VMware is announcing the End of Availability of VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds, effective August 4, 2023. After this date you will no longer be able to purchase this product.   

All support and maintenance for VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds will be unaffected and will continue as per the VMware Cloud Services Guide through the subscription term stated in your purchase order. Existing customers can continue to use VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds beyond the End of Availability and receive Customer Success support until the end of your existing subscription term.  

For any further inquiries, please contact your Customer Success Manager.  

VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds has become VMware Tanzu Guardrails (formerly Aria Guardrails). In addition to the configuration security capabilities - (CSPM (Cloud Security Posture Management), KSPM (Kubernetes Security Posture Management), CIEM (Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management) that you are currently using to improve cloud security and compliance, we have expanded the scope of the service to include new preventative governance capabilities in VMware Tanzu Guardrails (formerly Aria Guardrails). Preventative governance techniques leverage automation to establish compliant cloud environments. This includes provisioning compliant cloud environments with pre-defined and custom policy templates, detecting drift from the desired policies, and enforcing governance best practices.   

To learn more visit Tanzu Guardrails (formerly Aria Guardrails).