Catbird is the industry leader in comprehensive security for virtualized and physical environments, and winner of the 2007 VARBusiness Technology Innovator Award for Virtualization and the Windows IT Pro Best of Tech Ed 2008 IT Pro Editors Choice Award for Security.
Via Catbird V-Security and the Catbird V-Agent virtual appliance, Catbird is the only company delivering best-practice security for Hypervisor, Guest VMs and Policy/Regulatory Security Compliance. As companies migrate mainstream servers and desktops to virtual environments, uncertainty over security and compliance can impact deployment plans. Catbird's protection eliminates these worries and keeps virtualization plans on track.
Founded in 2000 by Internet pioneer Ron Lachman, the company's in-the-cloud architecture protects thousands of customer systems and networks who rely on Catbird and its partners to protect their valuable IT assets from external and internal threats. The private company is based in Silicon Valley, and is currently recruiting new partners and resellers.
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Real Security for the Virtual World ™
A must-have protective shield for virtual infrastructure
Catbird's V-Security™ is the industry's first and only comprehensive security solution for VMware. Fully leveraging virtualization's architectural elegance, the Catbird V-Security is the latest advancement in VMware security and offers the broadest and most cost-effective security protection for virtual networks of all sizes.
The New Catbird Seat: Complete Coverage…On The Inside
Via its groundbreaking V-Agent virtual appliance, Catbird secures the hypervisor and virtual machines from vulnerabilities and attacks. A stateless agent residing on the virtual network itself, the non-invasive, self-contained V-Agent has a view of the network impossible to see from traditional devices outside of the host.
All-in-one Protection
Catbird's sweeping set of services brings Hypervisor security, Virtual Machine/Guest OS monitoring, Policy Compliance and Virtual Machine Sprawl Management under one single web-based management interface.
Flexible Delivery
Catbird delivers VMware security as a service, not via an expensive appliance. Security-As-A-Service exploits the true value of the service model, with Catbird's Security Operations Center (SOC) continuously and vigilantly monitoring the security posture of the virtual deployment and taking instant action against weakness or hostile activity.
Catbird addresses a broad spectrum of Virtual Security Threats and Issues
Guest Operating System
Vulnerable to network attack, malware or user misuse and misconfiguration
Critical vulnerability to compromised Hypervisor
Virtual Network
Vulnerable to network attacks, worms and rogue Guest systems
Hypervisor
Vulnerable to network attack and escalation attacks from rogue or compromised Guest systems
Rapid Deployment and Mobility
Virtualization challenges traditional IT management processes of change control, security and infrastructure management
The Catbird Command Center™
IT and Business Unit personnel access the Catbird data via a web interface—the Catbird Command Center™. The Catbird Command Center™ utilizes a Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) interface that provides designated access to the data and capabilities required by specific job functions. Customers and partners are able to integrate the Catbird Command Center™ notification and report capabilities into 3rd party help desk or ticketing systems.
With the release of V-Security 2.0, Catbird incorporates customer-driven features such as:
TrustZones™ – Better-suited to virtual environments than firewalls, TrustZones are a logical grouping of VMs which share a pre-defined, common set of policy and compliance rules, independent of physical host. Compliance is enforced even through "VMotion". TrustZones can prevent VMs from communicating in or out of a Zone or even within a given Zone. Example customer applications of TrustZones include a HIPAA scope or a Finance Team scope. Zones may include a mix of virtual and physical devices. TrustZones guarantee member VMs stay in compliance no matter where they are located or may be migrated.
Catbird Control Center (C2C) is the management console for all Catbird security services. Completely SOA, the C2C supports SOAP, WSDL and XML data integration and exchange with third party IT management, help desk and work flow automation applications such as McAfee's ePO™. The Catbird Control Center provides a forensic archive of all change and security events in VI required for auditing and compliance, as well as built-in management reports. It is a "single pane of glass" for physical and virtual security and is multi-tenant for centralized management.
Network Flow Data Analyzer and Logical Map provides a graphical representation of traffic and utilisation on the virtual network, detailing which VMs are communicating with each other, whether that traffic is authorized (or quarantined) and correlation with other security events.
Compliance Reports – Adding to existing strong reporting options from high-level summaries to deep drill-downs, Catbird V-Security 2.0 now also integrates with third party reporting dashboards to provide a cohesive view of the infrastructure.
Updated Sprawl Control now features more specific data from the VIC.
Event Tracking – Catbird monitors for over 100 events on the virtual network, leading to more precise IT administrative decisions and a fine-grained picture of the security posture of the whole virtual data center.
OVF-compatible
CatBird media
InformationWeek's John Foley speaks with Howard Fried, Executive Advisor for CatBird V-Security. Fried talks about the CatBird V agent and gives an interesting demo of how the agent works.
Virtualization.com bloggers Tarry Singh and Nicolas 'Charbax' Charbonnier sit down with Tamar Newberger, VP Marketing for Catbird Security at the VMWorld Europe 2008 Summit in Cannes. Tamar talks about the role of security and Catbird's differentiated strategy in virtualization technology.
