Enhancing Data Center Security Without Sacrificing Performance
For AI data centers, where the stakes are the highest and performance constraints are the tightest, security and performance are no longer a zero-sum game. The post Enhancing Data Center Security Without Sacrificing Performance appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Every data center cybersecurity team faces the same impossible equation: host-based agents consume CPU cycles that high-performance computing requires. For years, the industry has tried to balance this trade-off. The more security you implement, the more performance suffers; yet, the more you preserve performance, the greater the risk of blind spots.
For an example of such a blind spot, look no further than the gap between a virtual machine (VM) and its physical host. In March 2025, Broadcom patched a series of VMware ESXi zero-day vulnerabilities that could escape the VM sandbox entirely. In 2023, the ESXiArgs campaign affected an estimated 3,800 servers globally.
In both instances, a single compromise disabled or encrypted dozens of VMs simultaneously. Host-based agents were ineffective because the attack occurred in the hypervisor.
Source: https://www.securityweek.com/enhancing-data-center-security-without-sacrificing-performance/
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