Darryl is an administrator for a visualization company. He is concerned about security vulnerabilities associated with visualization. Which of the following are the most significant issues?

The correct answer is B. The server drive crashing and bringing down all VMs. In a virtualized environment, any issues with the underlying drive affect all the VMs hosted on that Answer option C is incorrect. Viruses cannot move from one VM to another. This is one strength Answer option A is incorrect. Each VM behaves like a separate server. Privilege…

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Options

APrivilege escalation from one VM to another
BThe server drive crashing and bringing down all VMs
CViruses moving from one VM to another
DData from one VM being copied to another VM

How the community answered

(21 responses)

A
5% (1)
B
81% (17)
C
5% (1)
D
10% (2)

Explanation

In a virtualized environment, any issues with the underlying drive affect all the VMs hosted on that Answer option C is incorrect. Viruses cannot move from one VM to another. This is one strength Answer option A is incorrect. Each VM behaves like a separate server. Privilege escalation between VMs is impossible. Answer option D is incorrect. Data cannot be inadvertently copied from one VM to another with a properly configured VM.

Topics

#virtualization security#VM isolation#single point of failure#hypervisor

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