Security is the biggest concern in cloud environments for end users as well as cloud administrators. VMware has security solutions that try to solve all the security concerns.

Prasenjit is a technical evangelist who has authored some books that help readers to understand the key concepts and design considerations. Prasenjit provides the technical guidance in implementing VMware's cloud datacenters.

This book gives readers a step-by-step guide to install, configure, and understand the security in vCloud datacenters. The book starts with the basic architecture of vCloud Director and key concepts associated with it, and goes on to explain the setup and configuration of the vCloud Director. After installing vCloud Director, the book talks about how to secure the interior of your virtual datacenter using vShield App. There are good details on how to manage the vShield App firewall. The book then talks about how vShield Endpoint strengthens security for virtual machines by offloading antivirus and anti-malware agent processing to a dedicated Security Virtual Appliance. The book also has details about how to protect the sensitive data using VMware vShield Data Security.

I believe this book would be very useful for the novice as well as the experienced reader. This is not yet another how-to book. The author has written the book based on his experience when implementing VMware's cloud datacenter, so he is aware of the challenges and issues faced when designing cloud datacenters. I hope that readers will get a thorough understanding of the cloud security configuration and that would eventually make cloud computing more secure.

Harish Chilkoti