Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance

Overview:

Web threats are growing at an exponential rate, and according to TrendLabs, nearly 50% of all legitimate sites are hosting malware. URL filtering solutions that rely on periodic updates to local databases cannot keep pace with these rapidly-evolving threats. In addition, the growing complexity of IT infrastructure and Web 2.0 add to the security challenge. Administrators lack timely, actionable information about how the Internet is being used. At the same time, IT managers face economic pressure to reduce costs while improving web security.

InterScan™ Web Security Virtual Appliance addresses all of these problems with multi-layered, multi-threat web gateway security, which combines award-winning anti-malware with dynamic web reputation, and powerful URL filtering. When deployed with Trend Micro™ Advanced Reporting and Management, your administrators gain real-time visibility of Internet activity—enabling on-the-spot risk management. You will not only improve protection but also lower your costs.

InterScan™ Web Security Virtual Appliance offers extensive deployment flexibility. The software virtual appliance can run as a dedicated software appliance on industry standard servers or as a virtual appliance running on hypervisor technology such as VMware.

Broader Web Threat Protection

• Web Reputation with Correlated Threat Data - Blocks access to malware-hosting sites, using the power of our Smart Protection Network, which correlates web, file, and email threat data in the cloud—for more complete and immediate protection
• Award-winning Antivirus and Antispyware - Scans HTTP, HTTPS, FTP traffic for viruses, spyware, and web threats; blocks outbound communications to spyware and phishing sites
• Powerful URL Filtering - Provides real-time URL filtering to block inappropriate websites with greater accuracy
• Real-time Monitoring - Provides instant visibility of employee Internet activity, enabling on-the-spot risk management
• Flexible Deployment and Integration - Offers many deployment options and ensures scalability, performance, and reliability

The Advantages of Going Virtual

• Speeds your time to protection
• Simplifies installation, configuration, maintenance
• Utilizes existing servers, greens IT, and lowers TCO
• Increases application availability and improves business continuity

Features & Benefits:

Key Benefits:

Better Protection

Stops more threats at the gateway

• Stops more threats by integrating URL filtering with web reputation, malware scanning, and applet security
• Secures HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP traffic against malicious content
• Relieves the burden on endpoint security with virus and spyware protection at the gateway

Blocks new threats in as they emerge

• Stops known and unknown threats based on in-the-cloud web reputation and locally-defined policies
• Leverages our Smart Protection Network, which correlates web, email and file threat data in real time—for greater accuracy
• Delivers instant updates so you are protected immediately

Ensures safe and proper web use

• Offers highly-accurate policy-based URL filtering, further secured by web reputation
• Provides 80+ pre-defined URL categories, making it easy to set Internet use policies
• Enables granular policy control with custom categories and exception handling
• Supports application control for managing use of popular IM and P2P apps

Less Complexity and Lower Costs

Delivers unparalleled visibility and control²

• Integrates with Trend Micro™ Advanced Reporting and Management for real-time monitoring—an industry first
• Monitors web use as it happens, enabling on-the-spot remediation
• Centralizes management of distributed web gateways across the WAN

Optimizes resources and availability

• Deploys as a virtual appliance or software appliance, supporting datacenter consolidation and standardization
• Increases utilization rates of existing servers, reducing sprawl and energy costs
• Improves security levels with quick deployment of new capacity as needed
• Speeds recovery from unplanned outages

Simplifies installation and maintenance

• Quickly deploys hardened, tuned OS and security application integrated within your enterprise hardware platform of choice
• Eliminates the headaches of OS and security updates, version control, and testing
• Offers extensive deployment options— for scalability, performance, and reliability

Key Features:

Web Reputation with Correlated Threat Data

• Blocks access to sites with malicious activity to protect against new, unknown threats in real time
• Powered by our Smart Protection Network, which checks the security of 5+ billion queries daily

Award-winning Gateway Antivirus and Antispyware

• Scans inbound and outbound HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP traffic for malware
• Prevents malware from entering your network, relieving the burden on endpoint security
• Stops virus and spyware downloads, phone home attempts, and malware tunneling

Powerful URL and Applet Filtering

• Leverages real-time URL categorization and reputation to block non-business or malicious sites
• Supports object-level blocking within dynamic web pages wuch as Web 2.0 mashups
• Stops drive-by downloads and blocks access to spyware and phishing-related websites

Real-Time Reporting and Central Management (with Advanced Reporting and Management)

• Monitors web activity as it happens—for unprecedented visibility
• Changes reporting to a proactive decision-making tool, enabling on-the-spot remediation
• Centralizes the configuration and reporting of multiple instances of the software virtual appliance

Flexible Deployment and Integration

• Offers flexible deployment options , including transparent bridge, ICAP, WCCP, forward or reverse proxy
• Ensures scalability, performance, and reliability without the cost of adding external load balancers
• Supports LDAP, Active Directory™, Syslog, and SNMP for tighter integration and lower TCO

Automatic Clean-up

• Integrates with Trend Micro™ Damage Cleanup Services to automatically remove threats

System Requirements:

For the latest system requirements for Advanced Reporting and Management and Damage Cleanup Services please refer to individual product pages

Documentation:

Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance Datasheet (.PDF)