Hyper-V security : secure your Hyper-V hosts, their guests, and critical services from intruders and malware / Eric Siron, Andy Syrewicze.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siron, Eric, author.

Syrewicze, Andy, author.

Series:

Professional experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virtual computer systems--Security measures.

Virtual computer systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Siron Eric: Eric Siron has over 15 years of professional experience in the information technology field. He has architected solutions across the spectrum, from two-user home offices to thousand-user enterprises. He began working with Microsoft Hyper-V Server in 2010, and has focused on Microsoft Virtualization technologies ever since. He is currently employed as a senior system administrator at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. He is a regular contributor to the Hyper-V Portal blog hosted by Altaro Software. In addition to this book, he is the author of Microsoft Hyper-V Cluster Design, Packt Publishing, and the creator of the screencast series, Building and Managing a Virtual Environment with Hyper-V Server 2012 R2, Packt Publishing. Syrewicze Andy: Andy Syrewicze has spent the last 11 years and more in providing technology solutions across several industry verticals, including education, healthcare, and professional services, and Fortune 500 manufacturing companies. His skills include VMware, Linux, and Network Security, but his focus over the last 7 years has been on Virtualization, Cloud Services, and the Microsoft Server Stack, with a focus on Hyper-V. That said, he has become quite involved in the Microsoft IT community over the last 2 years via a number of different mediums, such as various blogs, IT boot camps, and podcasts. He has also been named an MVP by Microsoft specifically for his contributions to the Hyper-V community. He has been featured as a co-host of the Technet Radio shows Hyper-V from a VMware Admin's Perspective and Building your Hybrid Cloud, which have been syndicated on Microsoft's channel9. msdn. com website. His other notable skills are professional blogging and public speaking, both of which he participates in on a regular basis. He has a passion for technology, and greatly enjoys sharing his knowledge with peers, customers, and the IT community at large.

Summary:

Hyper-V Security is intended for administrators with a solid working knowledge of Hyper-V Server, Windows Server, and Active Directory. An administrator with a functional environment will be able to use the knowledge and examples present in this book to enhance security.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introducing Hyper-V Security; The importance of Hyper-V security; Your clients expect it; Your stakeholders expect it; Your employees and volunteers expect it; Experience has taught us that security is important; Weak points aren't always obvious; The costs of repair exceeds the costs of prevention; Basic security concerns; Attack motivations; Untargeted attacks; Targeted attacks; The computing device; The network; Data-processing points; Data storage; People

A starting point to securityHyper-V terminology; Acquiring Hyper-V; Hyper-V Server; Windows Server; Client Hyper-V; Summary; Chapter 2: Securing the Host; Understanding Hyper-V's architecture; Choosing a management operating system; Hyper-V Server; Windows Server - full GUI installation; Windows Server - Core installation; Windows Server - Minimal Server Interface installation; Switching between Windows Server modes; Practical guidance to chose a deployment; Disabling unnecessary components; Using the Windows Firewall; Relying on domain security; Leveraging Group Policy

Exporting SCM baselinesImporting a policy into Group Policy Management Console; Applying SCM baselines to Local Group Policy; Enabling LocalGPO in Windows and Hyper-V Server 2012 R2; Using security software; Configuring Windows Update; Manual patching; Fully automated patching; Staggered patching; Guinea pig systems; Employing remote management tools; Following general best practices; Microsoft baseline security analyzer; Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer; Running the Hyper-V BPA from Server Manager; Running the Hyper-V BPA from PowerShell; Other practices; Summary

Chapter 3: Securing Virtual Machines from the HypervisorUsing the Hyper-V Administrators group; Using Group Policy to control Hyper-V Administrators; Powers of Hyper-V Administrators; Leveraging PowerShell Remoting; Configuring PowerShell Remoting and its basic usage; Workgroup and inter-domain PowerShell Remoting; Certificate-based PowerShell Remoting; TrustedHosts-based PowerShell Remoting; Choosing between SSL and TrustedHosts; Example - PowerShell Remoting with Invoke-Command; Using custom PowerShell Remoting endpoints; Practical custom PowerShell Remoting endpoints; Summary

Chapter 4: Securing Virtual MachinesUnderstanding the security environment of VMs; Process isolation; Memory isolation; Hard disk isolation; Network isolation; Other hardware; Practical approaches to isolation security; Leveraging Generation 2 virtual machines; Employing anti-malware on a virtual machine; Considering intrusion prevention and detection strategies; Using Group Policy with virtual machines; Limiting exposure with resource limitations; Virtual processor limits; Memory limits; Hard drive I/O limits; Virtual network limits; Applying general best practices; Summary

Chapter 5: Securing the Network

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed January 16, 2015).

ISBN:

9781782175506

1782175504