloud computing security risks as a fundamental step towards ensuring secure cloud computing environments.enVirtualisationCloud computingSecurity risksBook ChapterCarroll, M., Kotzé, P., & Van der Merwe, A. (2012). Securing virtual and cloud environments., <i>Workflow;9491</i> Springer Science + Business Media. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6078Carroll, M, Paula Kotzé, and A Van der Merwe. "Securing virtual and cloud environments" In <i>WORKFLOW;9491</i>, n.p.: Springer Science + Business Media. 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6078.Carroll M, Kotzé P, Van der Merwe A. Securing virtual and cloud environments.. Workflow;9491. [place unknown]: Springer Science + Business Media; 2012. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6078.TY - Book Chapter AU - Carroll, M AU - Kotzé, Paula AU - Van der Merwe, A AB - Organisations have to adapt quickly to changes, continuously investigate innovations and be flexible in order to remain competitive. The information technology (IT) landscape has evolved to enable organisations a competitive advantage and to meet targets such as reduced costs, scalability, flexibility, capacity utilisation, higher efficiencies and mobility. Many of these benefits are achieved through the utilisation of technologies such as cloud computing and virtualisation. In many instances cloud computing builds on the capabilities of a virtualised computing infrastructure enabling multi-tenancy, scalability and a highly abstracted cloud model. Even though cloud computing and virtualisation provide significant benefits and cost-effective options for IT hosting and expansion, cloud and virtual IT systems are not risk-free. Risks must be understood to ensure adequate security not only for cloud computing, but also for the underlying technologies enabling cloud computing. The focus of this paper is on mitigation for virtualisation and cloud computing security risks as a fundamental step towards ensuring secure cloud computing environments. DA - 2012 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Virtualisation KW - Cloud computing KW - Security risks LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 SM - 978-1-4614-2325-6 T1 - Securing virtual and cloud environments TI - Securing virtual and cloud environments UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6078 ER -