Virtualization Concepts Lesson 006: Securing Virtual Machines

What are two ways to increase security on a VM?

Disable "shared clipboard" and "drag and drop" functionality between the host and guest OSs and by using disk encryption.

Nested VT-x/AMD-V

The function of being able to create virtual machines inside of other virtual machines.

Nested Paging

Gives better performance inside of the VM.

If a user wanted to allow devices to be used by the VM, how would a user go about doing so?

In the settings of the VM, under "USB" in Virtual Box, the user can add any devices to the VMs list of additional functionalities.

If a user is struggling with lack of performance speed with connected USB devices, what is a likely fix?

In the settings of the VM, under "Storage", it is possible to enable USB 3.0 functionality.

Is it possible for files to be shared between the host and guest OSs?

Yes, however this functionality usually needs to be enabled in settings.