Today at VMworld 2010 VMware announces the new family of vShield products. The new products to this family are vShield Endpoint, vShield App and vShield Edge. Each product has been designed for a few core functions that are helping to facilitate and secure the IT as a Service model that VMware is promoting with its new vCloud Director solution. These security related products are going to secure, make management easier and help move down the patch to a cloud infrastructure.
I will try and provide some more details about each product below gathering any details that are available as of today. In the image below are some of the concerns that VMware is address based on what Enterprises have been telling them.
vShield Endpoint – vShield Endpoint provides on-host antivirus and malware protection that reduces performance latency and eliminates the need to maintain individual security agents in each and every virtual machine, helping to simplify security administration while minimizing the risk of malware infections. Datasheet
vShield App -VMware vShield App protects applications in the virtual datacenter from network-based threats. vShield App gives organizations the ability to create and manage business-relevant policies that adapt to dynamic cloud environments. It also provides deep visibility into network communications between virtual machines and granular enforcement through security groups. Datasheet
vShield Edge – vShield Edge is a network gateway solution that protects the edges of the virtual datacenter with DCHP, network address translation (NAT), firewalling, load balancing, site-to-site VPN, port group isolation and other capabilities that help organizations maintain proper segmentation between different organizational units. Datasheet
vShield Manager – Included with all vShield products, vShield Manager provides a central point of control for managing, deploying, reporting, logging and integrating third-party security services. Working in conjunction with vCenter Server, vShield Manager also enables role-based access control and administrative delegation as part of a unified framework for managing virtualization security.
vShield Zones – VMware vShield Zones, included with vSphere, provides basic protection from network-based threats in virtual datacenters, with application firewalling and policy management based on administrator-defined zones, using basic traffic information such as the source IP address, the destination port, and so on.
Here is a quote from a VMware product release.
Enterprise Partner Extranets – vShield lets enterprises extend their networks and application resources to branch offices, home offices and business partner sites through site-to-site VPN services that offer simplified provisioning, streamline administrative tasks and improve scalability. All traffic between sites is encrypted using IPsec to maintain the confidentiality and integrity of all site-to-site communications.
vShield Product Family Brochure
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