Carefully managed virtual servers can make the job of attackers more difficult by reducing the time that any one version of a server is exposed to the Internet, according to a George Mason University professor who has developed software that phases virtual servers in and out of use. By limiting how long virtual servers remain online and synchronizing their replacement with fresh servers, businesses can cut the damage hackers inflict, says Arun Sood, a computer science professor at the school.
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