The Virtual Machine encryption

All,

I have a client that requires encryption at the virtual machine level. I was wondering what products are available and what users experience is.  The requirement is to have an end to end data encryption. We are looking at the possibility of offering it at the virtual machine level to meet their requirement.

Ephillipsme

Hello

If you are using VMware ESX/ESXi encryption within the virtual machine (at the level of the guest OS) is the only option. As the use of BitLocker for windows or TrueCrypt for other operating systems. Just be aware that these two options to store the keys in memory and any system administrator can also access the memory at any time. So if you trust your admins it's an operation relatively safe.

If you put data in the cloud then watch in secure Cloud.

As now, there is no third party encryption tool, nor is it a tool built into ESX/ESXi.

There is NO tool to encrypt the ESX/ESXi to level "VM" which is just below the guest operating system. VMware workstation has this ability, but requires you to enter a startup key and if you have lots of virtual machines that become extremely painful.

Best regards

Edward L. Haletky

Host communities, VMware vExpert,

Author: VMware vSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security,VMware ESX and ESXi in the 2nd business edition

Podcast: the Podcast for security virtualization of resources: the virtual virtualization library

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