Currently, most  virtualized environments are secured through the use of air gaps.  The air gap security model segregates applications in different trust zones on dedicated virtualized hosts with layers of security – usually involving firewalls, load balancers, and VPNs – protecting the interconnections that span the air gaps.  This model is effective, but it does not scale well when you have a larger virtualized environment or want to move to the cloud.  A new security model is needed for the cloud.

VMware is the only vendor that is addressing the security requirements for cloud computing, with solutions that allow customers to move from the traditional “air gap” security model to a “mixed trust” model that is more flexible, cost effective and can scale effectively for the cloud .

Competitors such as Microsoft, Citrix, Red Hat and Oracle are still promoting security solutions that are based on traditional physical security paradigms.  Only VMware is rethinking this old methodology to come up with a more efficient, less complex way to manage security .Only VMware, with the vShield 5 suite of security solutions, uses virtualization-aware technology to address the important concerns for security and compliance in the cloud head-on.  With vShield, customers are able to:

• Simplify datacenter security without compromise
• Deploy a better security model that scales for cloud computing
• Continuously assess and automate compliance requirements

Greater Compliance Automation

Organizations have concerns about their ability to meet compliance requirements in the cloud.  Assessing compliance and remediating compliance gaps is labor intensive, requires highly specialized knowledge ,and consumes significant investment in time and money. 

Only VMware vShield provides solutions for continuous assessment of compliance with regulatory standards, internal standards ,and vendor best practices along with automated remediation that includes the ability to change configurations, patch systems,and deploy software.

Only VMware vShield provides continuous assessment of IT compliance state and automated remediation of issues across virtual and physical infrastructure