IBM Security Virtual Server Protection for VMware

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Helps to maintain compliance and security for virtual data centers

IBM Security Virtual Server Protection for VMware® for VMware vSphere 4 offers threat protection for every layer of the virtual infrastructure.

Helps meet regulatory compliance by limiting access to critical data, tracking user access and providing reporting for the virtual infrastructure. Provides defense-in-depth, dynamic security with VM rootkit detection and virtual infrastructure auditing and monitors traffic with VMsafe integration.

Enforces dynamic security wherever virtual machines are deployed
Helps to accelerate and simplify your Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) audit, and achieve compliance with security and reporting functionality customized for the virtual infrastructure
Increases virtual server uptime and availability with virtual rootkit detection
Provides multilayered intrusion prevention and firewall
Helps reduce cost and complexity over using physical security solutions in virtual infrastructures with automatic protection features

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Transparent Firewall and Intrusion Prevention
Rootkit Detection/Prevention
Automated Protection for Mobile VMs (VMotion)
Inter-VM Traffic Analysis
Automated vulnerability assessment
Virtual Network-Level Protection
Virtual Infrastructure Auditing (Privileged User Access)
Virtual Network Access Control
Network Policy Enforcement

Provides VM rootkit detection and virtual infrastructure auditing
Provides multilayered intrusion prevention and firewall to offer defense-in-depth, visible security
Enforces automatic VM discovery in order to reduce VM sprawl
Offers inter-VM traffic analysis
Quarantines or limits network access until VM security posture can be validated
Offers dashboard visibility into the virtual host OS and the virtual network to identify vulnerabilities
Enables network-level workload isolation
Enables centralized management of virtual and traditional IT security
Virtual Patch technology eliminates the need to patch multiple VMs and VM images

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CIO Topsheet - 2010 IBM X-Force Trend and Risk Report
A high level overview of the 2010 IBM X-Force Trend and Risk Report.. This report provides statistical information about all aspects of threats that affect Internet security, including software vulnerabilities and public exploitation, malware, spam, phishing, web-based threats, and general cyber criminal activity.

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