VMware unveiled VMware Carbon Black XDR, which
extends VMware's network visibility and detection to VMware Carbon Black
Enterprise EDR, significantly improving threat detection and prevention
across endpoints and networks.
This new XDR solution greatly enhances lateral security by leveraging
telemetry within VMware Contexa, a full-fidelity threat intelligence
capability that observes the breadth of VMware's network, endpoint, and
user technologies. Security teams can leverage VMware Carbon Black XDR
to quickly identify threats across their environment and make
better-informed decisions in applying prevention policies that leaves
attackers nowhere to hide.
"As multi-cloud environments grow in complexity, security teams are
challenged with increasing sophistication and scale of attacks. They can
no longer rely on disparate security approaches that leave blind spots
in coverage," said Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager
of VMware's Networking and Advanced Security business group. "With
VMware Carbon Black XDR, we're advancing our leadership in lateral
security for traditional and modern applications by enabling customers
to inspect each endpoint, packet, and process across their environment."
Introduced earlier this year, VMware Contexa records and processes over 1.5 trillion endpoint events and over 10 billion network flows daily,
along with strategically curated threat intelligence data captured
through technology partnerships. This rich context is further analyzed
using machine learning and insights of over 500 researchers across
VMware's Threat Analysis Unit and incident response partners.
According to a recent Forrester study, 3 in 4
organizations have not yet adopted XDR, but 27% are planning to in the
next 12 months. The study found that early adopters of XDR benefited
from automation, unified detection from tools, and an increased ROI,
which makes them believe that the market for XDR will mature and be the
way of the future. The early adopters of XDR also found that XDR
complements other technologies in their tech stack, allowing their
employees to focus on more targeted attacks.
VMware Carbon Black XDR is available in early access to select
customers. To apply to the Early Access Program, customers can contact
the security specialist team, or sign up here.