Why did they hack that site?… LivingSocial
Posted by erinkbanks in big data, cloud security, cloud security and compliance, security on May 7, 2013
According to LivingSocial, they were hacked a couple of weeks ago. Let me repeat that a site that sells deals to consumers… all kinds of deals from different merchants to different types of customers was hacked. You can shop for clothes, vacations, hair cuts, activities, just about anything. And they were hacked! I sent out […]
VMworld 2013 – Voting and HoL
Posted by erinkbanks in cloud security, cloud security and compliance, security, virtualization, virtualization, VMware, VMworld on April 28, 2013
This will be my first year at VMworld as a VMworld employee. I am excited about the experience and wondering if it will feel any different. Technically I will be at VMworld because of the Hands on Labs. I through my hat into the ring because that’s just what I do. Right now it looks […]
vCAC and Multi-Tenancy
Posted by erinkbanks in cloud security, Multi-tenancy, security, virtualization, virtualization, VMware on April 25, 2013
Often times for me multi-tenancy is a topic of discussion. The customer wants to build an environment, an apartment building that many people reside in and yet everyone thinks they live there alone. None of the residents are quite sure how big the house is. All they know is that they have their own door […]
VMware vSphere Security 5.1
Posted by erinkbanks in cloud security, security, virtualization, virtualization, VMware on April 3, 2013
Starting this new role at VMware, I have found some amazing documents and I wanted to make sure they got to you. One of these documents is vSphere Security (link provided below via the image). This document is focused on securing VMware vCenter Server and VMware ESXi for 5.1. This document is great and since […]
FREE vCloud Networking and Security Training
Posted by erinkbanks in Uncategorized on April 2, 2013
I wanted to make sure that everyone was aware of the One hour free training that VMware is providing on vCloud Networking and Security. It is a great opportunity to check out and understand the product. Overview of class : The vCloud Networking and Security Fundamentals course covers VMware’s vision of a Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) […]
Do as I Say, Not as I Do – Security
Posted by erinkbanks in antivirus, policies, security on March 27, 2013
The great thing about my new job… I get to talk about security all day. Whether it is talking about VMware vCloud Networking and Security or the security of the hypervisor or even security requirements or just sitting around with co-workers… security is my game and I am here to play Recently though I got […]
Facebook Security
Posted by erinkbanks in cloud security, policies, security on March 25, 2013
This post was composed in March 2013. I wanted to make this clear because I am pretty sure that Facebook will change their security settings again and this will post will be completely out of date. You see Facebook is now allowing codes to be used when accessing your account. We all know that passwords […]
