Catherine Edwards

Altor Networks, creator of the purpose-built virtual firewall, has announced that Altor VF 2.0 virtual firewall will debut VMworld Europe in Cannes this week; it will be showcased in the VMsafe section of the Hands-on Lab. VMworld Europe attendees are invited to preview the Altor VF 2.0 at the Hands-on Lab and participate in one of 16 simultaneous live demos of the virtual firewall. This is an opportunity to "sit in the driver's seat and test drive" Altor VF 2.0 and install, configure and deploy security policies in a virtual network. "We are excited to see VMware's partners bring to market new security solutions built using VMsafe technology," said Shekar Ayyar, Vice President, Infrastructure Alliances, VMware. "Altor VF is an excellent showcase for harnessing the potential of VMsafeTM to deliver a virtual firewall uniquely designed by leveraging the VMware platfor... (more)

Info Security Products Guide Names Altor VF Winner

Altor Networks announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry's leading publication on security-related products and technologies has named the Altor VF virtual firewall winner of the 2009 Tomorrow's Technology Today Award. This prestigious award recognizes security vendors with advanced, ground-breaking technologies and solutions that are helping set the bar higher for others in all areas of information security. The Altor VF was selected based on technologies that are making the most positive impact on security in today's highly sophisticated and blended attack... (more)

Winsert Installed Altor VF to Monitor Virtual Machines

Altor Networks has announced that Winsert has selected the Altor VF virtual firewall to secure its virtual environment and mitigate an attack before it could hit their network. After installing Altor VF, Winsert was able to quickly secure its virtual machines (VMs); and for the first time had real time visibility and rule-based control of packet flow in and out of each VM. Winsert, the leading developer and tester of alloy solutions, was using physical servers to support all of their IT applications including Exchange, DNS, file backup, SQL database and an ERP system The company m... (more)

How Does VMsafe Work?

VMsafe is a set of security-oriented APIs created by VMware and introduced with the launch of vSphere 4. These APIs are not available in older versions of VMware. VMsafe enables 3rd-party ISVs to develop products that closely integrate with vSphere to deliver new capabilities for securing the virtual environment. (Watch: "What VMware Says About Security" [Flash] » ) The three main areas covered by VMsafe are Memory, Disk and Network. In general, these APIs enable a security product to inspect and control certain aspects of VM access to memory, disk and the network from “outside” t... (more)

CHS Eliminates Blind Spots, Protects Virtual Infrastructure with Altor Networks

Redwood City, Calif-July 20, 2009-Altor Networks, provider of best-in-class virtualization and cloud security solutions, today announced that Comprehensive Health Services (CHS) is using the Altor VF virtual firewall in a mission-critical production environment to ensure compliance in their virtualized environment. Compliance with stringent data privacy laws governing healthcare, government and financial institutions are mandatory and specific to how information such as social security numbers and health information must be protected. "Safeguards that shield sensitive data and cr... (more)