A practitioners' handbook on securing virtualization, cloud computing, and mobility, this book bridges academic theory with real world implementation. It provides pragmatic guidance on securing the multi-faceted layers of private and public cloud deployments as well as mobility infrastructures. The book offers in-depth coverage of implementation plans, workflows, process consideration points, and project planning. Topics covered include physical and virtual segregation, orchestration security, threat intelligence, identity management, cloud security assessments, cloud encryption services, audit and compliance, certifications, secure mobile architecture and secure mobile coding standards.