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NSX Workshops

NSX Workshop: Secure App Infrastructure and Multi-Site Cloud Networking

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[Summer 2018] Free NSX Training Workshop near you! Secure Application Infrastructure and Multi-Site Cloud Networking   What: Attend a half-day lecture and lab designed to get you started with Micro-segmentation and Multi-Site Cloud Networking (Disaster Recovery). Why: Not only will you get a business and technical overview of NSX Data Center, you’ll also receive hands-on Read more...

Zero Trust. Maximize Network Virtualization and Micro-segmentation

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  It’s official: when it comes to security threats, the question IT teams should be asking is not if but when. VMware recently commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate how organizations are improving the security of their infrastructure through network virtualization and micro-segmentation. Analysis found that 92% of respondents reported having faced minor security incidents in Read more...
NSX Portfolio

Family Matters: Introducing the VMware NSX Portfolio

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The new VMware NSX portfolio enables organizations to connect, secure and operate an edge-to-edge architecture and delivers networking and security services to applications and data wherever they reside. This week at Dell Technologies World, Pat Gelsinger, VMware CEO, announced the new VMware NSX portfolio as part of the Virtual Cloud Network unveiling. The NSX networking and Read more...

Micro-segmentation Starter Kit

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Traditional security solutions are designed to protect the perimeter.  As applications and data are becoming increasingly distributed, they are often spanning not only multiple sites, but also multiple clouds.  This is making it harder to identify where the perimeter actually is in order to secure it.  But even if the perimeter can be reliably identified, Read more...

Two-Factor Authentication with VMware NSX-T

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In a previous post, I covered how to integrate NSX-T with VMware Identity Manager (vIDM) to achieve remote user authentication and role-based access control (RBAC) for users registered with a corporate Active Directory (AD).   On this post, I’m showing how add two-factor authentication (2FA) for NSX-T administrators/operators on top of that existing integration. Two-factor authentication Read more...