Virtualization technologies allow IT to provide computation and storage solutions with much greater economies of scale, natural system lifecycle management, and reduced environmental impact. Boston Universitys Information Services and Technology Department (IS&T) received the 2015 CSO50 Award from IDG’s CSO Magazine for efforts in designing just such a solution. A VM can be designed to meet the superset of almost any combination of regulations or standards needed. It also includes other security features or tools, such as compliance monitoring, security monitoring, vulnerability management, etc.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2859389/pre-configured-secure-vms.html