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"Configuresoft ECM tackles compliance issues for virtualized environments, from licensing to SOX."

- Joe Hernick
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Virtualization Compliance

Virtualization platforms such as VMware ESX server delivers compelling benefits to organizations by enabling server consolidation, power/space savings in datacenter. To effectively manage and secure virtual environments, IT operations need enterprise level visibility into the entire environment. Organizations need to ensure that the rapid deployment does not turn into uncontrolled creation of new virtual servers resulting in a virtual server sprawl. Virtualized environments need to demonstrate compliance with government, industry and vendor standards. Gartner estimates that by 2009, 60% of production VMs will be less secure than their physical counterparts. Thus, hardening of virtual platforms against emerging threats becomes an important requirement for IT operations. To take full advantage of virtualization, IT operations need to revisit and refine their existing IT processes. Configuration, change and compliance management processes need to take into account the dependencies between host and guests in a virtual environment.

The Solution

 
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Virtualization Security Essentials
 

ECM for Virtualization helps organizations address the complexities associated with security and compliance in virtualized environments. ECM for Virtualization provides visibility, control and management across the VMware infrastructure from a central console by extending VMware VirtualCenter with compliance capabilities. Using ECM for Virtualization, customers can understand the security posture to comply with VMware™ hardening guidelines and other applicable regulations such as PCI-DSS, Sarbanes-Oxley, GLBA, HIPAA and ISO. ECM for Virtualization enables organizations to enforce VM build policy and gain control over virtual server sprawl.

Virtual Security Posture Dashboard
Virtual Security Posture Dashboard
Top 10 Non-Compliant Virtual 

Environments
Top 10 Non-Compliant Virtual Environments
Change Management Dashboard
Change Management Dashboard

Key Features

 
Video Video:
ECM for Virtualization
Download Compliance Checker for VMware ESX Download:
Compliance Checker for VMware ESX
Datasheet Datasheet:
ECM for Virtualization
White Paper White Paper:
Virtualization Security Essentials
White Paper White Paper:
EMA™ Advisory Note: Virtualization and Management
Webinar Webinar Archive:
Virtualization: Security and Compliance Considerations
 
Virtualization Visibility
Includes graphical indicators of non-compliance issues across entire virtual environment. Dashboards provide a view of top 10 non compliant virtual environments, Host and Guest summaries, Virtual environment security posture.
Extend VMware VirtualCenter for Compliance
By using the VirtualCenter Compliance plug-in, you can view compliance of your VMware environment from within VMware VirtualCenter and launch ECM in context.
Security Hardening and Compliance Toolkits
Provides out-of-the-box templates that address vendor and virtualization best practices, regulatory mandates and security hardening guidelines such as:
  • CIS benchmarks for VMware ESX server
  • VMware hardening guidelines for VMware ESX server and Virtual Center.
  • HIPAA
  • FISMA
  • GLBA
  • Sarbanes-Oxley(404)
  • DISA STIG
  • NERC/FERC
Reporting
Out-of-the-box reporting on virtual environment change log, virtual Host and Guest summary, storage allocation, network configuration and more.
Guest/Host Relationship Correlation
Supports management and security compliance of each Guest, Host and the associated relationships across the entire virtualized landscape.
Visibility Into Dormant VMs
Assesses the security posture of dormant VMs before they can compromise the integrity of the overall infrastructure. By knowing the security posture of VMs before they went dormant will help you determine if they are vulnerable.
License Management
Provides a summary of license usage in virtual environments to aid with license management.

Key Benefits

 
Video Video:
ECM for Virtualization
Download Compliance Checker for VMware ESX Download:
Compliance Checker for VMware ESX
Datasheet Datasheet:
ECM for Virtualization
White Paper White Paper:
Virtualization Security Essentials
White Paper White Paper:
EMA™ Advisory Note: Virtualization and Management
Webinar Webinar Archive:
Virtualization: Security and Compliance Considerations
 
Secure Enterprise Visibility
A single pane of glass to view entire ESX server deployments, enabling you to control your entire ESX infrastructure.
Ensure Continuous Compliance
Proven approach ensures that hosts and guests remain in a continuous state of compliance. Make compliance part of daily operational processes.
Understand Security Posture
Authoritative guidance that your security posture not only complies with vendor-specific hardening guidelines, but also with relevant regulatory mandates affecting your organization.
Enforce VM Build Policy
Detect and remedy guests that violate build policy such as minimum OS version.
Control Virtual Sprawl
Visually map the virtual infrastructure and track the life cycle of virtual hosts and guests.