Virtualization Changes the Rules on Server Security
Virtualization Changes the Rules on Server Security
By Brian Ducharme
published: Friday, May 04 2007

VSM speaks with Allwyn Sequeira Senior VP of Product Operations for Blue Lane Technologies about VirtualShield – Production-Ready Security for VI3. Listen to the Podcast:


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Podcast Summary:
Length: 24:10

  1. Introduction
  2. Commoditized Virtualization
  3. Key elements of virtualization
  4. hypervisor gaining more functionality
  5. VM Sprawl to laptops
  6. VMotion can break firewall rules
  7. Virtual Appliances
  8. New threats to VMs
  9. Patch Challenges
  10. VirtualShield
  11. Security at the Network level
  12. VirtualShield sits between the hypervisor and the Virtual Machine
  13. 0-Day protection
  14. Fixing the root cause
  15. Setting up VirtualShield
  16. Integration with VirtualCenter
  17. Customer Feedback
  18. Hardware level security without the hardware
  19. Closing


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Allwyn Sequeira
Senior VP of Product Operations for Blue Lane Technologies


Mr. Sequeira is Senior Vice President of Product Operations at Blue Lane Technologies, responsible for managing the overall product life cycle, from concept through research, development and test, to delivery and support. He was previously the Senior Vice President of Technology and Operations at netVmg, an intelligent route control company acquired by InterNap in 2003, where he was responsible for the architecture, development and deployment of the industry-leading flow control platform. Prior to netVmg, he was founder, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Products and Operations at First Virtual Corporation (FVC), a multi-service networking company that had a successful IPO in 1998. Prior to FVC, he was Director of the Network Management Business Unit at Ungermann-Bass, the first independent local area network company. Mr. Sequeira has previously served as a Director on the boards of FVC and netVmg.

Mr. Sequeira started his career as a software developer at HP in the Information Networks Division, working on the development of TCP/IP protocols. During the early 1980's, he worked on the CSNET project, an early realization of the Internet concept. Mr. Sequeira is a recognized expert in data networking, with twenty five years of experience in the industry, and has been a featured speaker at industry leading forums like Networld+Interop, Next Generation Networks, ISP Con and RSA Conference.

Mr. Sequeira holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
 
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