VMware Security & Compliance

The enterprise technology landscape is undergoing a radical transformation, and at its core is the modern data center. Virtual machines (VMs) and agile Kubernetes-based environments have long served as the foundation of this infrastructure. However, as companies deploy artificial intelligence in daily business operations, they must aggressively expand their AI ecosystems to handle highly resource-intensive … Continued The post VMware vDefend IDPS: Securing Private Cloud Workloads in the Age of Frontier AI appeared first on VMware Security Blog.

New enhancements include a prescriptive workflow to accelerate Advanced Threat Prevention (ATP) deployment, an on-premises Malware Prevention System, comprehensive air-gapped support, an AI Assistant for firewall operations, major performance gains for the Distributed Firewall and Intrusion Detection and Prevention Service (IDPS), and automated migration tooling. Earlier in May, VMware vDefend delivered Self-Service Lateral Security for … Continued The post VMware vDefend Advances Multi-Layer Lateral Security, Deployment Automation and Performance for the Frontier AI Era appeared first on VMware Security Blog.

Ready to learn how to secure your private cloud workloads against a new wave of AI-driven threats while accelerating your Private Cloud and App modernization journey? VMware Explore returns to the Venetian Convention and Expo Center in Las Vegas from August 31 – Sep. 03, 2026. Step into the next generation of enterprise infrastructure and … Continued The post VMware vDefend Sessions at VMware Explore 2026 appeared first on VMware Security Blog.

VMware vDefend directly conforms to NIST CSF, HIPAA, and PCI DSS requirements, providing organizations with the critical controls needed to satisfy regulatory mandates and mitigate modern threats. Regulatory compliance has become a strategic imperative across all industry sectors due to a growing global focus on data privacy, supply chain transparency, and operational resilience. This urgency … Continued The post Validated Compliance: VMware vDefend Conforms with NIST CSF, HIPAA and PCI DSS appeared first on VMware Security Blog.

In the past, data center security mostly relied on perimeter protection—”building walls” to keep bad actors out. Today, safeguarding the data center’s “east-west” or lateral traffic traversing within applications and data is just as critical. Threat actors are leveraging “Frontier AI” security models to automate and accelerate attacks against private cloud workloads.  To help enterprises … Continued The post Introducing VMware vDefend Lateral Security Design Blueprints for VCF 9.1 appeared first on VMware Security Blog.

We would like to bring your attention to a security bulletin from AMD: AMD-SN-2001: Ionic Driver Vulnerabilities. The bulletin details three vulnerabilities — CVE-2025-62623, CVE-2025-62624, and CVE-2025-62627 — present in the AMD ionic cloud driver for VMware ESX. These issues affect ESX hosts using AMD-Pensando DPU (Data Processing Unit) products. We strongly encourage you to … Continued The post AMD Ionic Driver Vulnerabilities Affecting VMware ESX appeared first on VMware Security Blog.

Update, July 29, 2026 Today, Broadcom has released the following new VMware security advisory: VMSA-2026-0006 – VMware ESX, vCenter, Workstation, and Fusion updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-59309, CVE-2026-59310, CVE-2026-47876, CVE-2026-41703, CVE-2026-41709) The advisory documents the remediation of the Critical severity vulnerability (VMXNET3 out-of-bounds write vulnerability- CVE-2026-47876) demonstrated at the Pwn2Own 2026 hacking contest. Customers should review … Continued The post VMware at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 appeared first on VMware Security Blog.

New enhancements include Self-Service Lateral Security with VCF Automation, Unified Lateral Threat Prevention for VMs and VKS Workloads, High-Performance Threat Prevention with IDPS Turbo Mode, and Enhanced Distributed Firewall capabilities. The rapid adoption of production AI workloads is reshaping the enterprise technology landscape, driving the growth of Kubernetes environments alongside existing VM-based infrastructure. As organizations … Continued The post VMware vDefend for VCF 9.1: Zero Trust Lateral Security for the AI Era appeared first on VMware Security Blog.

This article was originally published December 2025 in:     Hugely disruptive ransomware attacks can be thwarted by distributed lateral security embedded at the private cloud level, using macro- and micro-segmentation and integrated threat detection and prevention. Ransomware attacks in 2025 have caused business operations to close for weeks and months resulting in massive financial … Continued The post Breaking the Ransomware Kill Chain: Why Distributed Lateral Security Is No Longer Optional appeared first on VMware Security Blog.

As the digital landscape enters the age of Artificial Intelligence, the traditional methods of securing applications are being fundamentally challenged. The emergence of advanced AI models has shifted the advantage towards attackers. With AI, even a novice attacker is now weaponized into a sophisticated hacker while operating semi-autonomously at very low cost, and unprecedented scale. … Continued The post Virtual Patching: Guarding Against a Tsunami of AI-discovered Exploits with vDefend and Avi appeared first on VMware Security Blog.