Catbird Agents
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Catbird V-Agent provides a full spectrum of security services in a virtual environment
The Catbird V-Agent can monitor virtual segments within a host as well as physical network segments connected to the host. The Catbird V-Agent delivers the operational flexibility that is a hallmark of virtual infrastructure. Unlike traditional host-based solutions, stateful appliances and proprietary hardware solutions, Catbird's unique stateless "in-the-cloud" architecture is 100% plug-and-play for virtualized environments. Security data is maintained even as V-Agents are shutdown or redeployed. V-Agents can track guests while providing comprehensive security protection for virtual networks; between guests; between guests and hypervisors; and between guests and the external network itself. As a stateless agent running as a guest on the virtual infrastructure, V-Agents are simpler and less costly to deploy and manage than traditional security solutions.
Download the Catbird V-Agent Datasheet or
V-Agent Case Study.
Benefits of the Catbird V-Agent
- Zero-cost Virtual Appliance Eliminates large capitalization expenses typically associated with enterprise-class hardware devices
- Stateless Agent Adaptable to flexible virtual architectures. Maintenance of data across shutdown, motion or reversion. All intelligence stored only in web-accessible security portal
- Comprehensive Security Includes Network Access Control, Vulnerability Assessment, Policy Monitoring and IDS/IPS for every subnet— virtual or physical
- Rapid Deployment Adds security to your virtual subnets as fast as you deploy virtual machines
- Software-As-A-Service Economical and predictable cost allows for simplified planning and budgeting
Catbird V-Agent provides a full spectrum of security services in a virtual environment
- Comprehensive virtual network security monitoring
- Complementary architecture to virtualized environments
- Stateless: scan be turned off and moved around w/no side effects
- Can ONLY be managed centrally, no local console or services that can be compromised
- Continuous hacker protection both in and out of the hypervisor
- IDS/IPS
- Rogue User
- Vulnerability scanning
- Credentialed and Policy Monitoring
In-the-cloud Architecture
Catbird’s in-the-cloud architecture delivers the benefits of scalability and simplicity of deployment and management through the use of stateless agents controlled from a central web portal. Unlike traditional security solutions that rely on appliances and other customer premised equipment, Catbird’s V-Agents retain no data locally but instead make use of an encrypted transport over the existing IP infrastructure—thus the term “In-the-cloud Architecture”.
The combination of Catbird’s V-Agent and “In-the-cloud Architecture” enables:
- Central configuration, management and data reporting across all available V-Agents
- Maintenance of V-Agent configuration data across shutdown or reverting of guest system virtual images
- Security policy management for all Hypervisor and Guest system configurations
- Security policy compliance for all Hypervisor and Guest system configurations
- Change control compliance management
- Ability to transparently move V-Agent instances between Hypervisors
The Catbird V-Agent can be run on Windows® and Linux systems, using one of these Free Virtualization products from VMware:
VMware Server: Free Virtualization for Windows and Linux Servers.
VMware Fusion: You may also wish to evaluate Catbird V-Agent on Mac OS X. This is
currently a Beta product, and not yet supported for production use:
Request a Free Trial and Evaluator’s Guide