-Virtualization Security

This project will be research paper which should be a minimum of 7-8 pages discussing security solutions for a virtualized infrastructure. Securing a virtual environment is different from a physical infrastructure, must choose two virtualization platforms and compare and contrast security solutions. The following are virtualization platforms to choose from: (Pick 2 platforms)

ESX/ESXi Server (VMWARE)

XenServer (Citrix)

OpenKVM (Open Source - http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page )

Microsoft Hyper-V (Microsoft)

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization {RHEV 3.0} (http://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/virtualization/enterprise-virtualization )

Each research paper must discuss Hypervisor versus Containers security and explain the reason which is a better security solution. This paper should clearly outline the following subjects:

Differences in securing Hypervisor and Containers and designing a secure environment

Design a securing Virtual Network

Methods to protect guest OS applications

Management tools (configuration management)

Virtualization Security research paper should contain detailed diagrams and must contain clear explanation of security tools to protect each platform. Each groups research paper should outline various threats that would impact a virtual environment that might not be impact physical server environment. Paper should take into account securing virtual networking, storage and guest OS applications. Each groups research paper should discuss topics such topics as:

Securing Guest OS

Method or tools provided by the vendor to perform Auditing and Logging

Tools to protect again Malware, Denial-Of-Service attacks, etc

Please site various threats and provide prevention solutions. Each paper must concluded by deciding which platform is better from a security perspective.

Please site resources utilizing APA or MLA formatting.