vArmour,
the data center security company that enables organizations to protect
their virtualized and cloud assets, today announced that it is working
with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to add enhanced protection to enterprise
workloads across public, on-premise environments and hybrid
architectures. vArmour is extending its industry-leading distributed
security system to AWS environments, providing workload-level
visibility, policy enforcement and network control across hybrid
architectures through a single management interface. vArmour's
software-based approach to distributed security also supports and scales
out with AWS infrastructure - providing the consumption economics and
agility of AWS.
Gartner estimates that 70 percent of new application development projects will be deployed to either private or public cloud infrastructures by 2020.
With this fast-growing enterprise trend toward cloud computing,
including outsourcing resources to cloud providers like AWS, it is
imperative that modern security solutions span across heterogeneous
environments. The solutions must also provide the same level of
protection and visibility for off-premises workloads as those that are
on-premises.
As
an AWS Partner Network (APN) Standard Technology Partner, vArmour DSS
Distributed Security System helps AWS customers to meet security
objectives around visibility, auditability, and agility by complementing
AWS's foundational security with vArmour's application-layer controls.
AWS and vArmour provide comprehensive security controls that tie
individual silos with a unique, single-pane solution across multiple
Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPC). As part of AWS's shared security
responsibility framework, vArmour DSS adds additional application-aware
protection to workloads running on AWS environments, and visibility to
identify where these applications reside between Amazon VPCs. This can
assist customers with any additional compliance and audit requirements
for the specific applications running on AWS's resilient,
enterprise-ready cloud infrastructure.
"Booz
Allen is recognized by federal agencies and commercial enterprises
alike for our ability to blend multi-disciplined, intelligent
tradecraft, data analytics, and advanced cloud, social and mobile
technologies with the human dimension to address the most pressing cyber
and global security threats," said Angela Messer, Booz Allen Hamilton
executive vice president and lead of the firm's Predictive Intelligence
business. "Through our work and collaboration with organizations such as
vArmour, Booz Allen delivers advanced security and IoT solutions to
clients migrating to AWS and leads the industry with innovative cloud
security and methods that protect our clients' most valuable assets."
vArmour on AWS enables customers to realize benefits of moving to the secure AWS Cloud, including:
- Visibility
into all application-layer traffic, between Amazon VPCs and
on-premises: 100 percent visibility of network traffic, application
connections and anomalous behavior running on top of AWS.
- Inter-
and Intra-VPC lifecycle security controls: Security policies move with
each workload, across VPCs, providing consistent security enforcement of
the system owned and operated by the customer.
- Workload
segmentation: Customer-controlled isolation for the responsibility of
sensitive assets in multiple VPCs for C&A, regulatory compliance and
scalability.
"Through
the shared security approach, vArmour on AWS provides comprehensive
value to enterprises who require application-level workload security,
control and visibility over their AWS traffic," said Keith Stewart, VP
of Products at vArmour. "Key engagements with partners, including Booz
Allen Hamilton, make this a reality today, so that security can be
built-in to workloads as enterprises continue on their journey to the
cloud."