VIRTUALIZATION AND SECURITY: A PERSPECTIVE

Extensive attention has been given to the topic of virtualization. Every aspect of IT has been affected by some form of virtualization. It also has another side – that of the virtual enterprise. We constructed and discussed a map of the facets of virtualization. We created a second diagram of the IT infrastructure containing three parts: computer hardware and software; the mobile worker activities: and internal operations of the organization. This formed the basis for discussion and related security problems. We described and commented about the IT infrastructure and the virtual organization. We noted that security has not holistically been addressed across the infrastructure and addressed some of the shortcomings and suggested ways to address these issues