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Hyper-V Security

By : Eric Siron, Andy Syrewicze
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Hyper-V Security

By: Eric Siron, Andy Syrewicze

Overview of this book

Hyper-V Security is intended for administrators with a solid working knowledge of Hyper-V Server, Windows Server, and Active Directory. An administrator with a functional environment will be able to use the knowledge and examples present in this book to enhance security.

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Hyper-V Security
Eric Siron | Andy Syrewicze
Dec, 2014 | 184 pages
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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Hyper-V Security
Hyper-V Security
Credits
Credits
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Introducing Hyper-V Security
Introducing Hyper-V Security
The importance of Hyper-V security
Basic security concerns
A starting point to security
Hyper-V terminology
Acquiring Hyper-V
Summary
2
Securing the Host
Securing the Host
Understanding Hyper-V's architecture
Choosing a management operating system
Disabling unnecessary components
Using the Windows Firewall
Relying on domain security
Leveraging Group Policy
Using security software
Configuring Windows Update
Employing remote management tools
Following general best practices
Summary
3
Securing Virtual Machines from the Hypervisor
Securing Virtual Machines from the Hypervisor
Using the Hyper-V Administrators group
Leveraging PowerShell Remoting
Using custom PowerShell Remoting endpoints
Summary
4
Securing Virtual Machines
Securing Virtual Machines
Understanding the security environment of VMs
Leveraging Generation 2 virtual machines
Employing anti-malware on a virtual machine
Using Group Policy with virtual machines
Limiting exposure with resource limitations
Applying general best practices
Summary
5
Securing the Network
Securing the Network
Understanding SSL encryption
Leveraging network hardware
Using the virtual switch's isolating technologies
Employing Hyper-V virtual switch ACLs
Configuring the Windows Firewall
Using management tools remotely
Using Hyper-V with IPsec
Configuring virtual network adapter protections
Encrypting cluster communications
Securing Hyper-V Replica traffic
Summary
6
Securing Hyper-V Storage
Securing Hyper-V Storage
Configuring NTFS security for VM storage
Securing SMB 3.0 shares for VM storage
Securing iSCSI connections
Using Secure Boot
Using BitLocker
Understanding the role of backup
Summary
7
Hyper-V Security and System Center VMM
Hyper-V Security and System Center VMM
Enhancing Hyper-V host security through VMM
Securing the VMM installation
Network virtualization and multi-tenancy
Providing secure self-service with the Windows Azure Pack
Summary
8
Secure Hybrid Cloud Management through App Controller
Secure Hybrid Cloud Management through App Controller
System requirements
Installing App Controller
App Controller's role-based security model
Summary
Index
Index

Summary

This chapter introduced you to the "whys" of Hyper-V security and provided a brief introduction to the overall risks that almost all security systems face, and discussed generic responses. It also covered Hyper-V terminology and the available installation modes for the hypervisor.

In the next chapter, we'll dive right into Hyper-V security with a look at securing the physical host that runs the hypervisor.

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