Science & Tech · Cybersecurity · 1 hr ago
VMware plans paid HyperArmor tool as patch releases speed up
VMware has moved to monthly software updates for VMware Cloud Foundation, partly to address flaws found with AI.
Customers had struggled to test patches quickly enough, so the company says they need more time to manage changes.
Its new tool, HyperArmor, is an add-on for VMware Cloud Foundation.
It can block traffic linked to attempts to exploit vulnerabilities without changing the affected software.
It can also reject changes to known good system settings unless a person approves them.
To help prevent attackers with stolen privileged credentials from taking over an ESX hypervisor, HyperArmor requires a second authentication step alongside SSH credentials.
VMware plans to sell the tool separately, and Broadcom's Symantec and Carbon Black businesses developed it.
VMware plans to sell HyperArmor as a paid add-on to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).
The tool is intended to help customers manage security risks as VMware moves to monthly software updates.
HyperArmor is designed to block malicious traffic, prevent unauthorized changes to known good VCF states and require multi-factor authentication for access.
VMware executive Prashanth Shenoy said customers struggled to keep up with patches because testing their effects takes time.
Broadcom security businesses Symantec and Carbon Black developed HyperArmor.
- Who
- VMware plans to sell HyperArmor to VCF customers; Broadcom's Symantec and Carbon Black developed it.
- What
- A paid security add-on designed to block exploit attempts, control changes to known good states and require multi-factor authentication.
- When
- VMware recently moved to monthly software updates. The article was published on October 13, 2026.
- Where
- VMware Cloud Foundation environments.
- Why
- VMware says customers need help managing security risks and keeping up with patches, which take time to test.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Broadcom launched AgentMinder at VMware Explore.
VMware moved to monthly software updates, in part to address bugs found by AI.
The Register published its report on HyperArmor.
- Product
- HyperArmor
- Business model
- Paid add-on to VMware Cloud Foundation
- Release pace
- Monthly software updates
- Functions
- Virtual patching, protection of known good states and multi-factor authentication
- Developers
- Broadcom's Symantec and Carbon Black security businesses
What people are saying
customers therefore need "room to breathe.
There's a level of focus with individual teams that you don't have if you have one very large central team
You get the speed at which you have to innovate with individual teams.
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