With virtualization taking the IT industry by storm, security professionals and IT leaders have new demands and an added responsibility to ensure that these new environments are just as secure as their physical counterparts. This calls for a new look at network security strategies, solutions and management tools.

Now you can turn to Stonesoft, a global organization that has been ensuring secure information flow for virtual environments since 2002. Unlike other products, Stonesoft’s software-based solutions are uniquely designed to ensure the maximum security – in both virtual and physical environments – with minimum complexity and minimum cost. At the heart of our platform is the StoneGate Management Center giving you unmatched visibility and control. Now you can embrace the promise of virtualization with the confidence that your networks will be secure and always available.

Securing a Virtual Environment

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StoneGate Virtual Appliance Key Features

• Virtual security experience since 2002
• One management platform for both physical and virtual environments, leveraging the power of the StoneGate Management Center
• Software-based solutions designed for virtualization
• Same all-inclusive features as StoneGate hardware appliances
• Robust compliance and auditing tools
• Segmentation and role-based administration
• Certified for the VMware™ ESX platform and supports VMsafe™ technology
• Works with VMotion™, VMware Player and VMware Workstation
• Flexible support for a wide range of architectures and virtual deployments 

“In a few years, machines that are virtualized will be storing all of our secrets. Rather than the usual pattern, where we deploy a technology and wait for it to get hacked, wouldn’t it be cool to try and secure it first?”

SANS Institute

Virtual Solution

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Compliance Standards

GCSX No 8 Firewalls

GCSX No 9 Intrusion Detection 

GCSX No 19 Content Analysis

Requirement 1: Install and maintain a firewall configuration to protect cardholder data

Requirement 4: Encrypt transmission of cardholder data across open, public networks

Requirement 11 Regularly test security systems and processes

A-10-6 Network security management

Stonesoft’s StoneGate virtual appliances provide the ability to protect the virtual networks using a virtual firewall/VPN,

Virtual Firewall

add additional protection to the database servers with a virtual inline IPS.

Virtual IPS

The StoneGate Management Center, which provides robust, centralized management of all StoneGate components, can also be virtualized, allowing an organization to achieve the full benefits of virtualization while providing the peace of mind that the new environment is secured from internal and external attacks.

StoneGate Management Center at the heart of Secure information flow

With the StoneGate Management Center, you get the level of monitoring, analysis, and reporting you need to ensure compliance – across virtual and physical networks. It gathers comprehensive data on all network events and presents them in clear and easy-to-understand audit logs. And it lists security settings, reports system changes, and provides the accurate audit reports you need at the press of a button.

“In a recent poll, 70 percent of the respondents reported they’re running at least one virtual server, yet less than 12 percent have a security strategy tailored to their virtual environment.”

InformationWeek poll, 2008