Case Study: UC Berkeley strengthens virtualization security and compliance with HyTrust

Cost-effectively enhancing and securing virtualization capabilities

UC Berkeley, a major educational institution, faced the challenge of securely delivering virtualized Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to its numerous internal and external tenants. Their goal was to provide direct administrative access and flexibility without compromising the security and availability of their centralized, multi-tenant VMware environment. To tackle this, they turned to vendor HyTrust and implemented the HyTrust Appliance.

The HyTrust Appliance provided a secure gateway with two-factor authentication, granular access controls, and audit-quality logging. This solution enabled UC Berkeley to enforce security policies, ensure compliance, and instill confidence in its tenants. The results included significantly lowered operational costs and a dramatic increase in tenant adoption, with up to 30 new virtual machines being added monthly. This improved return on their virtualization investment and allowed them to host even mission-critical applications in the shared environment.

UC Berkeley

Curtis Salinas

Systems Administrator