Data Center Security

As software defined data centers grow more complex, security becomes more important – and tougher to implement. Symantec Data Center Security 6.6, which is being announced at VMWorld and will be generally available in Fall 2015, supports the speed of business by delivering dynamically adaptive and agile security for the data center.

Always-on antimalware and threat protection are critical for virtual data centers but implementing it properly – so production applications aren’t negatively affected – is paramount.  Two common issues can occur when implementing agent-based security for virtual data environments:

• Installing an agent on every VM taxes network resources causing application and network degradation. Agent-based security also isn’t scalable as the number of VMs grows. VMs can be easily self-provisioned by non-IT employees, which often leaves them unsecured. If the new VMs aren’t quickly protected by a security solution, they can be vulnerable to threats.
   

What’s the solution?  Symantec Data Center Security 6.6’s agentless threat protection, which eliminates resource constraints and maximizes VM performance while avoiding negative impact on network and storage I/O. Organizations using VMware ESX on vShield/vCNS and that are starting to implement NSX, will want to look at Data Center Security 6.6, because it supports:

• Comprehensive antimalware for layers 4-7 in a single solution including new support for agentless antimalware for vShield/vCNS and NSX environments. 
• Complete threat protection with agentless network IPS and integration with Symantec DeepSight Intelligence, a file reputation service.
• Dynamic application-centric security and server hardening with Operations Director.

Symantec Data Center Security 6.6 includes support for agentless threat protection with insight reputation that’s optimized for virtual data centers. It’s fully integrated with VMware vShield Manager (and does not require NSX) while utilizing Symantec’s best-in-class antivirus and insight reputation.  

Data Center Security uses a hypervisor-based Security Virtual Appliance to protect all VMs on a single hosted machine, which eliminates the dreaded AV storm problem. The appliance is fully integrated with VMware NSX for low OpEx and always-on, anywhere protection.

Agentless threat protection with Data Center Security 6.6 includes:

• Automation and orchestration for both VMware NSX and VMware vCNS/vShield.  Customers will have the option to enable always-on antimalware by using only vShield.
• Agentless network IPS with VMware NSX. 
• Integration with Symantec Deepsight Intelligence’s real-time global threat information and analytics.
• Auto-deployment of Security Virtual Appliances delivers always-on security to mitigate threats from unsecure, rogue IT.

Today’s threat landscape is more sophisticated than ever.  Protect your VMs without impacting performance or resources with Symantec Data Center Security 6.6’s agentless threat protection.

Come visit us at VMWorld booth #713 and see Data Center Security in action.