Trend Micro Secures Virtual, Cloud Servers

Trend Micro Secures Virtual, Cloud Servers

Trend Micro plans to roll out a new version of its IT security software to help IT companies in the hard task of monitoring servers and protect them, whether physical, virtual, or cloud-based, from modern malware threats.
"The market for malware writers has changed," said Harish Agastya, director of server security for Trend Micro. "It's now profit motivated. It's about writing malware that's sophisticated and stealthy, so it can live on your software without declaring its existence."



Most data centers today employ server virtualization technology, but virtual machines tend to be less secure than physical hardware. Trend Micro receives about 1,500 unique malware samples per hour today, up from about 600 per hour in 2004.