Real Security in a Virtual Environment By Mattias Geniar System Engineer @Nucleus

Mattias Geniar

576 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑙𝑑 System Engineer at Nucleus (Cloud) Hosting provider http://mattiasgeniar.be @mattiasgeniar

So ... Who am I?

root@mattias:~#

My comfort zone.

Not this.

Now what’s this about?

Prevention.

It’s about layers. Many layers.

A secure location.

With sufficient power.

And cooling.

That is secure.

But that’s just the bottom layer.

Don’t forget this.

How virtual is ‘virtual’?

The heart: storage.

Seperate network.

But in a good way.

Should it be encrypted?

Redundant storage. Good x 2.

Have backups. Lots of them.

The kidneys: connectivity.

Walls of fire.

Secure connections.

Know what goes on.

Find intruders.

IDS & IPS

Even when the cloud ‘moves’.

Developers that care.

And management.

No no. Real management.

So. Layers you said?

Q & A

root@mattias:~# logout

Thank you.