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The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) has issued its final draft of guidelines for Security for Full Virtual Environments. NIST explained that full virtualization provides a complete simulation of underlying computer hardware, enabling software to run without any modification.

“full virtualization has some negative security implications. Virtualization adds layers of technology, which can increase the security management burden by necessitating additional security controls. Also, combining many systems onto a single physical computer can cause a larger impact if a security compromise occurs”, NIST warned.

NIST Guide to Security for Full Virtualization Technologies