Layer7 Networks × Trend Micro

Multi-layered threat protection across endpoints, cloud workloads, email, and network — unified through XDR.

About Trend Micro

Trend Micro is a global cybersecurity leader whose Vision One platform delivers extended detection and response (XDR) across endpoints, servers, cloud workloads, email, and network layers. Their approach — correlated threat intelligence across multiple attack surfaces — enables security teams to detect sophisticated attacks that single-layer products miss, and respond with full kill-chain visibility.

The Trend Micro portfolio includes Apex One for endpoint protection and EDR, Deep Security and Cloud One for server and container workload protection, Email Security for advanced threat filtering, and TippingPoint for network IPS. Vision One unifies telemetry from all these sensors into a single detection and response platform, with automated investigation, guided response playbooks, and zero-day threat intelligence from Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) — the world’s largest vendor-agnostic vulnerability discovery programme.

Trend Micro protects over 500,000 organisations globally and has consistently led in independent evaluations for server security, cloud workload protection, and email security. Their strength in protecting virtualised and containerised workloads makes them particularly relevant for organisations with significant VMware, AWS, Azure, or Kubernetes deployments.

Why Layer7 Chose Trend Micro

Layer7 selected Trend Micro because their platform excels precisely where many competitors are weakest: server workload protection, cloud security posture management, and email-borne threat prevention. For clients running heavy virtualisation (VMware environments), containerised microservices, or hybrid cloud infrastructure, Trend Micro’s Deep Security and Cloud One products provide purpose-built protection that generic endpoint tools cannot match.

The Vision One XDR platform aligns with Layer7’s security operations philosophy — correlated detection across multiple telemetry sources produces higher-fidelity alerts and faster mean-time-to-respond than siloed tools generating disconnected alerts. When an email delivers a payload that executes on an endpoint and moves laterally to a server, Vision One traces the full attack chain automatically.

Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative also provides a concrete intelligence advantage. ZDI discovers and responsibly discloses more zero-day vulnerabilities than any other programme, and Trend Micro customers receive virtual patches through Deep Security and TippingPoint before public patches are available. For our clients, this means protection against exploits in the critical window between disclosure and patching.

How Layer7 Delivers Trend Micro

• Endpoint Protection Deployment: Rollout of Trend Micro Apex One across workstations and laptops, with EDR sensors, behavioural analysis, and virtual patching enabled from day one.

• Server and Cloud Workload Security: Implementation of Deep Security or Cloud One for virtualised servers, container workloads, and cloud instances — including intrusion prevention, integrity monitoring, log inspection, and anti-malware.

• Email Security Gateway: Deployment of Trend Micro Email Security for inbound/outbound threat filtering, sandboxing, BEC detection, and URL rewriting — protecting against phishing, ransomware delivery, and credential harvesting.

• Vision One XDR Integration: Configuration of the Vision One platform to ingest telemetry from all Trend Micro sensors, with custom detection rules, automated investigation playbooks, and Layer7 SOC integration.

• Virtual Patching: Deployment of intrusion prevention rules that protect vulnerable systems from exploitation before vendor patches can be applied — particularly critical for legacy systems and extended patch cycles.

• Cloud Security Posture Management: Configuration of Cloud One Conformity for continuous assessment of AWS, Azure, and GCP environments against security best practices and compliance frameworks.