The rate of change in the way people work, driven by the need to work remotely, has exacerbated IT and security concerns. And this change in the way we work is likely to be permanent as organizations see performance benefits resulting from the remote work environment. New work expectations have redefined priorities for the technology teams that support them. These redefined concerns include:
- Remote, flexible workstyles
- Heterogeneous device environments to meet remote needs of corporation and employee
- The proliferation of cloud technology providing ubiquitous and diverse business apps
The difficulties faced by organizations that now need to both manage and secure remote workers create a burden on valuable IT and InfoSec teams. In addition, disparate views of endpoint activity provide inconsistent data, resulting in greater operational gaps and increasing the risk of exposure to an attack.
With these changes, organizations need a new approach to security. Most of the focus over the past decade has been on identifying and responding to different types of attacks and then adding additional products to address those threat vectors. As a result, it is common for businesses to be running 50 – 70 security solutions. This is now unsustainable. There has to be a better way – one that combines endpoint security with endpoint management.
Workspace Security
VMware believes that the way forward lies in doing just that. Our vision of Intrinsic Security involves hardening the infrastructure to enable us to leverage unique control points and gain better visibility to detect, identify, and prevent threats. This approach focuses on leveraging existing infrastructure across any app, any cloud, and any device to provide unique capabilities to secure your business.
With VMware Workspace Security you get the endpoint management and analytics provided by Workspace ONE along with the endpoint protection and behavioral analysis of the VMware Carbon Black Cloud. Security Context from the Carbon Black Cloud enhances the Device Risk Score in Workspace ONE that can help in prioritizing and implementing decisions to improve remediation and policies. User Context and Device State from Workspace ONE can influence threat hunting and enhance the ability to determine risk exposure. Workspace Security provides a single source of truth about activity on the endpoint, and steps needed to remediate threats, to both IT and InfoSec teams. This results in lower operational complexity and improved endpoint performance.
Introducing the Unified Installer – Simplifying Deployment of Workspace ONE and the Carbon Black Cloud
VMware has now made the implementation of Workspace Security solutions even easier with the ability to deploy and manage both the Carbon Black Cloud sensor and the Workspace ONE agent with a single installer. The Unified Installer addresses operational complexity, allowing teams to focus more on the management and security options for the device.
How Does the Unified Installer Work?
The Unified Installer allows admins to deploy both Workspace ONE and the Carbon Black Cloud during a single downtime cycle. Not only does this streamline the work required by the admin, but it also lessens the impact on the business needed with additional downtime. This allows IT to focus more on projects that can help grow the organization.
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VMware Workspace Security
VMware Workspace ONE
VMware Carbon Black Cloud
