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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Archana S. Rajan, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Leo Cohen, Tarzana, CA (US);
Charlotte W. Chang, Northridge, CA (US);
Christopher Alexander, Canoga Park, CA (US);
Gary Sabala, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Alfred C. Hartmann, Round Rock, TX (US);
Wei Lin, Rowland Heights, CA (US);
Brendon Woirhaye, Whittier, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Security from malicious attack is provided for a user environment running in a virtualized environment by a virtual security appliance (VSA) running outside of the user environment, but on the same computer system as the user environment. For example, a VSA running in a virtual machine can provide security for a user environment running in a second virtual machine. The separation of the VSA from the user environment enhances the robustness of the VSA against malicious attacks seeking to disable/bypass the protections of the VSA, while avoiding the costs and complexities of a physical security appliance.