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IBM aims to secure clouds and virtual networks

At RSA security conference, Big Blue unveils products and services and plans security architecture for protecting hosted data and virtual networks.

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Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service and the Associated Press.
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SAN FRANCISCO--IBM on Tuesday introduced cloud security services and said it is initiating a company-wide project to develop a security architecture for hosted computing.

The company, which made the announcements at the RSA security conference, also unveiled an appliance designed to protect virtual network segments. Proventia Virtualized Network Security Platform, an appliance that includes intrusion prevention, Web application protection, and network policy enforcement.

IBM also announced:

  • Proventia Web application firewall, which is embedded into the IBM ISS Proventia portfolio of products and which acts as a virtual application patching mechanism.

  • Malware scanning for IBM Rational AppScan, which allows users to automatically scan Web sites for embedded malware.

  • IBM Tivoli Identity and Access Assurance, which offers centralized identity, access and audit services for corporations.

  • IBM Tivoli Data and Application Security, designed to mitigate privacy and compliance risks by encrypting data stored on tapes and disks.

  • IBM Tivoli Security Management for z/OS, which features centralized management for mainframes.