Intel Security and VMware, Inc. today announced an integrated solution
that leverages a Software-Defined Data Center approach and the VMware
NSX™ network virtualization platform to automate the distribution and
enforcement of Intel® Security’s McAfee® Network Security Platform
(NSP), providing Intelligent Intrusion Prevention services (IPS) for the
protection of east-west traffic within the data center. Enterprise and
Service Provider customers will benefit from simplified orchestration,
chaining and delivery of the same advanced services inside the data
center that Intel Security provides for north-south traffic at the
perimeter of the data center.
Customers immediately benefiting from this solution include healthcare
cloud provider ClearDATA, whose customers require HIPAA compliant cloud
hosting, backup, disaster recovery and information security services.
Meeting these rigorous demands requires ClearDATA to provide advanced
threat protection uniformly for all data center traffic coming into the
data center, as well as within the data center without increased
complexity. The integrated solution allows ClearDATA to automate the
provisioning and delivery of IPS services for protecting traffic inside
the Data Center and scaling these services dynamically in response to
customer demand.
“Security is a critical concern for our health care customers who must
deliver patient services quickly, in a secure manner. We use VMware NSX
network virtualization to simplify and automate the delivery of Intel
Security’s McAfee NSP through our new Cloud. This allows us to offer our
customers the same advanced levels of threat protection for all their
data center traffic, with security controls aligned with each
application," said Matt Ferrari, CTO, ClearDATA.
The new integrated solution includes the McAfee NSP IPS-VM100-VSS (a new
IPS-VM Series model designed for interoperability with VMware NSX),
McAfee Network Security Manager, Intel Security Controller and VMware
NSX network virtualization platform.
The Intel Security Controller transparently runs as a broker between the
VMware NSX infrastructure and the Intel Security’s McAfee NSP. Working
in conjunction with the VMware NSX Manager™, it enables network IPS
protection to be dynamically and automatically provisioned to help
protect intra-VM traffic based on the defined policies and requirements
allowing administrators to experience a “plug-in” like environment that
enables support for micro-segmentation, security profiles, workflows,
policies, and groups.
“This collaboration between VMware and Intel Security delivers clear
value for our mutual customers, enabling them to have consistently high
levels of threat protection for traffic both inside the data center and
at the data center perimeter. The tight integration between VMware NSX
and Intel Security’s McAfee NSP means security controls follow
application workloads, allowing customers to dynamically scale security
services,” said Tom Corn, Senior Vice President, Security Products,
VMware.
“With the Intel Security and VMware integration, McAfee NSP provides
integration within VMware NSX to allow customers to apply advanced
security capabilities for the protection of east-west traffic in the
data center, which makes up the majority of traffic in these
environments. The McAfee NSP takes advantage of the VMware NSX
platform’s distributed micro-segmentation enforcement and simplified
automated provisioning, creating a zero-trust environment to
automatically help protect organizations’ assets against advanced
threats,” said Raja Patel, General Manager for the Network Security
Business Unit, Intel Security.
About Intel Security
McAfee is now part of Intel Security. With its Security Connected
strategy, innovative approach to hardware-enhanced security, and unique
McAfee Global Threat Intelligence, Intel Security is intensively focused
on developing proactive, proven security solutions and services that
protect systems, networks, and mobile devices for business and personal
use around the world. Intel Security is combining the experience and
expertise of McAfee with the innovation and proven performance of Intel
to make security an essential ingredient in every architecture and on
every computing platform. The mission of Intel Security is to give
everyone the confidence to live and work safely and securely in the
digital world. www.intelsecurity.com.
About VMware
VMware (NYSE: VMW) is a leader in cloud infrastructure and business
mobility. Built on VMware’s industry-leading virtualization technology,
our solutions deliver a brave new model of IT that is fluid, instant and
more secure. Customers can innovate faster by rapidly developing,
automatically delivering and more safely consuming any application. With
2014 revenues of $6 billion, VMware has more than 500,000 customers and
75,000 partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with
offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.
No computer system can be absolutely secure.
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