Catbird was one of the earliest innovators in the virtualization and cloud security market, identifying the new risks and challenges in protecting the virtualized data center. In 2007 Catbird announced the first VMware-certified Virtual Security Appliance offering comprehensive virtual network security. The first Catbird appliance was deployed at banks to protect their critical assets as they moved to virtual architecture and proved out the concept of a non-invasive appliance delivering continuous protection to mission-critical production deployments.