Octarine acquisition will bring intrinsic
security to containerized applications running in Kubernetes and
build security capabilities into the fabric of the existing IT and
DevOps ecosystems
Newly created Next-Gen Security Operations
Center (SOC) Alliance features industry-leading SIEM/SOAR vendors
Splunk, IBM Security, Google Cloud’s Chronicle, Exabeam, and Sumo
Logic
VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise
software, made two key announcements during Connect 2020, the company’s annual cybersecurity
user and partner conference (hosted virtually by VMware Carbon
Black):
- The intent to acquire Octarine, whose innovative security
platform for Kubernetes applications helps simplify DevSecOps and
enables cloud native environments to be intrinsically secure, from
development through runtime.
- The creation of a Next-Gen SOC Alliance along with Splunk, IBM
Security, Google Cloud’s Chronicle, Exabeam, and Sumo Logic. The
alliance empowers SOC teams with visibility, prevention, detection
and response capabilities that can uniquely leverage the VMware
fabric.
Intent to Acquire Octarine to Bring Intrinsic Security to
Containers & Kubernetes
Protecting workloads is critical to the security of applications
and data inside every organization. The unique properties of the
cloud (speed, agility, scale) mean that developers are increasingly
using Kubernetes and containers to modernize applications and
changing the nature of workloads that need to be secured.
As with any major technology adoption, attackers are not far
behind, looking to take advantage of new risk areas. Building
Octarine’s innovative Kubernetes security platform into the VMware
security portfolio presents a major opportunity for VMware to
further mitigate risks in several ways:
- Provide full visibility into cloud-native environments so
customers can better identify and reduce the risks posed by
vulnerabilities and attacks.
- Move beyond static analysis and maintain compliance – customers
can create and enforce content-based policies to protect the
privacy and integrity of sensitive and regulated information.
- Integrate into the developer lifecycle to analyze and control
application risks before they are deployed into production.
- Run alongside service mesh frameworks such as Tanzu Service
Mesh to provide native anomaly detection and threat monitoring for
cloud and container-based workloads.
- Provide runtime monitoring and control of Kubernetes workloads
across hybrid environments for threat detection and response.
Following the acquisition’s close, the Octarine technology will
be embedded into the VMware Carbon Black Cloud, providing new
support of security features for containerized applications running
in Kubernetes and enable security capabilities as part of the
fabric of the existing IT and DevOps ecosystems. This innovation
will further reduce the need for additional sensors in the stack.
Octarine capabilities will also integrate and leverage the VMware
Tanzu platform, including current investments in Service Mesh and
Open Policy Agent.
“Acquiring Octarine will enable us to further expand VMware’s
intrinsic security strategy to containers and Kubernetes
environments by embedding the Octarine technology into the VMware
Carbon Black Cloud,” said Patrick Morley, general manager and
senior vice president, Security Business Unit, VMware. “This,
combined with native integrations with Tanzu, vSphere, NSX and
VMware Cloud Foundation, will create what we believe is a unique
and compelling solution for intrinsically securing workloads. And,
with the addition of our AppDefense capabilities merged into the
platform, we can fundamentally transform how workloads are better
secured.”
VMware’s intrinsic security strategy is centered on enriching
context from across the security portfolio and leveraging the
VMware fabric for native telemetry and control at the endpoint,
workload, network, user access point, and application. This
innovation enables a true XDR solution that works out of the box
with existing VMware solutions – reducing all the bolt-on sensors
and appliances that plague security.
For more information on Octarine, click
here.
VMware Launches Next-Gen SOC Alliance
In an effort to empower modern SOC teams with the capabilities
and context they need to greatly improve both their efficiency and
efficacy, VMware has launched a Next-Gen SOC Alliance.
The alliance features Splunk, IBM Security, Google Cloud’s
Chronicle, Exabeam, and Sumo Logic integrations with the
VMware Carbon Black Cloud to deliver key XDR capabilities and
context into SIEM technologies that power the modern-day SOC.
Equally important, the combined solutions will be able to take
advantage of VMware’s Intrinsic Security framework and enable SOC
teams to:
- Leverage the VMware fabric – doing away with many of agents and
appliances SOCs would normally deploy for visibility, prevention,
detection, and response.
- Gain far richer context about the infrastructure and
applications being protected.
- Operationalize more of security with (and through) IT via
Carbon Black integrations with VMware management consoles.
Other key benefits from the Next-Gen SOC Alliance include:
- Centralized security context, which enables organizations to
detect, analyze and respond to data in a unified SIEM at machine
speed.
- Automation and orchestration tools that combine with XDR
capabilities to allow SOCs to scale and standardize their
investigation and response processes.
- Actionable answers to large-scale queries and remote
remediation from within Splunk, IBM Security, Google Cloud’s
Chronicle, Exabeam, and Sumo Logic platforms.
“The Next-Gen SOC Alliance brings a critical mass of XDR context
and capabilities to SOCs in a fully intrinsic way – one that can
uniquely leverage the VMware fabric,” said Tom Barsi, Vice
President of Alliances for VMware Carbon Black. “In partnership
with the industry’s leading SIEM/SOAR players, we’re setting a
strong vision for the modern SOC and delivering unprecedented
visibility and remediation capabilities across endpoints, networks,
workloads, and containers.”
“Splunk’s Security Operations Suite acts as the backbone for
some of the most advanced SOCs in the world,” said Haiyan Song,
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Security Markets,
Splunk. “As the security industry continues to embrace data at the
center of their security strategy, it’s more important than ever to
combine the power of Splunk’s industry-leading SIEM and SOAR
solutions with XDR to fight back against increasingly sophisticated
cyber actors. We are pleased to bring Splunk Enterprise Security
and Splunk Phantom to this alliance with VMware Carbon Black and
look forward to helping our mutual customers around the world solve
their toughest security challenges with data.”
About VMware
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infrastructure. The company’s cloud, app modernization, networking,
security, and digital workspace offerings help customers deliver
any application on any cloud across any device. Headquartered in
Palo Alto, California, VMware is committed to being a force for
good, from its breakthrough technology innovations to its global
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Additional Resources
- Learn more about today's news and M&A strategy from Alex
Wang, vice president, Corporate Development, VMware - “VMware Announces Intent to Acquire Octarine to Extend
VMware’s Intrinsic Security Capabilities for Containers and
Kubernetes”
- Read about the intent to acquire from Patrick Morley, general
manager and senior vice president, Security Business Unit, VMware -
“Bringing Intrinsic Security to Containers:
VMware Announces Intent to Acquire Octarine”
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements including,
among other things, statements regarding VMware's intention to
acquire Octarine, the expected benefits of the acquisition and the
expected complementary nature and strategic advantages of combined
offerings and opportunities after close. These forward-looking
statements are subject to the safe harbor provisions created by the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results
could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking
statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not
limited to: (i) the ability of the parties to satisfy closing
conditions to the acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (ii)
market conditions, regulatory requirements and other corporate
considerations that could affect the timing and closing conditions
to the acquisition; (iii) the ability to successfully integrate
acquired companies and assets into VMware; (iv) VMware’s customers’
ability to transition to new products, platforms, services,
solutions and computing strategies in such areas as
containerization, modern applications, intrinsic security and
networking, cloud, digital workspaces, virtualization and the
software defined data center, and the uncertainty of their
acceptance of emerging technology; (v) competitive factors,
including but not limited to pricing pressures, industry
consolidation, entry of new competitors into the virtualization
software and cloud, end user and mobile computing, and security
industries, as well as new product and marketing initiatives by
VMware’s competitors; (vi) VMware's ability to enter into and
maintain strategically effective partnerships; (vii) rapid
technological changes in the virtualization software and cloud, end
user, security and mobile computing industries; (viii) other
business effects, including those related to industry, market,
economic, political, regulatory and global health conditions, such
as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; (ix) VMware's ability to
protect its proprietary technology; (x) VMware's ability to attract
and retain highly qualified employees; (xi) adverse changes in
general economic or market conditions; (xii) changes in VMware's
financial condition; and (xiii) VMware's relationship with Dell
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