Catbird vSecurity
Catbird’s new vSecurity® Cloud Edition:
Comprehensive, Automated Security and Compliance for Public and Private Clouds
Eliminates security objection for cloud providers
Cloud computing is quickly evolving from avant-garde theory to mainstream deployment, in businesses of all sizes. The benefits of the cloud are undeniable:
- Cost Savings–organizations save on large upfront expenses, follow a utility model where they pay only what is consumed and take advantage of shared infrastructure
- Scalability–Changes in capacity needs are easily accommodated
- Ease of Implementation–Organizations kick off a deployment more quickly by avoiding capital costs and integration/implementation services
- High Automation–In-house IT personnel do not need to keep software patched and up to date, freeing them to concentrate on organizational innovation
- Skilled Practitioners–Public clouds are managed by veteran staff and seasoned companies; private clouds are managed by experienced IT personnel
- Quality of Service–Cloud-data centers have multiple high-availability options usually out of reach to typical companies. Troubleshooting is in the hands of the experienced cloud vendor and not the local IT staff.
Cloud Computing: You CAN Stay Secure
Companies contemplating the move to cloud-based infrastructure often cite security and compliance as the main objections to greenlighting the transition. Catbird vSecurity Cloud Edition is the first solution designed to specifically eliminate these concerns by providing comprehensive, documented security and compliance for cloud providers.
vSecurity Cloud Edition gives service providers the competitive edge with the industry’s only automated monitoring and enforcement solution that covers all seven critical control areas: auditing, inventory management, configuration management, change management, access control, vulnerability management and incident response.
Regulatory Compliance
Cloud computing providers can instantly deliver SOX, PCI, HIPAA, FISMA, COBIT, DIACAP and other regulatory-based security and compliance policy monitoring and enforcement, essential protection for customers subject to audit. Reports documenting ongoing compliance satisfy the requirements of regulators, while providing intelligence to IT personnel and peace of mind to IT management.
vSecurity Cloud Edition Features
Integrating Catbird’s comprehensive suite of services, including vulnerability monitoring, IPS/IDS, firewalling via TrustZones, Network Access Control (NAC), policy enforcement and many other critical features managed via a multi-tenant portal, Catbird vSecurity Cloud Edition is essential in helping customers commit to cloud-based deployments.
Among numerous protection and enforcement features, vSecurity Cloud Edition provides:
- 24x7 vulnerability management with a fully compliant scanner that is automatically correlated with other virtual machine attributes to provide an accurate assessment of known defects against a specific and customizable compliance framework.
- NAC-based enforcement for continuous monitoring of the virtual machine population, real-time inventory management, and the most accurate real-time VM catalog and virtual machine sprawl prevention
- A multi-tenant management portal that provides compliance intelligence aggregation, management and reporting across physical, virtual, private and public clouds from a single dashboard, while ensuring the privacy of customer or departmental data.
Companies moving to a cloud-based model are doing so to eliminate the overhead of running commoditized applications, in favor of focusing on their own core competencies. Catbird has over 10 years experience running security in the cloud, with many hundreds of satisfied customers who routinely pass their audit as a consequence of having Catbird in their infrastructure. By freeing IT departments to concentrate on what matters most to the business and leaving security and compliance in the hands of seasoned experts, cloud providers now have an exciting value proposition to offer their prospects.
