Virtualization

Security, intelligence, and management through, within, and for virtualized environments

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Overview

Implementing virtualization solutions is challenging enough without security and compliance hindering performance and expected operational returns. With McAfee’s solutions for virtualized environments, you retain the operational benefits of virtualization while ensuring optimized virtual server security and compliance. Our solutions deliver new options for protection and operational efficiency — whether you are consolidating data centers, managing virtual desktop infrastructure, or looking to protect sensitive information within your databases.

As part of McAfee’s Security Connected framework, our solutions deliver real-time visibility and predictive capability enabled by McAfee Global Threat Intelligence (GTI). McAfee GTI allows you to balance the business need to embrace all forms of virtualization while protecting your critical assets and sensitive data from compromise.

Securing Your Evolving Data Center
Webcast: Optimized Security for On-Premises and Virtualized Data Centers

Key Benefits

  • Advanced network threat detection
    Gain visibility through the virtualized environment with real-time threat intelligence.
  • Unique security management
    Get security management across virtualized servers with online, offline, and hypervisor-aware malware protection.
  • Purpose-built security for VDI environments
    Leverage security that enables protected and productive virtual desktops.
  • Data-level malware protection
    Use malware protection across shared storage infrastructure reducing risk of compromise.
  • Virtual machine host intrusion prevention
    Achieve host intrusion prevention for advanced protection of virtualized business endpoints and the data and transactions through them.
  • Virtual machine dynamic whitelisting and memory protection
    Block unwanted and unauthorized changes to virtualized servers that require best performance and highly effective security while subject to dynamic resource allocation.

Videos

Videos

Learn how the McAfee MOVE platform enables security for virtualized environments — without impacting the performance or availability of virtual machines.

McAfee virtualization offers broad network access, reduction in IT complexity, portability, and ease of automation.

Products

Endpoint Protection

McAfee MOVE AntiVirus
McAfee MOVE AntiVirus

McAfee Management for Optimized Virtual Environments (MOVE) AntiVirus optimizes McAfee virus protection for virtual desktops and servers without compromising performance or security, helping you realize operational returns and more effective security management.

McAfee Total Protection for Server
McAfee Total Protection for Server

McAfee Total Protection for Server is the industry’s first server security solution that safeguards your critical servers from complex threats while preserving uptime and availability.

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Offline Virtual Images
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Offline Virtual Images

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Offline Virtual Images automatically secures virtual machines while they are offline, ensuring that when they go online, they are virus-free and up-to-date with the latest anti-malware protection.

Database Security

McAfee Database Activity Monitoring
McAfee Database Activity Monitoring

McAfee Database Activity Monitoring stops attacks in real time, delivers sophisticated audit reports to help meet compliance requirements, and eases vulnerability remediation with virtual patching technology.

McAfee Security Scanner for Databases
McAfee Security Scanner for Databases

McAfee Security Scanner for Databases automatically finds databases on your network, determines if the latest patches have been applied, and tests for weak passwords, default accounts, and other common threats.

McAfee Virtual Patching for Databases
McAfee Virtual Patching for Databases

McAfee Virtual Patching for Databases shields databases from the risk presented by unpatched vulnerabilities. It detects and prevents attempted attacks and intrusions in real time, without requiring database downtime or application testing.

Services

Secure Virtualization Implementation Services

Secure your virtual infrastructure. Foundstone uncovers vulnerabilities that present risks to your virtual infrastructure and boosts compliance with industry best practices.

Virtual Infrastructure Security Assessment

Uncover security vulnerabilities in your virtual infrastructure. Foundstone evaluates the architecture, configuration, and management of your virtualized environment to identify gaps with industry best practices and lower risk.

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Data Sheets

McAfee MOVE AV

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Blogs

  • A Zebra Can Have Polka Dots
    Lillian Wai - April 05, 2013
    Can a zebra show off anything but stripes?  Of course it can. How about polka dots? Whether you’re an IT reseller, hosting organization, communications provider, or an MSP, you’re already convinced that offering managed service security solutions to your customer base is not just a good idea—it’s a great way to keep recurring revenues and Read more...
  • McAfee Webcast 6/13: Scalable Network Security for Private and Public Clouds
    Archive - June 12, 2012
    Virtualization and cloud computing have fundamentally changed the way IT organizations deliver services, creating new opportunities to reduce costs, increase efficiencies, and accelerate business operations. But these positive changes come loaded with unique network security challenges. Register and join me this Wednesday, 6/13 as I examine how virtualization and cloud are shaping the latest networking Read more...
  • Why Integrity Matters: A Silicon to Software Model to Accelerate Cloud Computing
    Greg Brown - May 04, 2012
    The advantages of cloud computing – new levels of cost efficiency, rapid deployment and self-service are much talked about. Yet, while cloud computing remains a top executive priority, security factors are inhibiting broadscale adoption. Very recent Intel Peer Research on cloud computing “What’s Holding Back the Cloud” revealed that 56% of IT professionals are concerned Read more...
  • Information Security Within Emerging Markets: Brazil
    Archive - April 26, 2012
    With the world’s 6th largest economy and 5th largest population, Brazil’s economic acceleration and technical growth are second only to China when it comes to emerging economies. Not unsurprisingly, this rapid acceleration of economic power and supporting technology has made Brazil a prime target for cyber attacks for well over a decade. As one of Read more...
  • Optimizing Security for Virtualized Environments
    Archive - March 16, 2012
    Virtualized servers and desktops have increasingly become the norm in many enterprise environments. As a result, vendors are beginning to adapt their endpoint protection platforms to meet these changing needs. But not all security vendors are created equal. Organizations need to be aware of the different approaches available among vendors, and can’t assume that their Read more...