VMware enhances end-to-end security offering for cloud-native workloads with container runtime protection
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Modern applications require modern security. Today, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) unveiled new container runtime security capabilities that build upon a strong end-to-end security offering to help customers better secure modern applications at scale. VMware’s portfolio of security solutions for modern applications spans the entire application lifecycle and leverages the company’s deep expertise in workloads, security, and Kubernetes.
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Source: VMworld 2021 – Innovations in Better Securing Modern Applications
Containerized applications present unique runtime security challenges, including how to only allow legitimate traffic in, how to enable least-privileged communications between services and defend against the lateral movement of attackers, and how to validate that the workload itself is operating within the expected guardrails. VMware provides customers with a robust end-to-end security offering that addresses these challenges at the edge, in the microservices network layer, and in the workload itself. This gives organizations greater visibility and control over both their overall security posture as well as the compliance of their containerized applications for improved protection from development to production.
“At VMware, we aspire to be the best in the world at protecting applications from within,” said Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager, Networking and Advanced Security Business Group, VMware. “Protecting the runtime is the foundation of securing the inner workings of a modern application. With the introduction of container runtime protection, our end-to-end security offering is now tightly integrated across the entire application lifecycle, protects all east-west traffic, and brings a new level of distributed visibility and security to APIs.”
Announcing Container Runtime Protection to Enhance End-to-End Security for Cloud-Native Workloads As threat actors increasingly launch attacks targeting containers, 97 percent of technology leaders surveyed by VMware say they have concerns about Kubernetes security, and 1 in 5 cite securing containerized workloads at runtime as their biggest concern1. To help customers stay one step ahead of attackers, VMware is adding container runtime protection capabilities to enhance its end-to-end security offering for cloud-native workloads. These capabilities build upon the VMware Carbon Black Container solution released in April 2021.
VMware’s new container runtime security capabilities include:
Attackers often attempt to hide in the noise of an environment, so container runtime security helps to reduce the noise and alert on real, active events, or block the events immediately while minimizing impact to the application and user experience. By consolidating these events to a single dashboard, security teams can accelerate their investigation into incidents impacting endpoints, virtual machine workloads, and containerized workloads. This provides VMware’s customers with a better understanding their overall security posture while reducing alert fatigue, effectively managing risk, and easing enforcement of compliance.
VMware Breaks Down Silos for More Secure Applications According to a recent study, 70 percent of developer and security managers believe better alignment between their teams creates more secure applications2. VMware Cross-Cloud services helps customers reduce team silos to accelerate the development lifecycle and enable security to be built in from the beginning. For example, VMware Carbon Black is highly complementary with VMware Tanzu solutions in addressing the security challenges of modern applications. Together, the two solutions enable more secure applications and simplify operations for security and DevOps teams.
Discovery Limited is a financial services organization that operates in the healthcare, life assurance, short-term insurance, savings and investment and wellness markets. “Security is a top priority for our organization given we provide services globally to make people healthier and enhance and protect people’s lives,” said Johan Marais, senior platform services manager at Discovery Limited. “With VMware, we’ve been able to better secure the entire development lifecycle and can protect all of the workloads within our environment with a single consolidated platform. We can now go from idea to production in a fast, secured, and reliable way, while tapping into a level of security dimension that we haven’t had access to previously. The powerful combination of VMware infrastructure and security capabilities has armed our organization with the critical context needed to protect our cloud-native workloads.”
OpenX is a pioneering leader in advertising technology, helping create a world where the open web thrives. “As the only 100% cloud-based ad exchange in the industry, we require strong security to protect our Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) environment,” said Joel Meyer, Chief Architect at OpenX. “VMware’s Kubernetes visibility mapping feature and threat detection capabilities have helped us to reduce our risk, simplify our operations, and embed security into the full application lifecycle. With VMware, we’ve unlocked a new level of GKE visibility and security.”
Product Availability Container runtime protection is currently available through the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Container Advanced Bundle. For more information, please visit our website.
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