How safe is Virtualization?

Virtualization is the new technology all IT Departments are headed towards in order to capitalize on unused CPU cycles.  Agreed it is a good way of getting the most bang for your buck!

Initially, virtualization technology was used on the server side only.  Now it is infiltrating the desktop’s also.  With applications such has VirtualBoxfrom Sun Microsystems, a virtual machine can be installed on a corporate laptop.  Once such an application has been installed, the corporation has no control on the endpoint anymore.  To avert misuse of such technologies on the client side, whitelisting applications coupled with network based protection has to be instigated.  Then comes the realm of DLP and NAC, how successful such technologies will be in averting corporate espionage.