Security Roundtable: Virtualization security threats

Date: Apr 16, 2009

Virtualization promises enterprises amazing cost-saving benefits, but what about the inherent security threats? Experts Chris Hoff, Rich Mogull and Dino Dai Zovi discuss the greatest threats to virtualized environments, including some you might not expect.

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