Papers, Publications, and Presentations - AstroArch Consulting, Inc

Presentations

2018: InfoSec World (Impact of Scale on Security), Tech Field Day Austin, Dallas VMUG, VMworld vBrownbag Tech Talks (Security 201, Data Flow Through the Hypervisor and Beyond)
2017: DELL EMC World vBrownbag Sessions, VMworld Opening Acts, VMworld SER1361BU, VMworld vBrownbag Tech Talks (Hacking Public Speaking)
December 4, 2016, LISA16, Hybrid Cloud Reference Architectures Workshop
VMworld 2016 vBrownBag Tech Talks (TVP Strategy Panel, Continuous … well Everything!)
April 4, 2016, InfoSec World, A Model for Moving Securely to the Cloud
July 2016, vBrownbag US, Building ERK Stack using Log Insight & Elastic Search
January 19, 2016, vBrownBag Sessions: Adding Security into Agile Cloud Development
December 17, 2015, Commitmas vBrownBag Session: Git Security Workflow – Ensure Confidential Data Not Shared
October 14-16, 2015, DynaTrace Perform Hallway Session, Secure Agile Cloud Development with Operations Management for Ixia
2015, Austin VMUG
2015, VMworld vBrownBag Sessions
May 19, 2015, Cloud Security World, Secure Hybrid Cloud Workshop (all day course delivery)
2014, Providence VMUG
2014, VMworld vBrownBag Sessions
April 7-9, 2014, InfoSec World – Cloud Security Summit
2013, Wisconsin VMUG, How to Use the vSphere Hardening Guide
2013, InfoSec World – Cloud Security Summit
2013, Big Data Security Conference
February 21, 2012, RSAC2012 Podcast: STAR-302: Large Scale Cloud Forensics
August 10, 2011, Face-off: Is VMware Tools worth the virtual security risks?
Veeam Podcast, Episode 31 – Simple steps to physical security
May 19, 2011, TakeDownCon Dallas 2011, Where is my data? Data flow through the hypervisor
April 14, 2011, Chinwag with Mike – Edward Haletky [Episode 51]
April 13, 2011, VCP BrownBag by Cody Bunch BrownBag Follow-Up vSphere Security with Ed Haletky
Veeam Podcast, Episode 7 – Penetration Testing with Virtual Backups
November 22, 2010, IBM Institute for Advance Security Virtualization Security Webcast
October 28-29, 2010, CSI 2010 Presenting on the Low Hanging Fruit of Virtualization Security
October 13-15, 2010 Hacker Halted 2010 Presenting on Virtualization Security, and participating in Cloud Debate.
August 30-Sept 4th, VMworld 2010: Tech Exchange: PPC-07 vGhetto – Communities Building Great Solutions
August 30-Sept 4th, VMworld 2010: SE8371:Securing Government Virtual Environments
August 27, 2010 VIRTUMANIA 24 – Trouble shooting VDI with Xangati
* August 25, 2010 – BrightTalk – Secure the Cluster NOT Just the Host!
July 12, 2010 VIRTUMANIA 19 – Security Is the Dark Side of Virtualization
June 22, 2010 BrownBag #10 – Security Deep Dive
April 22, 2010 Summit on Secure Virtualization and Cloud Computing Presenting Keynote: The Future of Virtualization Security, Technology and Solutions Spotlight: Separating Hype from Reality Panel w/Michael Berman (Catbird), Todd Ignasiak (Altor), Hemma Prafullchandra (HyTrust), and Mike Wronski (Reflex)
March 1-5, 2010 RSA Conference 2010 Presenting END-402: Console vs. Console-less Hypervisors: A Security Review
March 1-5, 2010 RSA 2010: How do you secure 14,000 virtual machines on 512 servers?
March 1-5, 2010 If you’re going for PCI compliance, just shut up and log
February, 2010 Server colocation vs. segmentation for test and dev, production
January 15, 2010 – 3rd Annual WOW! Event — Measuring Hypervisor Footprints: Assessing Risk
December 9, 2009 – InformationWeek’s Dark Reading and Black Hat, Panel Session, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, and Next Generation Security
September 20-25, 2009 HackerHalted — Security of Virtualization as a Service: The Key to Cloud Security, Hardening & Securing Linux, Co-Presented w/Tim Pierson Virtualization Security: Threats Exposed
July 16, 2009 PowerScripting PodcastDownload Podcast
June 30, 2009 BrightTalk EC Council Security Channel – Virtualization: Are you Secure Enough? Prelude to Hacker Halted Virtualization Security Course.
June 22-26, 2009 Techmentor — WS4 – Real World Solutions for Hardening the ESX/ESXi Host, T4 -VDI: Do you Really Need It?, T8 – Securing Every Part of Your Virtual Environment.
May 20, 2009 BrightTALK Cloud Computing Summit
May 06, 2009 Securing Automated Virtual Machine Deployments
Securing the Virtual Environment for ComputerWorld Virtualization Directions online Conference
VMworld 2008Ask an Expert Panel
Virtualization’s Disaster Plan: How the technology can improve disaster recovery for SMBs
Tips/How-tos/Articles for SearchVMware and SearchServerVirtualization
eWeek How to Attach Local Tape Device to VMware ESX Host
VMprofessional.com Comparison of VI3 Backup Tools
Planning Primer: Benchmarking, Virtualization Review, July/August 2008, pp 39-41.
Virtualization Tour 2006
VMTexas 2005
- Monitoring, Auditing and Securing ESX
- Troubleshooting VMware ESX (Q & A)
- Disaster Recovery and ESX

Books and Papers

Virtualization and Cloud Security Video and Podcast
VMware ESX and ESXi in the Enterprise: Planning Deployment of Virtualization Servers, 2nd Edition, February 2011, Copyright 2011 Pearson Education.
VMware vSphere(TM) and Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing the Virtual Environment, July 2009, Copyright 2008 Pearson Education.
Planning Primer: Benchmarking, Virtualization Review, July/August 2008, pp 39-41.
Comparison of VI3 Backup Tools, VMprofessional.com, March 2008, web. Copyright Edward L. Haletky.
VMWare ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers, December 2007, Copyright 2008 Pearson Education.
Deploying Linux on the Desktop, Elsevier, Burlington, Massachusetts, 2005.
The Dark Side techliving: Your Hassle-Free Way to Live, July/August 2004, pp 70-71.
Nice Rack! Home Automation: The How-To Guide for Home Technology, March 2004, pp 28-31.
Persistent Linux with User-Mode Linux. SysAdmin: The Journal for UNIX System Administrators, May 2004, pp 42-46.
Setting up for Forensics. UnixReview.com, July 2003, web.
Beowulf Batch Processors and Job Schedulers. SysAdmin: The Journal for UNIX Systems Administrators, Summer 2003, pp. 13-17.
Home Control Home Automation: The How-To Guide for Home Technology, Buyer’s Guide 2003, pp 10-11.
Testing an iptables Firewall from within the Host. SysAdmin: The Journal for UNIX Systems Administrators, July 2003, pp. 40-43.
Go Wireless! Home Automation: The How-To Guide for Home Technology, July 2003, pp 54-55.
Mastering the Mess. Home Automation: The How-To Guide for Home Technology, July 2003, pp 42-43.
A Fan of Fans. Home Automation: The How-To Guide for Home Technology, May 2003, pp 42-43.
Spotlight on Security. Home Automation: The How-To Guide for Home Technology, March 2003, pg 60.
Easy Access. Home Automation: The How-To Guide for Home Technology, March 2003, pp 42-43.
Proactively Protecting VPN with Nessus. SysAdmin: The Journal for UNIX Systems Administrators, March 2003, pp. 33-37.
Total Control: Which remote best keeps you in the driver’s seat? Home Automation: The How-To Guide for Home Technology, January 2003, pp 32-33.
The Next Wave: Philips Pronto Pro (TSU6000). Home Automation: The How-To Guide for Home Technology, January 2003, pg 21.
Wired for Sound. Home Automation: The How-To Guide for Home Technology, November 2002, pp. 46-47. Listed under Contributing Writers p. 5.
Wiring a whole-house phone line surge protector: Perfect Protection. Home Automation: The How-To Guide for Home Technology, July 2002, pp. 46-47.
Integrating Backup for a Multiple Operating System Network with Amanda. SysAdmin: The Journal for UNIX Systems Administrators, April 2002, pp. 4, On the Web section.
Integrating Macintosh Computers into Your Network. SysAdmin: The Journal for UNIX Systems Administrators, November 2001, pp. 41-44.
The Unwalled City. Weekly Radio Broadcast, WALE, March 26, 2001 – June 18, 2001.
Interviewed for Retrofit Case Study: Expect the Unexpected. Electronic House, June 2000, pp 46-47.
Does the X Window System Provide Portability? Xhibition ’94 Conference Proceedings, June 1994, pp. 77-97.
NPGL vs. IBM GL. RS/Magazine, June 1994, pp. 50-53.
X and Signals. RS/Magazine, July 1993, pp. 37-40.
Calling C Functions from FORTRAN Modules. AIXpert, February 1993, pp. 46-49.
The Design and Use of GL Widgets. AIXpert, August 1992, pp. 4-11.
Another Input Model within the X Window System. Xhibition ’92 Conference Proceedings, Volume 1, June 1992, pp. 111-119.
Integration of GL with the X Window System. Xhibition ’91 Conference Proceedings, June 1991, pp. 105-113.

Interviews and References

Oracle’s Java virtualization support policy reignites controversy
Reduce virtualization security risks by thinking physical, experts say
VMware users hope PXE Manager isn’t just a fling
VMware vShield Manager design raises availability concerns
vDestinations Top 5 VMware Books List
Data security worries rise as virtualization spreads
Disaster recovery solutions for virtual environments run the gamut
EMC-Brocade 10 Gigabit Ethernet deal raises questions for Cisco
Experts dish on standout features of Cisco’s UCS
Interview by Simon Seagraves of Techhead
Hypervisor Huddle Podcast
Evolving Solutions – Data Center Leaders: VMware Virtualization With AstroArch Founder & Author Edward L. Haletky
Referenced by Chris Orr at Tripwire Blog – Sometimes the Pirate is you…Virtualization Security includes the host too you know…
SearchServerVirtualization – Virtual machine security enters the mainstream
VirtualizationReview – Brave New World: VDC-OS
RemondMag.com – Back to the (Virtual) Future
InternetNews.com – Microsoft Backtracks on Live Migration, Again article.
Interview by Eric Sloof at VMworld 2008
VMworld Community Experts Session
Citi’s Software Conference Call Series
ComputerWorld Canada (requires login) – Virtual servers not always safe article.
InternetNews.com – VMware may be Hit Hard by Hypervisor Error article.

Other Blogs

ITworld – Blue Gears
- Two Vital Resources for Virtualization Administrators
VMware Best Practices Series
VMworld Series
- 3 Days at VMworld
- Preparing for VMworld
VMware VirtualCenter Series
- Allowing VMware ESX Private Virtual Networks to Migrate
- Booting VMware VirtualCenter while AD is unavailable
Forensics Series

DABCC Analysis

CIO IT Drilldown on Virtualization