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Virtualization policy

The organization must have clear policies for developing virtualization security. The policy should be reviewed and updated at least annually.

The virtualization policy should consider at least:

  • Virtual Machine Lifecycle Management
  • Limiting the storage of virtual machine icons and snapshots
  • Backup and fault tolerance
  • Labeling virtual machines by risk level
  • Change management process for creating, storing, and using virtual machine icons
  • Using firewalls to separate virtual machine groups

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2.9.2: Include backups of software to ensure recovery
NSM ICT Security Principles (Norway)

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