On the 27th episode of the show, I’m joined by Stijn Vanveerdeghem, Senior Technical Product Manager at VMware.    Distributed IPS/IDS (Intrusion Prevention and Detection System) on NSX-T was one of the biggest announcements at VMworld 2019 Europe. Stijn is the Technical Product Manager behind this feature and he took the time to explain us what VMware is bringing to the security market and what are the distinctive benefits that customers can gain from using this feature.   You can reach out to Stijn via LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stijnvanv/).    Virtual Stack is available on all major apps: Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher and more. Hope you enjoy the show. As usual, feel free to share your feedback via Twitter (@emregirici), LinkedIn or virtualstack.tech.   Show notes:

• 02:00 - Intro
• 04:45 - What did VMware announce in VMworld 2019 Europe?
• 07:50 - What is IPS/IDS and what is the difference between IDS/IPS and a Firewall and NGFW (Next-gen FW)
• 15:00 - Can you talk about the use cases for Distributed IDS?
• 21:00 - What additional benefits does VMware bring to the customer?
• 29:15 - Can you tell us a bit more about the Architecture?
• 35:30 - What are the NSX-T IPS/IDS signatures based on?
• 37:15 - What about the general availability?
• 38:30 - Closing notes

Links:

• VMworld 2019 Europe session: What's New with NSX-T Micro-Segmentation (SAI2565BE)(IPS/IDS is covered at the end)
• Official Product Page 
• VMware Blog about the feature announcement