Announcing the vSphere 6.7 Update 1 Security Configuration Guide

Back in March I released the vSphere 6.5 Update 1 Security Configuration Guide (a.k.a “The SCG”). At that time, I went in to detail on more than just the guide. I covered the topic of why some guidelines are removed or changed. I also covered how more settings were set to “secure by default” now …

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VMworld 2018 vSphere Security Sessions

It’s that time of year again! The time when we all pack our comfortable shoes and head to Las Vegas for VMworld! As we are all dealing with the seemingly ever-increasing IT security issues that plague our industry, VMware is there to help you make sense of it and deal with it in as easy …

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Configuring TPM 2.0 on a 6.7 ESXi host

In a previous blog post I went over the details on how ESXi uses a TPM 2.0 chip to provide assurance that Secure Boot did its job and how that “attestation” rolls up to vCenter to be reported on. In this blog article I’m going to go over some of steps necessary to configure the …

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