The virtual appliance method of deployment for VMware data center products provides customers with the ability to rapidly deploy and configure infrastructure components.

VMware has standardized the security profile of VMware produced virtual appliances to a technical standard that meets or exceeds current high governance compliance requirements found in various vertical market segments. See the Hardened Virtual Appliance Operations Guide for further details: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMWare-Hardened-Appliance-Operations-Guide.pdf.

The following sections cover the technical requirements of the OS SRG STIG standard that are not embedded in the vRealize Business Standard virtual appliance.