VMware was proud to continue our decade-long relationship with Tech Field Day by hosting the delegates of Security Field Day 2 (#XFD2) on June 20, 2019, sharing with them both the overall strategy for security in VMware products as well as very specific technical discussions around vSphere, vSphere Platinum, VMware AppDefense, and VMware WorkspaceOne. There were great conversations, good questions, and good ideas shared in both directions.
The vSphere conversations centered around two main ideas: that vSphere makes it easy to do the right things, and that vSphere is secure by default. Quite a lot of work has gone into making the security features in vSphere a simple checkbox or a dropdown menu, so that it’s easy to enable for guest workloads. Similarly, each new version of vSphere makes the default settings more secure so virtualization admins can focus on things that move their organizations forward, instead of just trying to keep up. Where there’s complexity, such as with compliance auditing, VMware provides comprehensive guidance, as downloadable documentation and tools, to help customers navigate those deep waters.
Tech Field Day streams the events live, but if you missed it they publish the videos for viewing later. Below are the VMware presentations and they are an excellent mix of technical and non-technical topics, something for everybody in the IT world.
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vSphere Platinum technical features speak directly to the problems of compliance & security in IT. This will be a discussion of features like virtualization-based security, TPM & attestation, EVC, and more.
CPU security vulnerabilities like Spectre, Meltdown, L1TF, and MDS have drastically changed the landscape for virtualization and data center security. This will be a deep dive into how CPUs operate, how these vulnerabilities affect our systems, and what VMware vSphere Platinum does about them.
What operational tips & tricks are there for using vSphere Platinum’s security features most effectively? We’ll talk about some of the biggest Day 0, Day 1, and Day 2 topics so we can set ourselves up for success.
Overview of VMware Workspace ONE, a digital workspace platform that combines intrinsic, zero trust security with industry-leading modern management to help IT proactively secure apps and endpoints.
Overview of Workspace ONE Intelligence, an add-on Workspace ONE service that provides insights into app deployments, app engagement and user experience to help IT admins quickly resolve issues, reduce escalations and increase employee productivity.
