Objective 1.2 – Secure ESXi, vCenter, and vSphere VM’s – Part 1

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Objective Topics:

  • Harden virtual machine access
    • Control VMware Tools installation
    • Control VM data access
    • Configure virtual machine security policies
  • Harden a virtual machine against Denial-of-Service attacks
    • Control VM-VM communications
    • Control VM device connections
    • Configure network security policies

 

Harden Virtual Machine Access

Control VMware Tools Installation

vmtools3

 

vmtools1

vmtools2

Source: vSphere Security Document (Page 251-253)

Control VM data access

securevm1

And there’s much more. See pages 195-202 of the vSphere Security Document.

 

Configure virtual machine security policies

See pages 195-202 of the vSphere Security Document

 

Harden a virtual machine against Denial-of-Service attacks & Control VM-to-VM Communication

Source: Security of the VMware vSphere Hypervisor (Page 14)

dos1

Source: vSphere Security Document (Page 206)

dos2

 

Control VM Device Connections

 

vmdevices1

Configure Network Security Policies

netsec1

netsec2

netsec3

 

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