A recent poll of chief information officers by network management firm Cisco discovered that virtualisation is ranked as one of the top priorities in corporate networking plans for the coming five years.
Respondents said their organisation is interested in the technology because it will save costs, space and energy, as well as being more flexible than physical servers.
However, Sunbelt Software malware researcher Chris Boyd said that IT engineers should not let these advantages blind them to the need for security when making the jump to the virtualised environment.
'The biggest issue with virtualisation is that many people treat it as a magic bullet security solution - in reality, it can be attacked just like anything else,' he continued.
In addition, Mr Boyd recommended a solid security framework is installed within a firms' virtual machine, so any threats contained within it do not spread to the real-world environment.
Recently, Core Security Technologies revealed that Microsoft's Virtual PC virtualisation application has a vulnerability which will allow hackers to avoid the security features on Windows.
Respondents said their organisation is interested in the technology because it will save costs, space and energy, as well as being more flexible than physical servers.
However, Sunbelt Software malware researcher Chris Boyd said that IT engineers should not let these advantages blind them to the need for security when making the jump to the virtualised environment.
'The biggest issue with virtualisation is that many people treat it as a magic bullet security solution - in reality, it can be attacked just like anything else,' he continued.
In addition, Mr Boyd recommended a solid security framework is installed within a firms' virtual machine, so any threats contained within it do not spread to the real-world environment.
Recently, Core Security Technologies revealed that Microsoft's Virtual PC virtualisation application has a vulnerability which will allow hackers to avoid the security features on Windows.
