Catbird® vSecurity® Now Available for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Catbird, the leader in next-generation virtual security and compliance, announced today that the company has added support for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization in line with the launch of the 3.0 version of the Red Hat portfolio.  Catbird delivers comprehensive network security and compliance reporting on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0, including a Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW).

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"Security is consistently among the top concerns for customers transforming their data center to virtual and cloud," said Tamar Newberger, VP of Marketing for Catbird. "We support the public exchange of ideas around securing virtual and cloud systems and understand the importance of interoperability particularly as it applies to security. We see great value in the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization portfolio and are pleased to support Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization today for our customers."

"Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 provides an open alternative to enterprises with a strong balance of enterprise virtualization management features, performance and scalability for Linux and Windows workloads, at a lower cost than proprietary alternatives," said Navin Thadani, senior director, Virtualization Business at Red Hat.  "We are excited to extend the value of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization with support from Catbird for its security and compliance technologies."

Catbird vSecurity improves security while simplifying operations, maintenance, and compliance – at a fraction of the cost of traditional enterprise security.

Catbird vSecurity on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 brings a broad set of essential security controls to virtualized data centers, including logical zoning with micro-segmentation, application awareness, configuration security, and continuous compliance.  Catbird vSecurity TrustZones® delivers a Next-Generation Firewall with policy automation and positive assurance of controls. Catbird's broad protection includes IDS/IPS, Vulnerability and Configuration Management, and NAC. Catbird's security event analytics measure continuous compliance for the industry-leading regulatory standards such as PCI, HIPAA, FISMA, COBIT, and DIACAP.

To download a free evaluation version of Catbird vSecurity, go to http://www.catbird.com/demo. To learn more about Catbird's industry-leading, comprehensive security solutions for virtual and cloud environments, visit http://www.catbird.com. Follow Catbird on Twitter at @CatbirdSecurity, or Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/catbirdsecurevirtualization.  To download a free, fully supported 60-day trial of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0, visit www.redhat.com/rhev3.

About Catbird (www.catbird.com)

Catbird is the industry leader in comprehensive security and compliance for virtualized, cloud and physical environments, a winner of four Best of Show Finalist Awards at VMworld 2010, 2009 and 2008 and SC Magazine's Innovator of the Year for virtualization security 2011. Via Catbird vSecurity and the "Catbird" virtual appliance, Catbird is the only company delivering best-practice security for Hypervisor, Guest VMs and Policy/Regulatory Security Compliance. As companies migrate mainstream servers and desktops to virtual environments, uncertainty over security and compliance can impact deployment plans. Catbird's protection eliminates these worries and keeps virtualization plans on track. Founded in 2000 by Internet pioneer Ron Lachman, the company's innovative technology protects tens of thousands of customer systems and networks who rely on Catbird and its partners to protect their valuable IT assets from external and internal threats. The private company is based in Silicon Valley.

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