CANNES, France, February 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Securing Private and Public Cloud Resources, Third Brigade Free 
Software Protects Virtual Machines in 29 Countries to Help Mitigate Risks

VMworld Europe -- Third Brigade (http://www.thirdbrigade.com), experts in
server and application protection, today announced it is demonstrating its
Third Brigade VM Protection software in the VMware vCloud Pavilion. Third
Brigade will showcase free software for cloud computing security in VMware
infrastructure-based private cloud environments, on vCloud service providers,
as well as on public cloud services such as Amazon EC2. This demonstrated
flexibility maximizes cloud deployment choices available to organizations.
Third Brigade VM Protection, already in use in 29 countries, is an ideal
solution for CIOs pursuing cloud computing initiatives and for organizations
having to respond today to targeted cloud deployments.

"Many business units will be deploying cloud resources in 2009, whether
CIOs know it or not," said Bill McGee, vice president of products and
technology at Third Brigade. "Cloud computing requires a shift away from
exclusive reliance on traditional perimeter security measures, and a
recognition that with the speed and ease of cloud computing, more and more
business resources will be placed in private or public cloud environments."

Cloud computing presents IT professionals with unique security and
compliance challenges, and Third Brigade is committed to providing solutions
specifically developed to help mitigate these risks. Third Brigade VM
Protection software promotes safer cloud deployments by protecting the
virtual machines that are created for, or moved to, cloud environments. VM
Protection enables active, auditable security policies to be applied to these
virtual machines.

Ideal for use by enterprises and service providers in order to fully
utilize their virtualization environments, Third Brigade VM Protection
provides:

-- IDS, Firewall, Integrity Monitoring and Log Inspection
    -- Out-of-the box configurations (security profiles) for Microsoft(R)
       Windows(R) and Red Hat(R) 5 Linux servers
    -- Integration with VMware(R) vCenter(TM) to achieve efficient enterprise
       deployment
    -- Seamless migration to Third Brigade Deep Security for enhanced
       protection and additional support for PCI compliance

Multiple layers of protection are combined in a single software agent to
increase security and gain visibility into malicious activity targeting
virtual machines. Third Brigade VM Protection deploys quickly, is centrally
managed, and is integrated with VMware vCenter to simplify deployment. More
information on the Third Brigade VM Protection free software can be found on
the VMware website at:
http://www.vmware.com/security/resources/thirdbrigade.html. Visit the Third
Brigade pod in the VMware vCloud Pavilion at VMworld Europe to witness a live
demonstration of cloud computing security in action.

For more information download the white paper "Cloud Computing Security:
Making Virtual Machines Cloud-Ready" at
http://resources.thirdbrigade.com/cloudcomputingsecuritywp/.

About Third Brigade

Third Brigade (http://www.thirdbrigade.com) specializes in server and
application protection for dynamic datacenters. Our advanced software and
vulnerability response service allows virtual machines and physical servers
to become self-defending; safe from the latest online threats. This
comprehensive, proven protection helps customers prevent data breaches and
business disruptions. It enables compliance, supports operational cost
reductions and addresses the dynamic nature of datacenters, including
virtualization and consolidation, new service delivery models, or cloud
computing. Third Brigade also owns and maintains OSSEC, the Open Source Host
Intrusion Detection Project actively used in 50 countries around the world.
Third Brigade. That's control.

Note: "Third Brigade", "Deep Security Solutions", and the Third Brigade
logo are trademarks of Third Brigade, Inc. and may be registered in certain
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