Broadcom Introduces VMware HyperArmor, Expanding Hypervisor Security and Protections for VMware Cloud Foundation
Key Highlights
- ➤Broadcom introduced VMware HyperArmor for VMware Cloud Foundation hypervisor security
- ➤HyperArmor adds host-layer virtual patching without reboots or software upgrades
- ➤HyperArmor blocks unauthorized executables and scripts through positive security guardrails
- ➤HyperArmor integrates time-based one-time-password MFA into ESX SSH logins
- ➤VMware HyperArmor supports VMware ESX 8.x and later releases
Expert Statements
Paul Turner, Chief product officer, VMware Cloud Foundation Division, Broadcom
“Frontier AI has changed the three V's of cybersecurity threats - the volume, velocity, and variety. When attacks come at machine speed, reactive detection and patching are no longer enough”
Paul Turner, Chief product officer, VMware Cloud Foundation Division, Broadcom
“VMware HyperArmor takes a different approach by allowing only what is 'known good' to run on the host. With VMware vDefend already delivering virtual patching capabilities for the network layer of VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware HyperArmor now expands that protection around the hypervisor component itself.”
Stephen Elliot, Group Vice President, Software Development and IT Operations, IDC
“Attackers are using automation and AI to exploit infrastructure weaknesses faster than most organizations can patch, which means layered defense must extend all the way to the hypervisor as the foundation of the private cloud”
Stephen Elliot, Group Vice President, Software Development and IT Operations, IDC
“Technology leaders should prioritize preventive controls that help shrink exposure windows without disrupting production, and approaches that harden the virtualization layer natively rather than relying on external agents or post-incident detection.”
PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO), a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, today introduced VMware HyperArmor, a new software solution to help further protect the VMware ESX hypervisor component of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) against the exponential increase in cyber attack sophistication by closing exposure windows without disrupting the workloads that depend on the host.
"Frontier AI has changed the three V's of cybersecurity threats - the volume, velocity, and variety. When attacks come at machine speed, reactive detection and patching are no longer enough," said Paul Turner, chief product officer, VMware Cloud Foundation Division, Broadcom. "VMware HyperArmor takes a different approach by allowing only what is 'known good' to run on the host. With VMware vDefend already delivering virtual patching capabilities for the network layer of VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware HyperArmor now expands that protection around the hypervisor component itself."
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