VMware AppDefense (discontinued) Reviews and Ratings

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is being used to add another layer of security in our data center. AppDefense so far has given IT the visibility inside the managed Virtual Machines and what processes are running. It gives us the ability to be alerted if new or rogue processes are running and if those processes are communicating to public IP and which port.

Likelihood to Recommend

We have a small IT team, so the added visibility of seeing processing inside the virtual machine is an added benefit. To be able to lock down more infrastructure for secure proposes is an added benefit.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is presently being used at our corporate site to provide an additional layer of security.

Likelihood to Recommend

I believe it's well suited for SMB's that have a larger number of VM's/hosts as well as an antivirus vendor that hooks into AppDefense.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our current organization goals revolve around improving security and easing the manageability of our systems, two things that often don't correlate with each other. Some items of that process include building a more robust RBAC model, micro-segmenting our network and gaining 24/7 visibility of what's happening on our VMs. To accomplish those goals, we landed on using the combination of AppDefense, NSX and Carbon Black. NSX with its Active Directory integration greatly limited the East/West exposure to each of our VMs. Once we ironed out the connections needed for each VM we monitored a 30, 60, and 90 day baseline with AppDefense and Carbon Black. It was noisy in the beginning but once established we have better visibility to our VMs when something out of the ordinary is happening.

Likelihood to Recommend

Being a VMware product, AppDefense has the advantage of compatibility with all of the VMware product feature updates and patches ( ESXi, NSX, vCenter, etc.). Paired with Carbon Black, it's resource overhead is well-tuned compared to traditional antivirus products.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

VMware AppDefense is being used across the organization to protect internal assets from lateral movement in case of a breach. We have a mixed environment of virtual machines. We have virtual machines dedicated to our clients, in addition to server virtual machines that provide services to all of our employees and clients.

Likelihood to Recommend

VMware AppDefense appears to be well suited for environments where the number of expected applications in use and network connections remains fairly static (i.e. highly secured environments). Even in our case, our processes are mostly static but still required a lot of initial input to get rules set up correctly.

VMware AppDefense does not currently seem well suited for environments that have a lot of dynamic processes and network connections.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Currently NAES has been deployed at the corporate headquarters with plans to roll out to remote offices and subsidiaries. Our initial use is to gain visibility into our east-west traffic in preparation for implementing NSX. We also use it to alert us to anomalous behaviors.

Likelihood to Recommend

I believe that the product is priced well enough that a small business that is concerned with data center security can justify using the product. My environment hasn't scaled up very far yet, but I am a little concerned that when we get to a certain point, the management console will get full and be more difficult to track. An enterprise customer might see that as a problem.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

AppDefense is used across the organization. It monitors "normal" application activity in the city and notifies if there is any abnormal activity detected. <span style="letter-spacing: -0.15px; word-spacing: 0.35px;">It gives us further view into the connections to an application or system and the ports that are used.</span>

Likelihood to Recommend

<ul><li>Critical applications.</li><li> Monitors internal application function. provides granular information on connectivity.</li></ul>

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

VMware AppDefense is installed in our virtual environment on all of our Windows VMs. It protects servers across multiple departments in the whole organization. It provides a layer of protection and visibility against bad server processes.

Likelihood to Recommend

If you have a virtual environment, then VMware AppDefense is a cost-effective additional layer of security that can easily be added to that environment. It provides valuable visibility and protection into the processed running on your VMs. It is sold per socket, so if you don't have many VMs on your host it wouldn't be as cost effective.