Challenges
Server virtualization is either being employed or being actively investigated by the majority of enterprise users yet through 2009, 60% of production VMs will be less secure than their physical counterparts1.

Traditional methods of isolating and securing servers such as firewalls and
VLANs do not translate well to virtualized environments - the static nature of these devices makes them too labor intensive and complex to support. Vendor virtual appliance solutions only apply to virtualized environments and force organizations to take a silo approach to securing virtual machines, adding more complexity and special training to already overburdened IT organizations.
Solution
Apani® EpiForce® VM is designed to help large organizations accelerate adoption of VMware ESX Server by securing VMs and physical servers, as well as endpoints from a single platform. It protects VMs from vulnerabilities introduced from VM sprawl by isolating VMs on the same physical host. EpiForce also maintains policy during migration with VMotion or VirtualCenter, making it an ideal solution for cross-platform virtual security.
Related Resources
1 MacDonald, N. (April 3, 2007). Gartner.com. Gartner Says Organizations that Rush to Adopt Virtualization Can Weaken Security
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