Imperva SecureSphere - Virtual Appliances
Virtualize Your Data Center Security with SecureSphere Virtual Appliances
Overview:
SecureSphere Virtual Appliances deliver the complete SecureSphere product line in a software-only form factor. Expanding customers deployment options, SecureSphere Virtual Appliances provide a cost effective and flexible way to deploy SecureSphere's data security solutions and align with organizations' data center virtualization strategies.
With SecureSphere Virtual Appliances, customers can leverage existing hardware for appliance consolidation, maximize the utilization of their servers and network infrastructure and cut power, cooling and support costs. The simplicity and flexibility of SecureSphere Virtual Appliances enable organizations of any size to quickly provision and configure new security services as requirements change.
Within a VMware ESX server environment, SecureSphere Virtual Appliances offer better inspection of inter-VM traffic and support of VMotion for addressing disaster recovery and workload migration requirements.
Key Capabilities:
- Delivers the same best-in-class SecureSphere data security capabilities offered by Imperva physical appliances
- Deploy SecureSphere as a virtual appliance on a preferred hardware of choice and benefit from reduced capital and operational costs
- Enhances inspection and protection of web and database servers within a VMware ESX server virtual network environment
- Supports VMware VMotion to ensure reliable disaster recovery and workload migration scenarios
| Appliance: | V4500 | V2500 | V1000 | VM150 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Throughput (Web and Database Security products) | Up to 1 Gbps | Up to 500 Mbps | Up to 100 Mbps | Not Applicable |
| Throughput (File Security products) | Up to 4 Gbps | Up to 2 Gbps | Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
| Memory | 8 GB | 4 GB | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Disk Space | 80 GB | 80 GB | 80 GB | 80 GB |
Features:
Leverage the Same, Best-In-Class SecureSphere Capabilities You Know and Love
SecureSphere Virtual Appliances provide all of the security and management functionality of the entire SecureSphere product line in a software form factor. Supporting SecureSphere Web, Database, and File Security Solutions, as well as MX Management, and SecureSphere Operations Manager, SecureSphere Virtual Appliances provide the security you need for your virtual data center.
Inspect Inter-VM Communications and Support Disaster Recovery
If you’ve installed web servers and database servers and other applications on a single hardware device, you can leverage SecureSphere Virtual Appliances to inspect traffic sent between virtual machines. SecureSphere Virtual Appliances also help you support VMotion for disaster recovery and workload migration requirements.
Lower your Capital and Operational Costs and Drive Cloud Computing Initiatives
Data center virtualization is a game-changer for IT. Virtualization allows you to lower hardware costs and maximizes uptime. With SecureSphere Virtual Appliances, you can enjoy all of the benefits of virtualization, and ensure that your virtualized assets are secure. Plus, you can deploy SecureSphere Virtual Appliance on your preferred choice of hardware.
Deployment:
SecureSphere high performance hardware and virtual appliances enable drop-in deployment with no changes to applications or networks. With centralized management, role-based security, and advanced analytics and reporting, SecureSphere offers an integrated solution that is easy to deploy and manage.
- Non-inline Network Monitoring: Activity monitoring with zero impact on performance or availability
- Transparent Inline Protection: Drop-in deployment and industry-leading performance for proactive security
- Agent-based Monitoring: Lightweight software agents monitor privileged database activities and network traffic
Specifications:
| Appliance: | V4500 | V2500 | V1000 | VM150 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance | ||||
| Throughput (Web and Database Security products) | Up to 1 Gbps | Up to 500 Mbps | Up to 100 Mbps | Not Applicable |
| Throughput (File Security products) | Up to 4 Gbps | Up to 2 Gbps | Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
| Supported SecureSphere Products | Web Application Firewall Database Activity Monitor Database Firewall File Activity Monitor File Firewall SecureSphere for SharePoint |
Web Application Firewall Database Activity Monitor Database Firewall File Activity Monitor File Firewall SecureSphere for SharePoint |
Web Application Firewall | Manager Manager of Managers |
| Minimum Requirements per physical host | ||||
| Hypervisor | VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5/4.0/5.0 | |||
| Processor | Dual core server Intel VTx or AMD-V | |||
| Memory | 2 GB | |||
| Hard Drive | 250 GB | |||
| Network Interface | Hypervisor-supported network interface card | |||
| Minimum Requirements for each guest SecureSphere Virtual Appliance | ||||
| CPU | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Memory | 8 GB | 4 GB | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Disk Space | 80 GB | 80 GB | 80 GB | 80 GB |
Documentation:
Download the SecureSphere Appliance Datasheet (PDF).