VMware vShield Endpoint - license

VMware vShield Endpoint strengthens security for virtual machines while improving performance for endpoint protection by orders of magnitude. vShield Endpoint offloads antivirus and anti-malware agent processing to a dedicated secure virtual appliance delivered by VMware partners. The solution is designed to leverage existing investments by allowing customers to manage antivirus and anti-malware policies for virtualized environments with the same management interfaces they use to secure physical environments.

VMware vShield Endpoint optimizes antivirus and other host and endpoint security for use in VMware vSphere, and VMware View, environments. Offload key antivirus and anti-malware functions to a hardened, tamperproof security virtual machine, eliminating agent footprint. The robust and secure hypervisor introspection capabilities in vSphere prevent compromise of the antivirus and anti-malware service. vShield Endpoint plugs directly into vSphere and consists of hardened secure virtual appliance (delivered by VMware partners), a driver for virtual machines to offload file events, and VMware Endpoint security (EPSEC) to link the first two components at the hypervisor layer.