Editor’s Note: This tip is part of SearchSecurity.com's "Eye On" series that brings together various perspectives on security topics throughout the year from SearchSecurity and its sister sites. In the month of May the series examines virtualization security.

Innovations in operating system virtualization and server hardware permanently changed the footprint, architecture, and operations of data centers. As such, these innovations have also had a significant impact on how auditors must approach the security assessment of these environments