VMware Intrinsic Security Addresses the Secure Access Services Edge
As outlined by Gartner, “Secure Access Services Edge (SASE) offerings will provide policy-based ‘software defined’ secure access from an infinitely tailorable network fabric in which enterprise security professionals can precisely specify the level of performance, reliability, security, and cost of every network session based on identity and context.” VMware addresses SASE via a global, multi-service cloud network that extends from on-premises to cloud to edge to end user, and integrated networking and network security capabilities delivered by VMware SD-WAN. VMware SD-WAN is unique because of its 1000s of gateways that run at 100s of points of presence across every major cloud provider. VMware is adding new features and capabilities to the built-in SD-WAN branch firewall to enable simpler policy definition, improved performance, and logging to meet stringent enterprise security requirements. The VMware SD-WAN branch firewall provides customers both built-in security and automated, policy-based access to partners’ advanced security services including URL filtering, secure web gateway, anti-X capabilities, cloud access security brokers (CASB) and web isolation.
Proactive Management of Public Cloud Risk
VMware Secure State delivers an Interconnected Security approach that enables deep visibility into cloud service relationships and correlates risk due to misconfigurations and threats across multi-cloud infrastructure. Continuously verifying the overall security and compliance posture earlier in the CI/CD process is the next logical step in making security more proactive, automated and scalable for multicloud users. To help customers achieve this, VMware announced the new VMware Secure State Findings API which will enable customers to build guardrails into the infrastructure provisioning pipeline. Native VMware Secure State rules or custom policies enable selective verification of configuration settings in near real-time during testing and staging of cloud infrastructure. Detecting security and compliance issues earlier will help companies scale security at cloud speed, minimise risk that’s being introduced into production-ready infrastructure, and accelerate time to market for releasing public cloud applications.
Availability
The new VMware Carbon Black Cloud solutions, new VMware SD-WAN branch firewall capabilities, and VMware Secure State Findings API are expected to be available in VMware’s Q4 FY20 ending January 31, 2020. VMware NSX Distributed IDS/IPS and VMware NSX Federation are expected be in Beta in Q4 FY20.
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