BOSTON and TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept.
5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Guardicore, a leader in
internal data center and cloud security, today announced that it
has partnered with Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX), a
leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end smart interconnect
solutions for data center servers and storage systems, to deliver
the first agentless and high-performance, low latency
micro-segmentation solution for high speed 10G-100G networks. The
solution leverages both the Guardicore Centra security platform and
Mellanox BlueField SmartNIC solutions to provide customers with
hardware-embedded micro-segmentation security. This integration
allows customers using BlueField SmartNICs to support
micro-segmentation requirements for high speed networks or when
other agent-based solutions cannot be used. The new solution is
fully integrated and managed centrally by Guardicore
Centra.
"The exponential growth of the global datasphere is fueling
demand for data centers that can keep pace with the speed, scale
and security necessary to support digitally driven business," said
Pavel Gurvich, CEO and Co-founder,
Guardicore. "We have long been committed to applying
micro-segmentation techniques to help enterprise security teams
cost-effectively reduce risk and limit the attack surface inside
the data center without impacting performance. Partnering with
Mellanox to offer an integrated solution is a natural extension of
the many use cases we already support and allows us to address
another set of specific customer requirements to protect data in
high-speed, complex environments."
"The first agentless and high-performance micro-segmentation
solution in the IT security industry, the combination of Guardicore
Centra and BlueField enables ease of deployment and operations in
both new and existing environments," said Ariel Levanon, VP Cyber Security, Mellanox
Technologies. "The combined Guardicore and Mellanox solution
enables enhanced visibility and policy enforcement without
installing agents on compute nodes. Agents are integrated into the
BlueField SmartNIC in a manner fully isolated from the application
workload, while also complying with strict regulations and
embracing DevOps automation. As a high-speed SmartNIC, BlueField
delivers unmatched performance that enforces micro-segmentation
policies in 100Gb/s networks at full wire speed."
Unleash The Full Potential of Micro-segmentation
The
joint Guardicore-Mellanox solution addresses the challenges faced
by enterprises seeking to gain visibility and to protect
application workloads in high speed networks where it is not
possible or practical to deploy and operate agents across their
infrastructures, such as in cases of high frequency trading,
multi-tenant hosting with cloud providers, or management of
third-party appliances. The solution runs on the Mellanox
BlueField SmartNIC, considered a computer on its own, and not on
the enterprise infrastructure. It uses hardware offload to support
high-speed and low-latency requirements. Deploying Guardicore
technology on BlueField provides protection without compromising
either the host or the compliance regulations in any way.
Additionally, running the Guardicore solution integrated on
BlueField delivers unmatched enforcement performance - allowing or
blocking traffic at wire speed and without any impact to server
performance. The solution gives enterprises the freedom to deploy
Guardicore on every workload in any environment and at any scale,
including private, public and hybrid cloud instances, while
supporting the following deployment options:
- Agentless with BlueField SmartNIC – fully isolated from the
host
- Hybrid – agent running on the compute node while taking
advantage of the BlueField SmartNIC for hardware acceleration
- Native – the agent runs directly on the compute node on the
host operating-system or in a guest VM/container, which is the
traditional type of deployment for microservices.
The best choice of deployment options varies based on the
environment and type of workloads, etc., for every enterprise.
BlueField is perfectly positioned for bare-metal and Kubernetes
deployments; running agents on the SmartNIC removes the need to
deploy and maintain agents in these environments, enabling
enterprise DevOps automation. BlueField also enhances the
out-of-box experience for enterprises as they roll out
microservices across their infrastructures, delivering improved
agility, resiliency and business continuity.
Resources
Please join our Guardicore and Mellanox experts on September 10 at 9:00 a.m.
ET for a webinar to learn how Mellanox BlueField SmartNICs
unleash the full potential of micro-segmentation. Topics addressed
will include agentless micro-segmentation, security enforcement in
hardware at full wire-speed, and full isolation. Register here to
attend this session.
Availability
The joint Guardicore-Mellanox solution is
available immediately from both vendors' network of value added
resellers.
About Mellanox
Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ: MLNX)
is a leading supplier of end-to-end Ethernet and InfiniBand smart
interconnect solutions and services for servers and storage.
Mellanox interconnect solutions increase data center efficiency by
providing the highest throughput and lowest latency, delivering
data faster to applications, unlocking system performance and
improving data security. Mellanox offers a choice of fast
interconnect products: adapters, switches, software and silicon
that accelerate application performance and maximize business
results for a wide range of markets including cloud and hyperscale,
high performance computing, artificial intelligence, enterprise
data centers, cyber security, storage, financial services and
more.
About Guardicore
Guardicore is a data center and cloud
security company that protects your organization's core assets
using flexible, quickly deployed, and easy to understand
micro-segmentation controls. Our solutions provide a simpler,
faster way to guarantee persistent and consistent security — for
any application, in any IT environment. For more information, visit
www.guardicore.com.
Media Contact:
Alana
Suko
Guyer Group
alana.suko@guyergroup.com
+1 (781) 258-5803
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