![]() VMware aims to play a pivotal role in the transformation of security.It is at the nexus of compute, storage and the network. Virtualization is the fundamental building block of the software-defined data center (SDDC). This same layer also enables ubiquity.By placing security controls in the hypervisor, we can get tremendous context (about applications, identity and data), and an adequate isolation, enabling controls to be far more relevant and effective.We assert that virtualization provides these conditions and is therefore a Goldilocks zone for security. ![]() Furthermore, we lack any sort of consistent approach across – and even within – the different infrastructure siloes. We can place controls in the endpoint, or in the network, and trade off between these properties, but without both simultaneously, we simply don’t have the right conditions to create a fundamentally secure data center infrastructure. To our thinking, the Goldilocks Zone must simultaneously provide context and isolation for security controls. We co-opted the term to describe the properties for security controls that must be simultaneously present to support a secure information infrastructure – conditions that to date seemed to be mutually exclusive. The term “Goldilocks Zone” was first coined by NASA researchers in the 1970’s to describe the characteristics that must be simultaneously present for a planet to support life. It may turn out, however, that one of virtualization’s biggest benefits is security. The growing use of virtualization and the move towards software-defined data centers enable huge benefits in speed, scalability and agility those benefits are undeniable. ![]() We took the opportunity to lay out what we believe is a fundamental architectural issue holding back substantial progress in cyber security, and how virtualization may just provide the answer. With the help of Art Coviello, Executive Chairman of RSA, Chris Young, senior vice president and GM of Cisco’s Security business unit, and Lee Klarich, senior vice president of product management from Palo Alto Networks, we departed from the typical discussions about new controls or the latest threats. Last week, we spoke at the RSA Conference about a new concept in security – the Goldilocks zone.
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