Archive for category compliance
VMworld 2014 Call for Papers – Vote for #1310
Posted by Erin K. Banks in cloud security, cloud security and compliance, compliance, Juniper, virtualization, VMware, VMworld on May 7, 2014
Yes… Yes… I admit that this is a shameless plug and if you know me, you know that doing anything like this is like pulling teeth for me. I really don’t like it but I understand that it needs to be done and I need to take any opportunity I can get. The VMworld 2014 […]
VMware Hardened Virtual Appliance Operations Guide
Posted by Erin K. Banks in cloud security, cloud security and compliance, compliance, policies, security, virtualization, virtualization, VMware on January 22, 2014
VMware recently released the Hardened Virtual Appliance Operations Guide. This whitepaper was written to assist with the additional components that an administrator may choose to implement on the hardened virtual appliances. You see VMware created a hardened virtual appliance “by embedding the technical requirements of the STIG in the design”. What the heck am I […]
November’s Important VMware Security Links
Posted by Erin K. Banks in cloud security, cloud security and compliance, compliance, security, virtualization, virtualization, VMware on November 11, 2013
Needless to say, my life has been crazy since joining VMware. My ability to update this site has been falling behind as I work on some amazing projects. I even took over the VMware Public Sector Blog.What I noticed today when I updated the Public Sector site because of a tweet I sent out, was […]
PCI DSS and VMware
Posted by Erin K. Banks in cloud security, cloud security and compliance, compliance, PCI DSS, security, virtualization on September 30, 2013
As much as I try to keep Security and Compliance separate because as you know, security and compliance are two totally different things, there are exceptions. You also know, compliance can sometimes help with regard to security. The number one standard where this is true is Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards or also known […]
Security vs. Compliance
Posted by Erin K. Banks in cloud security and compliance, compliance, policies on July 29, 2013
As a security evangelist, I talk security… but let me be clearer, I don’t talk compliance. Ok, so maybe I talk about compliance as well but one thing that I always stress is that security and compliance are not the same thing. Not even close. Compliance is a check box mentality. Well, to be specific… […]