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451 Market Development Report: Reflex Systems
Reflex Systems shows off vTrust-VMsafe integration, VQooL query language – Reflex breaks the virtualization stack into five layers (Virtual Center, ESX host, guest VM, network and storage) and 13 feature sets divided into groups of four (security management, monitoring and analysis, configuration management and provisioning.) Naturally, it claims to be the only vendor to offer features in every checkbox of this matrix. Say what you will about the hubris of this approach, but it is an admirably granular view of the market, and a good way to support Reflex's case when it argues that its tools now reach far beyond IDS/IPS for guest VMs.
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Reflex Systems shows off vTrust-VMsafe integration, VQooL query language – Reflex breaks the virtualization stack into five layers (Virtual Center, ESX host, guest VM, network and storage) and 13 feature sets divided into groups of four (security management, monitoring and analysis, configuration management and provisioning.) Naturally, it claims to be the only vendor to offer features in every checkbox of this matrix. Say what you will about the hubris of this approach, but it is an admirably granular view of the market, and a good way to support Reflex's case when it argues that its tools now reach far beyond IDS/IPS for guest VMs.
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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: How policy enforcement enables successful virtualized business and commerce applications
Effective virtual environment policies help organizations leverage virtualization benefits while avoiding unnecessary risks and management burdens. This paper profiles alternative policy enforcement mechanisms and outlines new capabilities and advantages offered by the Reflex vTrust solution.
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Effective virtual environment policies help organizations leverage virtualization benefits while avoiding unnecessary risks and management burdens. This paper profiles alternative policy enforcement mechanisms and outlines new capabilities and advantages offered by the Reflex vTrust solution.
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New Directions in Virtualization Security: How Segmentation Can Strengthen Your Security Posture
These days, many IT organizations now employ very pragmatic security policies to protect their infrastructure resources. However, until recently, these same policies have also made it difficult to adopt and embrace the latest virtualization technologies as these systems require increased levels of security protection. The good news is that new advancements in security technology will not only enable virtualization of these critical IT assets but also allow for even more extensive security policies in environments that are subject to rapid change.
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These days, many IT organizations now employ very pragmatic security policies to protect their infrastructure resources. However, until recently, these same policies have also made it difficult to adopt and embrace the latest virtualization technologies as these systems require increased levels of security protection. The good news is that new advancements in security technology will not only enable virtualization of these critical IT assets but also allow for even more extensive security policies in environments that are subject to rapid change.
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PNA Commentary: Managing & Security Virtualization Assets
The proliferation of a virtualized infrastructure has proven to be both a blessing and curse to conscientious operation managers. It's a blessing in the dividends realized with successful efforts to dramatically improve utilization levels and infrastructure flexibility while maintaining, if not improving, throughput performance without adding staff. It is a curse with the new, critical challenge of managing something that has no tangible existence. Or, as Reflex Systems puts it – 'You can't Manage What You Can’t See.'
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The proliferation of a virtualized infrastructure has proven to be both a blessing and curse to conscientious operation managers. It's a blessing in the dividends realized with successful efforts to dramatically improve utilization levels and infrastructure flexibility while maintaining, if not improving, throughput performance without adding staff. It is a curse with the new, critical challenge of managing something that has no tangible existence. Or, as Reflex Systems puts it – 'You can't Manage What You Can’t See.'
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Reflex Virtualization Management Center
How the Reflex Virtualization Management Center solves the problems of virtualization management, segmentation, security, infrastructure discovery, mapping, & change control through a scalable multi tiered application that easily deploys into your virtual environment using purpose built virtual appliances.
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How the Reflex Virtualization Management Center solves the problems of virtualization management, segmentation, security, infrastructure discovery, mapping, & change control through a scalable multi tiered application that easily deploys into your virtual environment using purpose built virtual appliances.
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FOCUS Brief: Secure Virtualization Management, Reflex Systems
As virtual infrastructures become more prevalent and complex, supporting both production server workloads and centralized desktops, the ability to both monitor and manage security throughout that virtual infrastructure becomes vital. Reflex Systems has brought together a new generation of products to create their Secure Virtualization Management suite. The Reflex suite bridges the gaps between virtualization security, network management and root cause analysis.
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As virtual infrastructures become more prevalent and complex, supporting both production server workloads and centralized desktops, the ability to both monitor and manage security throughout that virtual infrastructure becomes vital. Reflex Systems has brought together a new generation of products to create their Secure Virtualization Management suite. The Reflex suite bridges the gaps between virtualization security, network management and root cause analysis.
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Best Practices for Securing Virtual Networks
Virtualization has emerged as one of today’s most compelling new technologies, promising new efficiencies and enabling IT organizations to optimize resources like never before. However, while these technologies can provide significant improvements to IT operations, organizations must also consider potential network and data security implications.
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Virtualization has emerged as one of today’s most compelling new technologies, promising new efficiencies and enabling IT organizations to optimize resources like never before. However, while these technologies can provide significant improvements to IT operations, organizations must also consider potential network and data security implications.
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Nemertes Research: Practicing Virtual Security
Treating virtual servers simply as very thin physical servers is insufficient as a security policy, as it fails to address the added layers of complexity virtualization creates and the decreased visibility of inter-VM network traffic. To properly secure a virtual environment, IT must layer various security technologies within and outside the virtual environment appropriately, based on careful consideration of the requirements of the systems involved.
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Treating virtual servers simply as very thin physical servers is insufficient as a security policy, as it fails to address the added layers of complexity virtualization creates and the decreased visibility of inter-VM network traffic. To properly secure a virtual environment, IT must layer various security technologies within and outside the virtual environment appropriately, based on careful consideration of the requirements of the systems involved.
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