Virtual Security Appliance
Reflex VSA is the virtual monitoring and control software that runs on each physical host. VSA provides security controls by integrating firewall, deep packet inspection, reporting, application awareness and change control into a complete virtual security solution. Managed by the Reflex Virtualization Management Center, Reflex VSA can safeguard communications between virtual components and resources outside the host machine providing a complete security perimeter around and between virtual machines and reducing the risk of virtual machine intrusion, infection, compliance violations or other consequences. VSA can run in off-line monitoring mode or in-line enforcement mode.
Reflex's virtualization Management Center provides single authoritative visual interface and central management for up to thousands of Reflex VSAtm instances. This architecture enables the VMC to scale to thousands of virtual machines spanning multiple locations. The VMC automatically monitors and filters all virtual network traffic (including all application protocols). Reflex VMC runs as a single virtual machine which can discover and map each element of the virtual infrastructure while providing centralized visualization, revision control, policy management and reporting functions to enforce IT and business policies.
- Virtual Infrastructure Awareness: Dynamically profiles virtualized network state, assets, and services; providing essential context for security threats and attacks.
- Virtual Network Protection: Delivers proven Reflex Systems network protection, including intrusion prevention, firewall, anti-spyware, network policy enforcement and more.
- Visualization: Integrating into virtual environment management systems, Reflex's Virtualization Management Center provides logical network and inventory view of the entire virtual environment. Combined with the ability to revision control and track changes, Virtualization Management Center can alert network administrators of change or provide historical views for forensics or compliance audit.
- Granular Security Control: Unique deployment points in front of and between virtual servers allow VSA to provide superior security and more granular control as compared to conventional network or host-based solutions.
- One-Click Deployment: Integrated into the virtualization platform and pre-configured, Reflex VSA allows for quick deployment. Support for VMWare ESX 3.x, Citrix XenServer 4.x, Microsoft HyperV, and others.
- Advanced Reporting and Administrative Capabilities: Reflex Virtualization Management Center provides intuitive information and easy control utilizing Reflex VSA.
- Low TCO and Enhanced ROI: The economical and efficient Reflex Virtual Security Management solution minimizes incremental hardware, administrative and operational costs associated with physical data center security products. By including security as part of a virtualization project, Reflex enables organizations to adopt and deploy "defense in depth" best practices without the traditional high costs and complexities associated with physical.
