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COMS002: Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure with Data Plane Virtualization

Scott Lowe

Devices first started as tightly-coupled hardware and software solutions. For the security appliance, all traffic is actually intercepted by the hypervisor, which will generate context switches for every I/O packet received. These challenges can be summarized as: I/O-intensive application virtualization. Intra-VM communication.

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Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’

GeekWire

He absorbed the 477-page technical tome in one weekend and returned to Redmond ready to change how Microsoft made software — prioritizing security and reliability over new features. The company listed these key priorities for its security initiatives: Making its software, cloud services, firmware and hardware secure by design.

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