Fortisphere, a provider of enterprise virtual machine lifecycle management software, today announced that it has joined the RSA Secured Partner Program to provide organizations with more control of their virtual infrastructures. Fortisphere Virtual Insight has now been certified to meet the stringent standards for technical interoperability with the RSA SecurID two-factor authentication solution from RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC).
“With our Inside Track™ Technology, the industry’s only kernel-level device driver, Fortisphere Virtual Insight and Virtual Foresight™ provide customers with unparalleled visibility and control of a virtual infrastructure,” said Michael Harper, president and CEO, Fortisphere. “The RSA Secured certification is designed to ensure that our virtual machine lifecycle management solutions meet the strict interoperability requirements of RSA SecurID, an industry-leading two-factor authentication solution that can help to positively identify users before they interact with the mission-critical data and applications residing within virtual machines. As the rapid adoption of virtualization technology continues, Fortisphere provides the VM management solutions that enable organizations to confidently, intelligently and securely grow their virtual infrastructure.”
Fortisphere Virtual Insight and Virtual Foresight are part of Virtual Essentials™ -- a VM lifecycle management solution suite that provides organizations with cradle-to-grave identification, tracking, reporting and management of online and offline virtual machines. Virtual Essentials is based on Fortisphere’s pioneering Smart Growth™ approach to rapidly expanding virtual infrastructures through greater visibility, granular control and policy-enforced best practices.
Fortisphere Virtual Insight is an operational lifecycle management product that enables enterprises to inspect, tag, track and report on all VMs as they move throughout preproduction and production environments. Fortisphere Virtual Foresight is a policy lifecycle management product that provides out-of-the-box best practices designed to manage and enforce VM policies.
“Enterprises are embracing the cost and efficiency gains possible through virtualization. However, these organizations are hampered today by numerous security threats and compliance risks,” said D.J. Long, Senior Director, Corporate Development at RSA. “We are pleased to announce our interoperability partnership with Fortisphere, which will help our joint customers protect data and applications found within virtual machines.”
The RSA Secured Partner Program is one of the largest alliance programs of its type, bringing over a dozen years of experience and hundreds of complementary solutions together. RSA SecurID, RSA Access Manager, RSA Digital Certificate Manager, RSA Federated Identity Manager and RSA Key Manager certification programs bring added assurance to customers that the solutions they are deploying are certified as interoperable with industry leading products, helping them achieve faster time to deployment and lower overall cost of ownership. The RSA Secured Partner Program reflects RSA’s commitment to providing standards-based interoperability and mutual vendor support to customers using its identity assurance and access management solutions. For more information, please visit www.rsa.com.