VMware and Carbon Black Fundamentally Transform Current Approaches
to Data Center and Cloud Security
to Data Center and Cloud Security
New
joint, cloud-based security solution combines enforcement of “known good”
application behavior with advanced threat detection and automated remediation
joint, cloud-based security solution combines enforcement of “known good”
application behavior with advanced threat detection and automated remediation
SINGAPORE – December
8, 2017— VMware,
Inc., (NYSE: VMW), a global leader in
cloud infrastructure and business mobility, and Carbon
Black, the leader in
next-generation endpoint security, today
announced an expanded partnership that will help transform current approaches
to cloud and data center security. The companies have developed a
new joint solution that will dramatically shrink an organization’s attack
surface, while empowering security teams with automated threat detection and
remediation to react faster and more effectively to attacks. Today’s
announcement expands on a collaboration announced earlier this year, giving
VMware AppDefense™ customers the ability to leverage Carbon Black’s Predictive
Security Cloud™ (PSC) reputation
services.
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8, 2017— VMware,
Inc., (NYSE: VMW), a global leader in
cloud infrastructure and business mobility, and Carbon
Black, the leader in
next-generation endpoint security, today
announced an expanded partnership that will help transform current approaches
to cloud and data center security. The companies have developed a
new joint solution that will dramatically shrink an organization’s attack
surface, while empowering security teams with automated threat detection and
remediation to react faster and more effectively to attacks. Today’s
announcement expands on a collaboration announced earlier this year, giving
VMware AppDefense™ customers the ability to leverage Carbon Black’s Predictive
Security Cloud™ (PSC) reputation
services.
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As applications become
more distributed and dynamic, they have also become more difficult to secure.
Traditional security solutions are not flexible enough to keep up with
applications as they change over time, leading to breakdowns in security. The
majority of attacks causing damage today are not simple malware easily rooted
out with “known bad” signatures. They require watching behavior of applications
for any deviation from the norm. They hinge on attackers manipulating the
executables, processes, and operating system of the endpoint itself.
Identifying these threats requires a deep understanding of both application
behavior and threat behavior, something that traditional endpoint security
products don’t possess.
more distributed and dynamic, they have also become more difficult to secure.
Traditional security solutions are not flexible enough to keep up with
applications as they change over time, leading to breakdowns in security. The
majority of attacks causing damage today are not simple malware easily rooted
out with “known bad” signatures. They require watching behavior of applications
for any deviation from the norm. They hinge on attackers manipulating the
executables, processes, and operating system of the endpoint itself.
Identifying these threats requires a deep understanding of both application
behavior and threat behavior, something that traditional endpoint security
products don’t possess.
The newly
jointly-developed solution will combine VMware AppDefense and Cb Defense’s advanced threat protection to provide a unique one-two punch
for stopping threats to applications inside the data center. VMware AppDefense
leverages the power of the virtual infrastructure to create least privilege
environments around applications. It enforces system integrity using the
hypervisor, provides visibility into the intended state and behavior of
applications, and monitors state and behavior from a protected position. Cb
Defense, running on the Predictive Security Cloud, provides a next-generation
endpoint protection solution that applies behavioral approaches to detect
threats. It uses streaming prevention to monitor for malicious behavior on a machine
to protect against malware and non-malware based attacks. The solution
combines three key elements to advance cloud and data center security:
jointly-developed solution will combine VMware AppDefense and Cb Defense’s advanced threat protection to provide a unique one-two punch
for stopping threats to applications inside the data center. VMware AppDefense
leverages the power of the virtual infrastructure to create least privilege
environments around applications. It enforces system integrity using the
hypervisor, provides visibility into the intended state and behavior of
applications, and monitors state and behavior from a protected position. Cb
Defense, running on the Predictive Security Cloud, provides a next-generation
endpoint protection solution that applies behavioral approaches to detect
threats. It uses streaming prevention to monitor for malicious behavior on a machine
to protect against malware and non-malware based attacks. The solution
combines three key elements to advance cloud and data center security:
Enforcing Known Good Application Behavior: By leveraging the virtual
infrastructure, the solution will have an authoritative understanding of how
data center endpoints are meant to behave and is the first to know when changes
are made. This contextual intelligence will remove the guesswork involved in
determining which changes to processes, executables, and operating systems
inside a given data center endpoint are legitimate and which indicate real
threats.
infrastructure, the solution will have an authoritative understanding of how
data center endpoints are meant to behave and is the first to know when changes
are made. This contextual intelligence will remove the guesswork involved in
determining which changes to processes, executables, and operating systems
inside a given data center endpoint are legitimate and which indicate real
threats.
Detecting Unknown Threats: The solution will leverage application
context to perform advanced behavioral threat detection to provide additional
protection beyond least privilege. Any threat that isn’t prevented by locking
down the application’s behavior will be picked up by Carbon Black’s Streaming
Prevention – a next-gen threat detection technology that uses event stream
processing to correlate multiple events over time to indicate the presence of a
threat. Users will see threat activity in
real time, visualize the attack
chain to see exactly what attackers are trying to do, and respond
immediately to shut down attacks in
progress.
context to perform advanced behavioral threat detection to provide additional
protection beyond least privilege. Any threat that isn’t prevented by locking
down the application’s behavior will be picked up by Carbon Black’s Streaming
Prevention – a next-gen threat detection technology that uses event stream
processing to correlate multiple events over time to indicate the presence of a
threat. Users will see threat activity in
real time, visualize the attack
chain to see exactly what attackers are trying to do, and respond
immediately to shut down attacks in
progress.
Automating and Orchestrating Response: Once a threat is identified, the
solution will allow for the full understanding of application context during
investigation, and again, will use the virtual infrastructure to deliver a
library of responses, ranging from suspending or snapshotting a VM, to
quarantining the compromised machine and performing forensic analysis.
solution will allow for the full understanding of application context during
investigation, and again, will use the virtual infrastructure to deliver a
library of responses, ranging from suspending or snapshotting a VM, to
quarantining the compromised machine and performing forensic analysis.
“CISOs understand that
decreasing the attack surface is synonymous with risk reduction, but many
organizations don’t have the resources to assess, plan, deploy and operate
application controls,” said Jon Oltsik, senior principal analyst and the
founder of ESG’s cybersecurity service. “AppDefense applies machine learning
algorithms to alleviate this operational burden while delivering the
risk-mitigating goodness of least privilege. Through this new joint solution
from Carbon Black and VMware, the companies will be able to provide customers
with Cb Defense to detect and respond to application threats that may evade
least privilege.”
decreasing the attack surface is synonymous with risk reduction, but many
organizations don’t have the resources to assess, plan, deploy and operate
application controls,” said Jon Oltsik, senior principal analyst and the
founder of ESG’s cybersecurity service. “AppDefense applies machine learning
algorithms to alleviate this operational burden while delivering the
risk-mitigating goodness of least privilege. Through this new joint solution
from Carbon Black and VMware, the companies will be able to provide customers
with Cb Defense to detect and respond to application threats that may evade
least privilege.”
“Carbon
Black and VMware will deliver a new model for security that marries
complementary components, combined in ways that fully leverage the unique
properties of virtualization and cloud to help protect organizations that was
previously not possible,” said Tom Corn, senior vice president, Security
Products at VMware. “With this new joint solution, data center endpoints can be
strengthened with system integrity and least privilege, critical applications
and data are safe from both non-malware and malware attacks and Security
Operations will be empowered to react faster and more effectively than before.”
Black and VMware will deliver a new model for security that marries
complementary components, combined in ways that fully leverage the unique
properties of virtualization and cloud to help protect organizations that was
previously not possible,” said Tom Corn, senior vice president, Security
Products at VMware. “With this new joint solution, data center endpoints can be
strengthened with system integrity and least privilege, critical applications
and data are safe from both non-malware and malware attacks and Security
Operations will be empowered to react faster and more effectively than before.”
The new joint solution
will be generally available from Carbon Black in VMware’s Q4 FY 2018, which
ends on February 3, 2018. Customers can learn more about this joint solution by clicking here.
VMware and Carbon Black will be launching a 15-city tour to give enterprises an
opportunity to learn firsthand how the new solution protects their virtual
datacenter infrastructure. Sign up to be notified of dates and
locations here.
will be generally available from Carbon Black in VMware’s Q4 FY 2018, which
ends on February 3, 2018. Customers can learn more about this joint solution by clicking here.
VMware and Carbon Black will be launching a 15-city tour to give enterprises an
opportunity to learn firsthand how the new solution protects their virtual
datacenter infrastructure. Sign up to be notified of dates and
locations here.
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About Carbon Black
Carbon
Black is the leading provider of next-generation endpoint security. Carbon
Black’s Predictive Security Cloud provides advanced protection for more than 14
million endpoints across 3,300 customers, including 31 of the Fortune 100.
These customers use Carbon Black to replace legacy antivirus, lock down
critical systems, hunt threats, and protect their endpoints from the most
advanced cyberattacks, including non-malware attacks. For more information,
please visit www.carbonblack.com or follow us on Twitter at @CarbonBlack_Inc.
Black is the leading provider of next-generation endpoint security. Carbon
Black’s Predictive Security Cloud provides advanced protection for more than 14
million endpoints across 3,300 customers, including 31 of the Fortune 100.
These customers use Carbon Black to replace legacy antivirus, lock down
critical systems, hunt threats, and protect their endpoints from the most
advanced cyberattacks, including non-malware attacks. For more information,
please visit www.carbonblack.com or follow us on Twitter at @CarbonBlack_Inc.
About VMware
VMware,
a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, helps customers
realize possibilities by accelerating their digital transformation journeys.
With VMware solutions, organizations are improving business agility by
modernizing data centers and integrating public clouds, driving innovation with
modern apps, creating exceptional experiences by empowering the digital
workspace, and safeguarding customer trust by transforming security. With 2016
revenue of $7.09 billion, VMware is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA and has over
500,000 customers and 75,000 partners worldwide.
a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, helps customers
realize possibilities by accelerating their digital transformation journeys.
With VMware solutions, organizations are improving business agility by
modernizing data centers and integrating public clouds, driving innovation with
modern apps, creating exceptional experiences by empowering the digital
workspace, and safeguarding customer trust by transforming security. With 2016
revenue of $7.09 billion, VMware is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA and has over
500,000 customers and 75,000 partners worldwide.
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