Unisys Corporation today announced it will provide enterprises with the
award-winning Unisys Stealth
micro-segmentation security solution on
the
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, available for customers to immediately acquire and deploy from the AWS Marketplace.
The
solution will provide advanced security to AWS customers, while
providing Unisys clients with the ease of access and scale of the AWS
Cloud.
Unisys
optimised its Stealth offering to give AWS customers a fast and
convenient way to protect vital information and applications against
evolving threats.
AWS
provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform
used by more than a million active customers across 190 countries around
the world. With Stealth on AWS, organisations can easily integrate
additional protection, comply with regulations, and micro-segment off
their virtual machines from neighbours when working on the cloud.
The
solution is another step in Unisys' reinvention as an IT technology and
services leader focused on secure digital transformation. It also
illustrates Unisys' asset-light strategy of working with cloud
technology providers, which complements Unisys' own advanced
capabilities in infrastructure and service management, analytics,
application services and software, as well as security.
"Security
and cloud computing are strategic priorities for businesses today,"
said Peter Altabef, Unisys' president and chief executive officer.
"Enterprise-proven security that evolves to meet future threats will
provide additional assurance to enterprises and governments that are
moving core operations to the cloud. Integrating
Stealth onto the AWS Cloud advances Unisys' leadership in security, and
reflects our commitment to continually deliver innovation that solves
real-world business challenges."
"Security
is top of mind for our customers, and at AWS, it's our number one
priority. Unisys Stealth on AWS provides extra layers of security for
enterprises moving their workloads to the AWS Cloud," said Stephen
Schmidt, chief information security officer, Amazon Web Services, Inc.
"We are pleased this solution is now available on the AWS Marketplace,
offering our customers immediate access to the security protection
capabilities of Stealth."
With
Stealth on AWS, users can quickly and easily micro-segment their own
portions of the cloud from other users while keeping their own
encryption keys. They can unify their internal security protections with
those on the cloud, enforce virtual machine-to-machine encryption in
the cloud, and reduce attack surfaces.
In
addition, Stealth on AWS allows organisations to extend entire
workloads securely from data centers to the cloud; manage access via
existing identity systems including Active Directory or LDAP; and easily
add integrated supply chain partners to micro-segments without giving
them broad access - at the packet level without any new hardware,
firewall rules, or application changes.
Unisys
Stealth software uses identity-based micro-segmentation techniques and
encryption to protect data and applications on the AWS Cloud. Stealth
protection makes data and applications invisible to hackers and
unauthorized users by encrypting traffic between all Stealth-protected
endpoints.
Clients
can acquire Stealth directly from the AWS Marketplace, where Unisys
also offers an AWS Test Drive that allows enterprises to access a
private sandbox using Stealth. Using a step-by-step lab manual and
video, they can learn more about Stealth and how it works, with no
charges incurred as part of the AWS Free Tier.
Alternately,
enterprises that want to dynamically extend their on-premise
infrastructure to AWS can use Stealth's "cloudbursting" capability,
which automates the shifting of secure workloads directly into AWS.
"Enterprises
can now use Stealth as their single platform for securing both their
data center and their cloud environments, substantially reducing the
complexity and cost of multiple platforms," said
Tom Patterson, vice president and general manager for global security
solutions, Unisys. "This comprehensive level of protection removes
roadblocks for many organisations looking to leverage the cloud, and
will unlock huge cost savings and business agility needed in today's
competitive environment."