Virtualisation could leave your company more vulnerable to attack

Virtualisation might save your budget, but it could increase the security risk facing your business, a McAfee researcher has said.

As the economy drives many firms to cut costs, many are turning to virtualisation, but should be aware of the security risks, McAfee security analyst Greg Day told [i]IT PRO[/a] ahead of VMworld Europe this week.

“More and more are looking at the cost efficiency, and virtualisation as a way of achieving that,” said Day. “Make sure we don’t leave the risk discussion behind... security is sometimes the afterthought.” “Every business has to look and say ‘this is great, but what does this change to my IT security risk profile’,” advised Day. “It might be a litle or a lot.”