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With the potential for compromises in one virtual system or hypervisor to lead to compromises in multiple applications in a virtualized environment, the risks are too great for organizations to make security an afterthought. With virtualization technologies becoming pervasive in the data center, here are five essential steps for addressing virtualization security challenges: Step No. 1: Include security in total cost of ownership calculations A top driver when considering virtualization is cost savings achieved through improving server utilization and server consolidation in the data center—savings based on hardware, data center footprint and provisioning cost reductions.