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vSphere 6.5 – Secure Boot (ESXi and VMs)

vSphere 6.5 – Secure Boot (ESXi and VMs)

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When new feature Secure Boot is enabled, the UEFI firmware validates the digitally signed kernel of an operating system against the digital certificate stored in the UEF firmware. For ESXi 6.5 this capability is further leveraged by the ESXi kernel, adding cryptographic assurance of ESXi components. ESXi is already made up of digitally signed packages, called VIB’s. (vSphere Installation Bundle) These packages are never broken open. At boot time the ESXi file system maps to the content of those packages….

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vSphere 6.5 Security Enhancements  

vSphere 6.5 Security Enhancements  

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  In this article I will try to point most important security enhancements in recently released vSphere 6.5 platform.  As we can hear from “pre GA” sneak peek information VMware will build security in 3 areas: Secure access – logs monitoring and audit Secure infrastructure – hypervisor with minimal footprint = minimal attack surface and cryptographic option to provide SecureBoot Secure data – hypervisor-level encryption for VM data Let’s go deeper  into the  technology – below is a list of…

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