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April 26, 2009 |

VMware Delivers Integrated Security Solutions for VMware VMsafe

VMsafe APIs to ship with VMware vSphereTM 4, and security partners will bring new products to market later in 2009.

VMware Delivers Integrated Security Solutions for VMware VMsafe

VMsafe APIs to ship with VMware vSphereTM 4, and security partners will bring new products to market later in 2009.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based VMware, Inc., a provider of virtualization solutions, announced that the VMware VMsafe APIs will ship with VMware vSphere 4 when the product becomes generally available later in the second quarter of 2009, with security vendors expected to deliver integrated solutions this year. These solutions combined with the new protection features in VMware vSphere 4, an operating system for building the internal cloud, will help provide customers with integrated “better than physical” security of their IT infrastructures, according to the company.

VMware VMsafe enables partners to monitor and protect at the hypervisor layer, providing visibility into machine activity that can be deeper and more comprehensive than the physical locations where network and endpoint security solutions traditionally enforce policy. Multiple vantage points into virtual hardware such as disk, network, and memory enable a range of security technologies delivered as virtual appliances to benefit from better protection and greater performance and efficiency, including firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, and anti-virus engines.

“We are excited to see security partners taking advantage of VMware VMsafe technology in VMware vSphere 4 to build solutions that help our mutual customers protect their environments better than they could with an all-physical infrastructure,” says Dr. Stephen Herrod, chief technology officer, VMware. “VMware vSphere 4 equipped with VMware VMsafe uniquely offers customers an advanced platform to run applications securely within private clouds and, when combined with added functionality from our partners, a broad choice of security solutions.”

VMware also announced that Altor Networks is integrating the Altor VF purpose-built stateful firewall with VMware vSphere 4 using VMware VMsafe to deliver granular, per-VM and inter-VM security. In addition, Altor VF will include patent-pending virtual-aware IDS featuring intelligent scanning that uses the VMware VMsafe APIs and VMware vCenter Server integration to apply only relevant signatures to each virtual machine. The Altor VF is available today, with VMware VMsafe integration coming later in Q2 2009.

Oded Gonda, vice president of network security products at Check Point Technologies, said of its upcoming Security Gateway VE (Virtual Edition): “Check Point Security Gateway VE integration with VMware VMsafe will provide customers the unique ability to inspect traffic deeper at the kernel and virtual switch port levels. It will secure traffic between virtual machines and will support the full benefits of VMware vSphere 4 with dedicated, optimized inspection and protection.”

Available this week from Reflex Systems is vTrust, Dynamic Policy Enforcement for its Virtualization Management Center (VMC), providing security across the data center using VMware VMsafe. “We’re pleased to be actively delivering our innovative management and security solution for VMware vSphere 4 with our kernel-level integration through the VMware VMsafe initiative,” said Pete Privateer, CEO of Reflex Systems.† “The ability of VMware vSphere 4 to transform virtual services into the cloud is of particular benefit to many of our joint customers.† Likewise, Reflex VMC’s vTrust integration into VMware vSphere 4 will make managing and securing virtual environments, whether hosted locally, remotely, or in the cloud, very straightforward with a single management interface.”

Third Brigade also has a new component in its product architecture using VMware VMsafe to enable intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS) and firewall protection for VMware vSphere 4. The Deep Security Virtual Appliance, commercially available later in 2009, complements the existing protection capabilities of IDS/IPS, firewall, integrity monitoring, and log inspection provided by Deep Security Agents for virtual machines.†

“As a key partner, Trend Micro has been working closely with VMware on the VMware VMsafe initiative from the outset,” says Punit Minocha, vice president of corporate development at Trend Micro. “With VMware vSphere 4, Trend Micro is able to offer content security solutions that can protect previously unprotected virtual assets and improve the security posture of the virtual environment. Our VMsafe-integrated security solution will enable businesses to leverage the economic benefits of virtualization with the reassurance that at the same time they can now receive higher levels of security than equivalent physical networks. ” The VMsafe integrated solution from Trend Micro is expected to be available in 2H 2009.

VMware is also working with additional VMware VMsafe partners including IBM; McAfee; RSA, The Security Division of EMC; and Symantec that are exploring enablement and integration of innovative security solutions in areas ranging from intrusion prevention to information integrity.

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