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:
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:
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:
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.