VMware is embedding network detection visibility capabilities into Carbon Black Cloud's endpoint protection platform, the software company announced during the VMware Explore 2022 conference (formerly VMworld) in San Francisco, California.MSSPs that run Carbon Black can leverage the new capabilities without making changes to infrastructure or endpoints, VMware indicated.The launch of Project Northstar for multi-cloud networking, security and end-to-end visibility; Project Trinidad to extend and advance VMware’s API security and analytics; and Project Watch, a "new approach to multi-cloud networking and security that provides advanced app to app policy controls," the company said. The security news surfaces as Broadcom seeks to finalize its $61 billion buyout of VMware. The pending deal has triggered some concerns among MSSPs that run VMware Carbon Black security software. Indeed, Broadcom is best known as an enterprise technology provider with a strong direct sales motion.
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VMware Carbon Black MSSPs Gain Network Detection Security Capabilities
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 03: A sign is posted in front of a Broadcom office on June 03, 2021 in San Jose, California. Chipmaker Broadcom will report second quarter earnings today after the closing bell and is expected to beat analyst expectations. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Joe Panettieri is co-founder & editorial director of MSSP Alert and ChannelE2E, the two leading news & analysis sites for managed service providers in the cybersecurity market.
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