Altor Networks is first virtual firewall
Altor Networks builds a firewall targeted at VMware virtual machines/servers. The Redwood City, Calif., startup competes head to head with security companies like Check Point, McAfee or Symantec.
However, CEO Amir Ben-Efraim, presenting at Dow Jones Technology Showcase conference this week, dismissed its competitors as trying to repurpose old technologies and solutions for this new and exciting new virtualised world.
“Our product is the first purpose-built virtual firewall. It secures virtual machines inside servers and allows live migration of virtual machines. Something that none of our competitors can do,” said Ben-Efraim, a former head of business development at Check Point Software.
Unique to Altor Networks is its partnering philosophy. The company “off-load” key security functions like intrusion detection (IDS), log management or network behaviour analysis to companies like Juniper Networks, Arcsight or Mazu Networks.
