SBI entrusts Trend Micro with end-point and server security

Trend Micro has deployed its’ Endpoint and server security solutions across more than 26000 branches of SBI in and outside India and over 275,000 endpoints. Trend Micro also secures 29,000 VM’s (Virtual Machines). With this, six among India’s 10 largest banks have become Trend Micro customers now.

“We have partnered with Trend Micro for their Endpoint, Gateway and Data Centre Security solutions. To secure our ‘crown jewels’ that are going to be hosted on these virtualized servers, we are also in the process of securing Trend Micro’s Data Centre Security solution – Deep Security that provides host based security capabilities such as Virtual Patching that detects and patches vulnerabilities automatically across all OS and Applications on the fly. This solution requires no down time to deploy and can be used across physical, virtual and cloud platforms,” said Mrutyunjay Mahapatra, DMD and CIO, SBI.

“While the attacks are real and only increasing day by day, Banks need to ensure that they have a robust framework in place to counter and contain these attacks. Globally as well as an India, the focus by hackers is on compromising the company’s digital assets, with a clear financial interest. The banking and financial industry is a key vertical for us, and for hackers it holds a goldmine of opportunity. We are confident that our endpoint security solutions will greatly enhance SBI’s security capabilities and keep hackers at bay,” said Mahendra Negi, Group CFO, Trend Micro.