A new report from industry analyst Gartner claimed 60 per cent of virtualised servers may not offer the security which is found on physical devices in the years up to 2012
Furthermore, the research suggested this figure will drop to 30 per cent by 2015, but said IT security consultants need to be involved in the implementation stage of virtualisation to ensure data is not put at risk.
Neil MacDonald, vice president and Gartner fellow, said: 'Virtualisation is not inherently insecure. However, most virtualised workloads are being deployed insecurely. The latter is a result of the immaturity of tools and processes and the limited training of staff, resellers and consultants.'
The study also revealed that just 18 per cent of enterprise data centre tasks which could be virtualised had been so by the end of last year, but this is expected to increase to more than 50 per cent in 2012.
Recent research from IT industry analyst IDC suggested that large European firms expect to increase their spending on data centre management in 2010.
Furthermore, the research suggested this figure will drop to 30 per cent by 2015, but said IT security consultants need to be involved in the implementation stage of virtualisation to ensure data is not put at risk.
Neil MacDonald, vice president and Gartner fellow, said: 'Virtualisation is not inherently insecure. However, most virtualised workloads are being deployed insecurely. The latter is a result of the immaturity of tools and processes and the limited training of staff, resellers and consultants.'
The study also revealed that just 18 per cent of enterprise data centre tasks which could be virtualised had been so by the end of last year, but this is expected to increase to more than 50 per cent in 2012.
Recent research from IT industry analyst IDC suggested that large European firms expect to increase their spending on data centre management in 2010.
