--- title: VMware vDefend Advanced Threat Prevention url: https://www.vmware.com/products/security/vdefend-advanced-threat-prevention description: Protect your private cloud from advanced attacks and ransomware, with VMware vDefend Advanced Threat Prevention. --- # VMware vDefend Advanced Threat Prevention Protect all VCF workloads from advanced persistent threats and ransomware with a hypervisor-native, AI/ML-powered defense that detects zero-day threats, delivers deep visibility, and accelerates mitigation. [View Datasheet](https://www.vmware.com/docs/vmw-vdefend-ds) [Try Hands-On Lab](https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalog/lab/27638) ## Accelerate Response to Ransomware and Advanced Threats ### Intrusion Detection and Prevention Detect known and evolving threats at the workload level. Turbo-mode IPS accelerates and scales for evolving enterprise needs, and custom IPS signatures identify unique threats. ![Image](https://www.vmware.com/media/blt8c9a8aaca0ffd4ac/blt50683c0e341546f2/69e7bce86a672661b76dd5dc/vmw-icon-blue-threat-hunting-av-legacy.png) ### Deep Threat Visibility Get complete threat visibility into both north-south and east-west application traffic, including deep insights on abnormal behavior and anomalies across the entire private cloud environment. ![Image](https://www.vmware.com/media/blt8c9a8aaca0ffd4ac/bltfa85c51be199bdf8/69e7bd16a3f4f92d974a7e8d/vmw-icon-blue-real-time-threat-detection.png) ### Malware Prevention Analyze encrypted files, including fileless script-based buffer analysis to detect in-memory attacks. Gain deep visibility into file systems and processes at the hypervisor level. ![Image](https://www.vmware.com/media/blt8c9a8aaca0ffd4ac/blte79e5ed925e2b137/69e7bd2f2cc228196bfd5ecc/vmw-icon-blue-monitor-activity.png) ### Triage and Threat Mitigation GenAI-powered interface provides security teams with insights for threat investigation and mitigation. Consolidating alerts into a single intrusion campaign enables quick threat scoping and prioritization. ![Image](https://www.vmware.com/media/blt8c9a8aaca0ffd4ac/blt52e368092685e895/69e7bd4559611c7b12e5347f/vmw-icon-blue-incident-response-and-remediation.png) ## AAA-Rated Detection of Advanced Threats VMware vDefend Advanced Threat Prevention earned SE Labs’ AAA rating, validating excellent detection of advanced threats used in ransomware and other multi-layered attacks. - [READ BLOG](https://blogs.vmware.com/security/2025/02/se-labs-awards-vmware-vdefend-atp-aaa-rating.html) ## Key Capabilities ### Intrusion Detection/Prevention System (IDS/IPS) Inspect network traffic at every hypervisor and workload with Turbo-mode Intrusion Detection and Prevention. Rapidly prevent malicious actors from exploiting software vulnerabilities and gaining access to critical systems and data. ![Image](https://www.vmware.com/media/blt8c9a8aaca0ffd4ac/blt8c9d16c53b7ea1c2/69e7d2e1591083676711a6f5/vmw-icon-blue-real-time-threat-detection.png) ### VM-Aware Malware Detection and Prevention Gain insight from machine learning, static, dynamic, and memory analysis to safeguard against highly evasive zero-day malware. Hypervisor-level guest introspection for deep visibility into file systems and processes. ![Image](https://www.vmware.com/media/blt8c9a8aaca0ffd4ac/blt0efeefcdd94aa305/69e7d37221328c0abdc884d7/vmw-icon-blue-defense-malware.png) ### Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) Identify zero-day threats using behavior-based methods. Leverage ML models to detect anomalies indicating malicious activity. Reduce false positives, detect and contain advanced attacks earlier in the kill chain. ![Image](https://www.vmware.com/media/blt8c9a8aaca0ffd4ac/blt6a4d6080cfa5ecf7/69e7d31ffd28246dd6205743/vmw-icon-blue-threat-hunting-av-legacy.png) ### Multi-Context Network Detection and Response Quickly triage threat campaigns by automatically correlating multi-context signals from IDS/IPS, malware detection, and NTA into high-fidelity campaigns mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. ![Image](https://www.vmware.com/media/blt8c9a8aaca0ffd4ac/blt8d34822d58e058ad/69e7d39309434335a25d8525/vmw-icon-blue-mq-magic-quadrant.png) ## Address Critical Security Use Cases - Virtual Patching - Compliance - Threat Investigation - Ransomware Prevention ### Virtual Patching with IDS/IPS Inspect traffic flows with IDS/IPS to ensure unpatched servers cannot be exploited by blocking malicious traffic. ![Image](https://www.vmware.com/media/blt8c9a8aaca0ffd4ac/bltec57a8b31eead846/660d52f1c29477bb03249d5f/illu-sec-secure-search-whtbg.png) ### Maintain Regulatory Compliance Simplify audits and quickly bring environments into compliance — PCI, HIPAA, NIST— by deploying a software-based distributed IDPS with minimal changes to your existing network. - [LEARN MORE](https://blogs.vmware.com/security/2026/06/validated-compliance-vmware-vdefend-conforms-with-nist-csf-hipaa-and-pci-dss.html) ![Image](https://www.vmware.com/media/blt8c9a8aaca0ffd4ac/blt359bc40a6a37164b/660d4b0545cbb330c3031523/illu-dev-application-secure-edge.jpg) ### Simplify SOC Operations Enable SOC teams to visualize attack chains by using multi-context NDR to condense massive amounts of alerts into curated threat campaigns with contextual information for correlated explainability. ![Image](https://www.vmware.com/media/blt8c9a8aaca0ffd4ac/blt2000f7ef49e97912/660e5e9db1b99aea7c310ee5/tn-illu-sec-detection-whtbg.png) ### Ransomware Prevention Detect and stop ransomware activity and lateral spread across the VCF environment. Protect critical workloads with a multi-layered defense of MPS, IDS/IPS, and NTA to prevent advanced fileless and zero-day threats. ![Image](https://www.vmware.com/media/blt8c9a8aaca0ffd4ac/blta5195fa051dfed6e/660d52beed5e265d33d7a845/illu-sec-compromised-search-whtbg.png) ## Related Products ### [VMware vDefend](https://www.vmware.com/products/security/vdefend) Zero Trust Lateral Security for VMware Cloud Foundation workloads. ### [VMware Cloud Foundation](https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/vmware-cloud-foundation) Deploy a software-defined data center with a fully-integrated stack. ## Resources ### [Partners](https://www.broadcom.com/how-to-buy/partner-distributor-lookup) Use Partner Locator to quickly find a VMware partner near you. ### [VMware Security Blogs](https://blogs.vmware.com/security/) Read up on the latest topics related to network security. ### [Broadcom Inc. VMware vDefend Product Applicability Guide for PCI DSS 4.0.1](https://www.vmware.com/docs/broadcom-vmware-vdefend-product-applicability-guide-for-pci-dss) ### [Broadcom Inc. VMware vDefend Product Applicability Guide for NIST CSF 2.0](https://www.vmware.com/docs/WP_vDefend_CSF_2026) ### [Broadcom Inc. VMware vDefend Product Applicability Guide for HIPAA](https://www.vmware.com/docs/broadcom-vmware-vdefend-product-applicability-guide-for-hipaa) [SEE ALL RESOURCES](https://www.vmware.com/resources/resource-center?product[]=VMware%20vDefend&product[]=VMware%20vDefend%20Advanced%20Threat%20Prevention) ## Also of Interest - [What is Advanced Threat Prevention?](https://www.vmware.com/topics/advanced-threat-prevention) - [Infrastructure Security Solutions for VMware Cloud Foundation](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/security) - [VMware vDefend](https://www.vmware.com/products/security/vdefend)