TY - GEN
T1 - Security of virtualized Applications
T2 - 2009 International Conference on Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering, SCSS 2009, Part of the International Joint Conference on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering, CISSE 2009
AU - Hoppe, Michael
AU - Seeling, Patrick
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Virtualization has gained great popularity in recent years with application virtualization being the latest trend. Application virtualization offers several benefits for application management, especially for larger and dynamic deployment scenarios. In this paper, we initially introduce the common application virtualization principles before we evaluate the security of Microsoft App-V and VMware ThinApp application virtualization environments with respect to external security threats. We compare different user account privileges and levels of sandboxing for virtualized applications. Furtherwmore, we identify the major security risks as well as trade-offs with ease of use that result from the virtualization of applications.
AB - Virtualization has gained great popularity in recent years with application virtualization being the latest trend. Application virtualization offers several benefits for application management, especially for larger and dynamic deployment scenarios. In this paper, we initially introduce the common application virtualization principles before we evaluate the security of Microsoft App-V and VMware ThinApp application virtualization environments with respect to external security threats. We compare different user account privileges and levels of sandboxing for virtualized applications. Furtherwmore, we identify the major security risks as well as trade-offs with ease of use that result from the virtualization of applications.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84878937811&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-90-481-9112-3_49
DO - 10.1007/978-90-481-9112-3_49
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84878937811
SN - 9789048191116
T3 - Innovations in Computing Sciences and Software Engineering
SP - 291
EP - 295
BT - Innovations in Computing Sciences and Software Engineering
PB - Kluwer Academic Publishers
Y2 - 4 December 2009 through 12 December 2009
ER -