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Virtualization: What are the security risks?
Author(s) -
Fanning Kurt,
Can David M.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.20704
Subject(s) - virtualization , computer science , computer security , control (management) , risk analysis (engineering) , information technology , business , cloud computing , operating system , artificial intelligence
Abstract Virtualization—using a powerful computer to emulate many smaller computers—is an increasingly popular information technology. To the users, it is as if each has his own small separate computer. This can increase organizational agility, reduce costs, and increase the return on IT investments. But this technological trend also brings new security risks. What are they, and how can companies control those risks? The authors of this article have some answers. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.