Unified security management comes to the cloud
Implementing effective security can be time consuming, complex and costly, more so given the adoption of cloud-based systems.
Unified security management (USM) specialist AlienVault is aiming to simplify things with the release of USM Anywhere, an all-in-one Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) security monitoring platform.
USM Anywhere is designed to centralize threat detection, incident response and compliance management of cloud, hybrid cloud, and on-premises environments from a single cloud-based console.
"AlienVault has been rethinking cybersecurity and meeting the needs of resource-constrained organizations for nearly a decade with our USM Appliance and Open Threat Exchange offerings," says Denny LeCompte, senior vice president of products at AlienVault. "Instead of making security complex and costly, we chose to focus on a unified approach that simplifies it. This same philosophy is the foundation of USM Anywhere. At a price point that any business can afford, USM Anywhere offers comprehensive visibility into the entire IT infrastructure -- cloud and on-premises -- for effective threat detection, incident response, and compliance management."
Product features include the ability to monitor cloud, hybrid cloud, and on-premises IT infrastructure from a single location. Lightweight cloud sensors monitor Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure Cloud, and virtual sensors run on VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V to monitor physical and virtual IT infrastructure.
It also consolidates data collection, security analysis, and threat detection into one centralized SaaS platform hosted in the AlienVault Secure Cloud, allowing users to focus on finding and responding to security threats, rather than spending time managing and maintaining their solution. It benefits from a continuous stream of threat intelligence -- both from the AlienVault research team and anOpen Threat Exchange (OTX) community.
It offers lower total cost of ownership by eliminating data center, hardware, setup fees, and maintenance costs. In addition it means businesses can scale their security easily as requirements change.
USM Anywhere will be demonstrated at the RSA Conference in San Francisco next week and you can find out more on the AlienVault site.
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