TrendMicro to 'protect the cloud'

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TrendMicro to 'protect the cloud'

by Larry Magid TrendMicro last year introduced its cloud computing strategy to deliver security to desktop PCs. Now the security software vendor, according to CEO Eva Chen, is taking cloud security a step further by protecting the cloud itself.

An update to its Deep Security product, introduced Monday, offers protection for the "entire server," including the operating system, network, and applications layers, according to the company.

So is why there a need for yet another layer of server protection. Don't servers already have an enormous amount of protection?

She acknowledged that servers are typically protected by a firewall, an intrusion detection system (IDS), and an intrusion prevention system (IPS). "But now people are doing virtualization," Chen said. "And once you do virtualization, the server can move from one network center to another network center or move from your own data center to a public data center, and therefore the server is not just behind the firewall all the time. It needs to protect itself."

Another issue is the changing nature of servers. In the past, they mostly were used to serve up data. But with cloud computing, applications run on the server and that makes them vulnerable to hackers. "In last two years an enormous amount of Web servers were attacked by cybercriminals. They just insert SQL injections or a malicious link in your site or serve up malicious content from your site," Chen said.

Story at CNET News - http://news.cnet.com/security/

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TrendMicro protect? LOL