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Virtual Machines: A Power Tool for Security
Virtual machines have a lot to offer CISOs and security researchers alike. (And, unfortunately, hackers too.)
By Simson Garfinkel
Virtualization is likely to be as big a step forward for computer security as protected-mode operating systems were back in the 1970s in academia and government (and in the 1990s, when business made the transition from DOS and Windows 95 to Windows NT). It won't be a cure-all, but then again, nothing ever is.
Simson Garfinkel, CISSP, is researching computer forensics and human thought at Harvard University. Send feedback to machineshop@cxo.com.
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