Gavin Joliffe of Xtravirt was one of the very first contributors to VIOPS with a Proven Practice: VI3 Security Risk Assessment.

You're reading this because you already know that security is a key part of virtualization, probably because it changes the game somewhat. Being ever the optimist, I'm a fan of saying "enhanced" instead of "changed" or "broken", but that's just my sunny Yorkshire disposition.

What Xtravirt have done in their document is to encapsulate their experience of running their own security process for virtualization for themselves (prior to starting Xtravirt) and now on behalf of clients - that's a lot of experience!

That is the kind of document and experience we need for VIOPS proven practices. Instead of trying to create something that tries to be all things to all people, Xtravirt have focussed in on what has been successful for them and written it up.

Steve