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Trend Micro Offers Protection for Virtual Machines

Trend Micro has expanded its overall virtualization security portfolio with the introduction of a content security solution to protect VMware ESX/ESXi environments.

NewsSoftware7/20/2009

Delhi, [India]

Trend Micro has expanded its overall virtualization security portfolio with the introduction of a content security solution to protect VMware ESX/ESXi environments. Trend Micro Core Protection for Virtual Machines is designed to secure VMware virtual machines, both active and dormant. It leverages the VMsafe APIs from VMware to offer layered protection through the use of dedicated scanning VMs coordinated with real-time agents within the VM. While server virtualization increases efficiency in the data center, it also challenges the security of the IT environment.

"Resource-intensive security operations such as scheduled full system scans can significantly degrade the performance of the host and render the security ineffective, especially when initiated concurrently on multiple virtual machines. Trend Micro Core Protection for Virtual Machines addresses these issues and enables enterprises to maximize the economic benefits of virtualization without compromising the security of their datacenter," said Amit Nath, Country Manager, Trend Micro India & SAARC.

To protect virtual environments, the main challenge is to deal with the many virtual machines that are dormant at any point in time. Even when not in use, virtual machines can be attacked and are especially vulnerable since traditional scans are not being done and pattern files are not being updated while they are dormant. With Core Protection for Virtual Machines, Trend Micro aims at offering a security solution that protects active and dormant virtual machines and therefore the entire infrastructure.

Tom Miller, General Manager (Enterprise Business Unit), Trend Micro, said, "As virtualization revolutionizes computing, it is introducing new risks to the security of the datacenter. Trend Micro Core Protection for Virtual Machines goes further than any other product in the industry towards providing specialized content security for virtual servers, both active and dormant, in today's dynamic datacenter."
 

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