Beyond Perimeter Defense to Data-Centric Security

Posted by Christine Drake in Cloud, Cloud-based Security, Consumerization of IT, Secure Data Centers, Securing the Cloud, Security, Smart Protection Network, Threats, Threats from the Cloud, VMware Oct 7th, 2011 | 1 Comment Traditionally businesses have focused their IT security on perimeter defense—blocking threats before they enter the network. This protection is still important.  But with today’s cloud computing, mobile devices, and advanced persistent threats (APTs), businesses need security that protects their data wherever it travels and in whatever type of device it resides, requiring new data-centric security.  Earlier this week, Trend Micro held its annual insight event for the analyst community and announced our new vision on data-centric security (see video clips of the event here and here).  Back...

Join the Journey to the Cloud on Oct/5

Posted by Aaron Lewis in Cloud, Cloud-based Security, Secure Data Centers, Securing the Cloud, VMware Sep 23rd, 2011 | No Comments Live in 10 Cities + Broadcast live Online. Trend Micro and VMware invite you—along with other selected enterprise leaders—to join leading cloud and virtualization security experts for this exclusive live event that will provide a clear picture of what it takes to truly secure your cloud environments. The Most Important Cloud Event of 2011: 10 Cities. 90 Minutes. One Purpose Whether you’re simply virtualizing your data center or using virtualization as the foundation for your private or public clouds, Join the Journey brings together some of the world’s leading virtualization and cloud...

Why is VMware Downplaying their PacketMotion Acquisition?

Posted by Dave Asprey in Cloud, Cloud-based Security, Securing the Cloud, VMware Aug 31st, 2011 | 1 Comment This week, on a Friday before the start of VMworld, VMware announced that they acquired PacketMotion. It was announced in a blog post Friday by Dean Coza, director of security product management at VMware. Is it just me, or do most companies choose to announce things they want no one to discuss on Friday afternoons – via blogs? My corporate masters tend to save the good stuff for Monday mornings at the start of massive trade shows, and they use old-fashioned press releases, backed by armies of outsourced PR people to create buzz. VMware should be really happy with the acquisition and put a spotlight...

Agentless Security Gets an “A” on Its Report Card

Posted by Christine Drake in Cloud, DataCenter, Deep Security, private cloud, Secure Data Centers, Securing the Cloud, Virtualization, VMware Aug 30th, 2011 | No Comments In my last blog post, I discussed some of the benefits of agentless security for virtual and private cloud servers. Today at VMworld, Harish Agastya, Director of Data Center Security at Trend Micro, conducted a presentation on Agentless Security for VMware Environments (listed on the Trend Micro VMworld page). Trend Micro released agentless antivirus in Deep Security at last year’s VMworld and has seen impressive results over the last year.  With such success, today Trend Micro announced an extension of its agentless security with new agentless file integrity monitoring (FIM) in Deep Security...

Open Source Clouds Become Enterprise-Grade: Citrix and OpenStack

Posted by Dave Asprey in Citrix, Cloud, Cloud-based Security, cloudbursting, Deep Security, hybrid-cloud, IaaS, PaaS, private cloud, public cloud, SaaS, Securing the Cloud, Security, Smart Protection Network, Virtualization, VMware May 25th, 2011 | No Comments Today at Synergy, Citrix announced “Project Olympus,” effectively making open source clouds a more viable option for enterprises. In the past, it was cloud providers like Rackspace who tended to focus on open source cloud infrastructure, while enterprises tended to make more conservative choices where support contracts were available. The new support from Citrix, along with about 60 other supporting commercial hardware and software vendors, should go a long way towards helping enterprises see OpenStack as an enterprise-grade choice of cloud infrastructure. Enterprises can now get a Citrix-certified...