News Center for Internet Security and Configuresoft to Chair Virtual Machine Security Benchmark Group
Center for Internet Security and Configuresoft to Chair Virtual Machine Security Benchmark Group |
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Configuresoft, an innovator in systems management technology and the creator of enterprise Configuration Intelligence(TM), and the Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS) are leading an effort to set a virtual machine security benchmark. On Thursday, February 8, 2007, Chris Farrow, director of the Center for Policy and Compliance, Configuresoft and John Banghart, director of Benchmark Services, Center for Internet Security, Inc., invite security and virtualization experts to attend their Peer2Peer session, "Launch of the CIS Virtual Machine Security Benchmark Working Group" at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. Although the basic principle behind virtualization is not new, careful attention must be paid to the potential of new security threats born out of the additional complexity produced by virtualization. To realize the cost savings promised through virtualization, organizations need to spend time better understanding risks and threats to ensure they can proactively remediate potential compromises to virtual machines. A virtual machine security benchmark will provide industry specific guidelines for security experts and auditors to assess and harden virtual resources, and ensure security and policy compliance is achieved. WHO: John Banghart, director of Benchmark Services - Center for Internet Security, Inc. Chris Farrow, director of the Center for Policy and Compliance - Configuresoft, Inc.WHAT: CIS invites security and virtualization experts to join a consensus working group to set a virtual machine security benchmark WHEN: Thursday, February 8, 2007 10:40 AM - 11:30 AM PST WHERE: RSA Conference 2007 Peer2Peer, Room 303B Moscone Center 747 Howard Street San Francisco, California Security and virtualization challenges are also outlined in an original podcast from Configuresoft at: http://www.configuresoft.com/News/podcasts.aspx, entitled Virtualization Does Have a Downside: New IT Enterprise Security Exposures and Operational Considerations. Configuresoft will be participating in RSA Conference 2007, located in Booth # 2219. About Chris Farrow With over 18 years of experience in systems engineering and security, Chris Farrow serves as the founder and director of the Center for Policy & Compliance, a research & advisory group created by Configuresoft to address the issues of managing security within strict metrics. An active industry spokesman on the topics of compliance, security management and remediation strategies, Farrow co-founded the PCI Security Vendor Alliance and was the driving force to launch the CIS benchmark on virtual machine security. Farrow has publicly spoken at numerous conferences including Blackhat, SANS, Gartner IT-Expo, InfoSec, ISSA and ISACA. About Configuresoft Configuresoft is an innovator in systems management technology, delivering the enterprise Configuration Intelligence(TM) to effectively and efficiently manage today's heterogeneous computing infrastructures. Spanning both security and operations, the Company's configuration management, compliance and remediation products are used by 12 of the world's 25 largest companies to keep their critical systems properly configured, while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley, FISMA, GLBA, Basel II, HIPAA and DISA, and industry standards such as ISO 27001, PCI DSS and Microsoft Security Hardening Guides. To contact Configuresoft, please call (888) U-CONFIG or visit www.configuresoft.com.
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