Introducing VMware AppDefense – Expanding beyond micro-segmentation to threat detection and response
Hopefully, you have heard the news today! We couldn’t be more excited to announce the general availability of VMware AppDefense, our new security solution. AppDefense bolsters the micro-segmentations threat prevention capabilities delivered by NSX with data center endpoint threat detection and response. It’s no secret that organizations are spending more money than ever on security. It’s also no surprise that the only thing outpacing security spend are the losses due to security breaches. At VMware, we believe the struggle organizations face in gaining the upper-hand in this battle is due to a foundational architectural gap that creates misalignment between the infrastructure where security is applied and the applications that security is designed to protect.
NSX was the first step toward re-aligning network security policy with applications by leveraging the virtualization layer to enable micro-segmentation, as well as enhance the posture of other security solutions through integrations and features like service insertion and guest introspection. But applications are made up of both networks and data center endpoints like VMs. AppDefense is the other half of the puzzle. Whereas NSX prevents threats from moving freely throughout the network, AppDefense detects anything that does make it to an endpoint and can automatically Continue reading
Edge computing will require "a new kind of cloud," Michael Dell said.
AppDefense integrates with several technology partners including IBM Security, RSA, Carbon Black, SecureWorks, and Puppet.
The systems integrate Dell EMC hardware and VMware software.
Accenture, Sysco, Adidas, Medtronic, and Moody’s are early-access customers.
Initial public cloud support is limited to AWS and Azure environments.
Conversely, Google will take advantage of Marketo's Engagement Platform.
VeloCloud's latest members include Symantec, VMware, and Forcepoint.
