SOLUTION BRIEF SDN SECURITY FOR VMWARE DATA CENTER ENVIRONMENTS Purpose-built virtual security appliances will be increasingly used alongside hardware appliances to secure enterprise data centers, which are becoming increasingly dynamic due to rapid adoption of server virtualization and SDN SDN Security for VMware Data Center Environments Fortinet X with VMware Network Extensibility (NetX) API Controller Integration X is a Fortinet Virtual Appliance Solution for VMware that provides purpose-built integration for VMware-only environments, and interoperability with, vcns (vcloud Networking and Security), or NSX. It provides visibility into Virtualized Network traffi c on the hypervisor through direct API-level integration, and management orchestration to secure workloads in dynamic software-defi ned networks and infrastructure without protection and compliance gaps. Fortinet In-Guest Virtual Machines for Perimeter Security Fortinet offers a security solution for cloud and software-defi ned data centers and protects virtualized applications while enhancing the elasticity and mobility benefi ts of virtualization. It combines state-of-the-art network security and agentless monitoring to provide application protection. Benefi ts Next-generation fi rewall and threat prevention for VMware Automatic inspection on inter-vm network traffi c with hypervisor-level integration Real-time security policy orchestration for VM deployment Security rules and policies are provisioned on-demand as ESXi hosts and VMs are added Support VM migration to ensure security persistency 1
Today s Security Hardening Trend of Virtualization With virtualization and cloud computing technology, IT can provision Virtual Machines (VMs) to run a web application within minutes at a fraction of the cost of physical machines. Fortinet supports server virtualization platforms like VMware, Hyper-V, Xen, and KVM. There are a number of reasons why server virtualization has been so benefi cial, including hardware cost savings and decreased data center footprint. Fortinet Security VM Products Simply replacing hardware appliances with software ports running on VMs helps to improve cost and introduce data center agility. For more information on the current VM-centric security solution, download the solution brief http://www.fortinet.com/resource_center/solution_briefs/ fortinet_virtual_appliance_solutions.html. Service Provider/ Cloud Provider Remote Office/ Branch Office CLOUD FortiWeb-VM Web Application Firewall FortiADC-VM Application Delivery Controllers FortiCache-VM High-Performance Caching FortiMail-VM Messaging Security FortiClient X FortiAuthenticator-VM User Identity Management FortiGuard Services FortiManager-VM Centralized Management FortiAnalyzer-VM Logging and Reporting FortiVoice-VM Phone Systems FortiRecorder-VM Video Security Surveillance Headquarters Current Fortinet Virtual Appliances 2 www.fortinet.com
Software-Defi ned Networking (SDN) Security Data Center Networking is going through a major overhaul driven by virtualization (server compute and storage) and convergence (data, I/O, and control network). Current work on network virtualization is focused on the Layer 2/3 infrastructure level, leaving advanced application features, such as content fi rewall and network IPS/IDS, to either hardware hair-pinning or software appliances complementing hardware-based services in the network. Rigid infrastructure will soon become the bottleneck as a new generation of applications demands a fully elastic platform in the cloud, public, hybrid, or private. Purpose Built for and vcloud Networking and Security X is based on the latest version of the Fortinet FortiOS, a security-hardened, purpose-built operating system, which delivers the advanced protection and performance that standalone products simply cannot match. It supports all the advanced NGFW/UTM features of FortiOS. IT administrators set IPS/IDS, AV, web fi ltering, etc., policies just as they would in any FortiOS deployment. Fortinet services work together as a system to provide better visibility and mitigation of the latest network and application threats, stopping attacks before damage can occur. This ensures the product is deployed from all ESXi hypervisors. X is a virtual appliance solution for VMware environments that provides purpose-built integration for VMware s Software-Defi ned Data Center (SDDC) and interoperability with and vcloud Networking and Security. X Supported Security Features Firewall Intrusion Prevention Web Filtering WAN Optimization Antivirus Email Filter Application Control Data Loss Prevention Explicit Proxy How Does it Work? 1 7 2 5 1 Initiate communication with vcenter Server 2 Register Fortinet as security service with vcns Manager 3 Auto-deploy X to all hosts in security cluster 4 X connects with X Service Manager 3 5 License verification and configuration synchronization with X 4 8 6 Kernel agent creation and default redirection rules for each host cluster 7 Real-time updates of object database 6 vdistributed Switch VMware Kernel VMware Kernel 8 Push policy synchronization to all X deployed in cluster vcenter Server 3
SOLUTION BRIEF: SDN SECURITY FOR VMWARE DATACENTER ENVIRONMENTS Leveraging a shared object database with VMware vcenter for easy creation of security policies, X makes process-intensive deployment of security services and policy enforcement with greater agility. X also supports live migrations of applications within clustered environments. With the VMware NSX compatibility integration, any host added will embrace the security zone policy, and these updates are real-time and dynamic for newly created services without normal time lag in the paper trail requests. With NetX API providing backward compatibility to VMware NSX manager, X can provide network visibility and inspection on East-West network traffic among VMs instantly. Secured by FortiGuard Beyond the platform integration, FortiGuard can be implemented to provide a continuous protection model in the integration with real-time sandboxing detecting new malware variants. FortiGuard helps recognize suspect content exhibiting malicious attributes, and investigate accordingly. X offers seamless Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS) for Enterprise, Cloud, and Private Cloud: USE CASE The solution provides protection against network-level threats, detects and blocks attacks in real time, packet logging and attacker quarantine, and automated updates from the proven Fortinet Global Threat Research Team. Benefits Antivirus / Anti-spyware (AV) Protection against virus, spyware, worms, and other forms of malware Set and forget functionality to reduce security management overhead Automated content updates from FortiGuard virus, spyware, and heuristic detection engines USE CASE X inserts a virtual filter between vnic of the protected VM and the virtual switch (i.e. hypervisor-based security) resulting in a fully automated deployment of security services and policies. It provides dynamic security policy updates to enforce policy on newly created VMs (services) without requiring notification of the security administrator. Benefits Data loss prevention Identification and control over data in motion RegEx-based matching engine Common file format inspection Content archiving Firewall WAN optimization Web filtering Application control Email filter 4 www.fortinet.com
The integrated solution provides full next-generation security functionality in one platform, accommodating different network and security functions. And the IT administrator does not need to guess how much network security is required. The joint integrated solution is the most costeffective, simplified, and secure approach to apply security policies when any hypervisor is provisioned on-demand. Virtual Appliance VMware Citrix Open Source Amazon Microsoft v4.0/4.1 v5.0 v5.1 v5.5 Xen Server v5.6 SP2 Xen Server v6.0 Xen KVM AWS Hyper-V 2008 R2 Hyper-V 2012 FortiManager-VM FortiAnalyzer-VM FortiWeb-VM FortiMail-VM FortiAuthenticator-VM FortiADC-VM FortiCache-VM FortiVoice-VM FortiRecorder-VM FortiSandbox-VM X Also available as pay-as-you-go licensing option. GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS Fortinet Inc. 899 Kifer Road Sunnyvale, CA 94086 United States Tel: +1.408.235.7700 www.fortinet.com/sales EMEA SALES OFFICE 120 rue Albert Caquot 06560, Sophia Antipolis, France Tel: +33.4.8987.0510 APAC SALES OFFICE 300 Beach Road 20-01 The Concourse Singapore 199555 Tel: +65.6513.3730 LATIN AMERICA SALES OFFICE Prol. Paseo de la Reforma 115 Int. 702 Col. Lomas de Santa Fe, C.P. 01219 Del. Alvaro Obregón México D.F. Tel: 011-52-(55) 5524-8480 Copyright 2015 Fortinet, Inc. All rights reserved. Fortinet, FortiGate, FortiCare and FortiGuard, and certain other marks are registered trademarks of Fortinet, Inc., and other Fortinet names herein may also be registered and/or common law trademarks of Fortinet. All other product or company names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Performance and other metrics contained herein were attained in internal lab tests under ideal conditions, and actual performance and other resultsmay vary. Network variables, different network environments and other conditions may affect performance results. Nothing herein represents any binding commitment by Fortinet, and Fortinet disclaims all warranties, whether express or implied, except to the extent Fortinet enters a binding written contract, signed by Fortinet s General Counsel, with a purchaser that expressly warrants that the identified product will perform according to certain expressly-identified performance metrics and, in such event, only the specific performance metrics expressly identified in such binding written contract shall be binding on Fortinet. For absolute clarity, any such warranty will be limited to performance in the same ideal conditions as in Fortinet s internal lab tests. Fortinet disclaims in full any covenants, representations,and guarantees pursuant hereto, whether express or implied. Fortinet reserves the right to change, modify, transfer, or otherwise revise this publication without notice, and the most current version of the publication shall be applicable.