VMware partnering Symantec: Virtualization and cloud security five integration

April 25, 2012, Global virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure Leadership VMware Inc. and Symantec Company (NASDAQ:SYMC) announced the five most recent security solutions for integrated VMware Cloud Infrastructure suite, designed to provide extensive protection for both virtual and cloud environments, And for the enterprise to save operating costs.

With the latest VMware Integration solution, Symantec enables customers to better protect their virtual infrastructure and critical applications through data loss protection, it risk and compliance, data center protection, security information and event Management (SIEM), and endpoint protection solutions for greater security, stability , reduce the cost of rapid service delivery and increase the flexibility of the cloud business.

"Companies face increasingly severe threats today, and real information protection is more than just antivirus," says Francis DeSouza, president of Symantec's Enterprise products and Services Division. With VMware's latest integrated solution, we are able to support customers proactively protecting their information whether they are in a physical or virtual environment. Symantec and VMware work together to bring protection to new levels, enabling businesses to embrace virtualization with confidence and to achieve the cost and efficiency of virtualization. ”

Raghu Raghuram, senior vice president and managing director of VMware Cloud infrastructure and Management, said: "The cloud security problem facing the cloud is far beyond the scope of malware defense." The integration of the Symantec product with the VMware Cloud Infrastructure Suite will provide new security features that enable customers to enjoy the benefits of cloud computing more securely. ”

Symantec and VMware will continue to work together to ensure that customers have the security and compliance controls necessary for cloud deployment. In addition to the integrated solution for Symantec Endpoint Security products and VMware vshield™ endpoints, which is expected to be launched later in 2012, Symantec continues to launch five integration scenarios with the VMware Cloud Infrastructure suite.

Data Loss Prevention Solutions

The Symantec data Loss Protection solution has been introduced to address the growing challenges that businesses face in finding and protecting intellectual property anywhere. Integration with VMware VShield app enables Symantec customers to find and find valuable information more easily in their virtual environment. By automatically separating virtual machines that contain sensitive information from virtual machines that do not contain sensitive information, Symantec Data Loss Protection solutions make it easier for customers to identify and repair potential data loss in their virtual environments.

Reduce compliance flaws by fusing infrastructure

The Symantec Control Compliance Suite, now launched, utilizes a centralized vulnerability and control assessment system to seamlessly identify unknown or unauthorized virtual machines, reducing security risks in both physical and virtual infrastructures. With VMware's published security standards, the control compliance suite can also evaluate virtual settings, identify risk areas, and prioritize repair tasks. This will help prevent application failures or data corruption on virtual machines, as well as compliance with requirements such as PCI or HIPAA. In addition, the control compliance suite ensures that the program questionnaire follows the VMware process guidance file while automatically reporting configuration changes, patch levels, and critical policy violations on the VMware vsphere®.

Protecting virtual data centers against advanced threats

Symantec Key System Protection solutions are now better able to protect esx® visitors and management programs through policy control. Symantec plans to support VMware vsphere 5 in the spring of 2012, leveraging VMware's out-of-the-box server security policies for ESXi and VMware vcenter™, enabling businesses to identify server violations and suspicious activities in real time, limiting management controls, Restrict network traffic and prevent files and configurations from tampering with the virtual infrastructure. Because Symantec's critical system protects policy-neutral technology, it can allow businesses to stop running unauthorized services on the server and defend against the 0 attacks without impacting system performance.

Comprehensive threat Information

The Symantec Security Management Solution (SSIM), launched in the summer of 2012, will support enterprise organizations to seamlessly identify and respond to security threats that affect critical applications on their physical and virtual infrastructures. Integrated with the VMware VShield Log Management collector, Ssim combines virtual machine activity and physical environment conditions with the Symantec Global Intelligence Network to fully view the security status of the enterprise. Customers can evaluate malicious activity in a virtual or physical environment and immediately gain insight into malicious activities and threats within their virtual infrastructure.

Symantec Security Services Management (MSS) will also provide VMware VShield log management collectors to support customers who prefer the cloud service delivery model to seamlessly view security threats in their virtual and physical environments. Adding the VShield log management collector to the MSS monitor for a variety of devices and applications will further enhance the visibility of the MSS edge to end, reducing the risk of business disruption when used in conjunction with global Security Intelligence and 7x24-hour GIAC authentication security analysis. The VShield log management collector is expected to be launched in the summer of 2012.

Optimized endpoint protection for high-density virtual environment

Symantec plans to take full advantage of VMware VShield endpoint and its endpoint security products to maximize the performance of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and virtual server environments without sacrificing security. The above solution, planned for the second half of 2012, will offload security analysis from protected virtual machines to specialized security virtual devices, optimizing scan performance, reducing resource usage, and increasing management visibility. The above solution, developed on the basis of Symantec Insight, will provide fast and effective endpoint security for VMware environments, defending against the threat of polymorphic malware, 0 attacks, and rootkit tools.