McAfee vNSP is a full featured next-generation IPS solution ready for the unique demands of cloud environments. It is an intelligent security solution that discovers and blocks sophisticated threats in the network with unmatched speed, accuracy, and simplicity. Combined with network virtualization and security platforms, vNSP solution delivers best-in-class enterprise security against sophisticated attacks on virtual infrastructures.

To protect your virtual machines in the AWS environment, the following vNSP solution components are deployed:

Network Security Manager: It is the web based user interface that is used to manage the Virtual IPS Sensor and vNSP Controller. You can create and manage policies against attacks detected by the Sensors.

Virtual IPS Sensor: This is the Network Security Sensor that protects the network against harmful attacks. It inspects the traffic and generates alerts in the Network Security Manager in case of attacks.

vNSP Controller: This is the central enforcement point for all network and security policies. It is a centralized manager that controls all Virtual Probes installed on the instances in the cloud environment. It can be configured in the Network Security Manager.