IBM makes push into virtualization security with Phantom

IBM makes push into virtualization security with Phantom: "In a project code named Phantom, IBM researchers are developing new security technologies to protect the hypervisor and monitor communications between virtual environments. IBM is a member of VMware's VMSafe program, and like many security firms, it plans to use VMware APIs to tap into the hypervisor and produce products designed to harden it.
Big Blue highlighted its virtualization security strategy at RSA Conference 2008 in San Francisco. Virtualization security was a hot topic at the annual security conference with security pros packing conference panel discussions and educational sessions on ways to deal with patching issues, communications monitoring, and network security—many of the same issues that trouble security pros in physical environments."