Wiz Adds VMware vSphere Support for Hybrid Cloud Security
Summary
Wiz says its public-preview vSphere integration provides API-based inventory, misconfiguration and vulnerability assessment, compliance checks, and unified security policy across on-premises and cloud environments. Guest VM disk scanning is planned for a future release.
Key points
- Wiz says customers can connect VMware vSphere environments through an API-based integration that is available in public preview.
- The integration offers inventory and graph-based visibility into vSphere infrastructure alongside cloud environments.
- Wiz describes capabilities for detecting and prioritizing misconfigurations, assessing compliance against the CIS ESXi benchmark, and applying security policies across environments.
- The company says it can assess ESXi and vCenter servers for vulnerabilities and end-of-life status, with remediation prioritized using vSphere context.
- Guest VM disk scanning is not yet available; Wiz says it is on the roadmap for a future release, when it may support detection of vulnerabilities, malware, lateral movement, and data violations.
Article Details
- Event Type
- Wiz announced VMware vSphere support, integrating vSphere environments into its cloud security platform.
- Impact
- Wiz customers can gain unified visibility, configuration-risk and compliance assessments, and vulnerability and end-of-life detection across cloud and on-premises vSphere environments. The article notes that 45,000 VMware ESXi servers had reached end of life, posing a risk of severe business disruption if deployments are not upgraded. vSphere coverage is in public preview; disk scanning is planned for a future release.
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VMwareToday, we are proud to announce that Wiz is extending coverage to VMware vSphere and unifying visibility and security from cloud to ground in a single platform.WizAt Wiz we want to simplify and reduce the cost of doing security, and we believe that architectural decisions should not drive cloud security strategy, as private cloud is still a cloud.
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AWSThere is no private cloud or public cloud, there is just cloud. Bridgewater is in AWS and Azure and we have some VMware racks that will always be there. If our VMware environment is not secure, our public clouds are notAzureThere is no private cloud or public cloud, there is just cloud. Bridgewater is in AWS and Azure and we have some VMware racks that will always be there. If our VMware environment is not secure, our public clouds are notVMware ESXimust be secured for the entire cloud environment to be secure. Take for example that 45,000 VMware ESXi servers just reached end-of-life. Teams must be vigilant about upgrading deployments or run the risk ofVMware vCenter ServerUncover vulnerabilities in vSphere at the speed of the cloud: Continuously assess for vulnerabilities in ESXi and vCenter servers with end-of-life detection without the never-ending hassle of agent enforcement.VMware vSphereToday, we are proud to announce that Wiz is extending coverage to VMware vSphere and unifying visibility and security from cloud to ground in a single platform.WizAt Wiz we want to simplify and reduce the cost of doing security, and we believe that architectural decisions should not drive cloud security strategy, as private cloud is still a cloud.