#1 most frequent
Italy
50.0%1 installation of 2
What is VMware AppDefense (discontinued)?
VMware AppDefense was a hypervisor-native workload protection platform for enterprise virtualization and security teams, used to deliver a secure virtual infrastructure and simplify micro-segmentation planning by providing application visibility, reputation scoring, and security. The product is discontinued, and no longer available.
Categories & Use Cases
Who Buys & Uses VMware AppDefense (discontinued)
#2 most frequent
United States of America
50.0%1 installation of 2
Innovative Approach to Application Behavior Monitoring
Pros
- I think that the AppDefense approach is clever and sets it apart from other products. Having a baseline of normal behavior that I can see is something I haven't seen in another product before.
- AppDefense doesn't overload my systems with performance draining agents.
- AppDefense integrates with VMWare products I have or plan to purchase.
- Access to AppDefense support has been better than any other VMWare products.
Cons
- The installation and update process is time consuming and requires too many reboots.
- Bare metal support is very badly needed.
- Reporting is weak. I need to pull information out that shows regulatory compliance requirements are being satisfied.
- When I whitelist or blacklist a process there are no fields to track why that decision was made.
- Blacklisting doesn't do what I thought it was doing.
- Some basic AV should be included to satisfy regulatory requirements.
Return on Investment
- Going from no visibility into this area, we have mostly gained positive impacts. So far the only security issues we have seen were on one of the few bare metal systems that we have.
Other Software Used
vCenter Site Recovery Manager
knowledge is power
Pros
- More visibility into my VM environment
Cons
- Notification: send an email or a text for any alerts
Return on Investment
- Positive: more information. Another tool to help manage - monitor the environment
Other Software Used
vRealize Suite, Veeam Availability Suite, Veeam Backup & Replication
First year on AppDefense
Pros
- Understanding normalized operations and resource usage of VMs at the guest level
- Fine grain control of of guest level operations
Cons
- Steep learning and a lot of moving pieces
- Very new product and Carbon Black is the only 3rd party vendor that can integrate
- Limited information and training. We've never been to VMworld but it was barely mentioned at the VMUG UserCons we've attended
Return on Investment
- As with everything now, automation is key. AppDefense effectively monitors the activity on all our VMs, freeing administrators to work on more projects
- Makes it much easier to diagnose issues when system are not running as intended
Alternatives Considered
Sophos Intercept X and Trend Micro Deep Discovery Analyzer
Other Software Used
VMware NSX, Lansweeper, Veeam Availability Suite
VMware AppDefense makes sense and is easy to deploy
Pros
- Configuration and deployment were simple.
- Consuming the data from the OS and presenting it to the user with simplicity.
- AppDefense Manager has built in Online Chat Support, so it is easy to reach a representative for assistance.
Cons
- PowerShell functionality.
- Sorting results in some areas are not applicable.
- Email alerting through AppDefense Manager does not exist, but support has said it is a feature to come.
Return on Investment
- For the cost of the upgrade to vSphere Platinum compared to the costs we were already paying for vSphere Enterprise Plus with Operations Management was comparable. It made sense to upgrade and with that, we received the added features of AppDefense.
Thoughts and Insights about VMware AppDefense
Pros
- Easy to install and maintain.
- Easy to interpret GUI to access status.
- Very good support.
Cons
- New product had some growing pains.
- Email notifications need to be added.
- Upgrade process needs to be more automatic.
Return on Investment
- It's had a positive impact of an added layer in our multi layer approach to security.
- Positive in its visibility that it creates into running server processes.
- No negative impacts that I've seen.
Other Software Used
Fortinet FortiGate