Broadcom Strengthens vDefend and Avi Load Balancer for Multi-Layer Cyber Defense

Broadcom expands vDefend and Avi Load Balancer to help enterprises strengthen cyber defense and streamline operations in the private cloud.

Enterprises are under pressure to defend increasingly complex private cloud environments against lateral threats, while application teams need faster, more predictable delivery of workloads. Broadcom addresses both fronts with new capabilities in vDefend and Avi Load Balancer, giving security and platform teams tools to reduce risk, simplify architectures, and accelerate service delivery.

What was announced

Broadcom announced new capabilities for VMware vDefend and VMware Avi Load Balancer designed to help enterprises build multi-layer cyber defense while improving operational efficiency across the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) platform. The updates focus on lateral security, network detection and response, threat prevention, and modern application delivery, integrating deeply with the private cloud fabric.

vDefend enhancements extend distributed firewalling, IDS/IPS, malware prevention, and NDR into a unified stack that operates natively at the workload level. Avi Load Balancer updates bring advanced traffic management, application security, and observability closer to application teams, with a consistent operating model across data centers and clouds.

Why this matters

For CIOs, CISOs, and IT directors, perimeter-only defenses no longer match the reality of east-west traffic, encrypted flows, and rapidly changing application topologies. Consolidating segmentation, threat detection, and load balancing on the same private cloud platform reduces tool sprawl, cuts licensing complexity, and shortens mean time to detect and respond.

Procurement and platform leaders benefit from a predictable, subscription-based model within VCF, fewer third-party appliances to maintain, and tighter alignment between network, security, and application teams.

Technical details

• vDefend lateral security: distributed firewall, IDS/IPS, and malware prevention applied at each workload without hairpinning traffic.
• Network Detection and Response: AI-assisted analytics on east-west traffic to surface advanced threats and anomalous behavior.
• Avi Load Balancer: software-defined L4-L7 services, GSLB, and WAF with centralized policy and analytics.
• VCF integration: unified operations, lifecycle management, and policy across private cloud environments.
• Automation: API-driven provisioning for DevOps and platform engineering teams.
• Observability: end-to-end visibility from application transactions down to network and security events.

Consolidating segmentation, threat detection, and load balancing on one platform is how modern enterprises turn security from a bottleneck into a business enabler

Softprom and VMware by Broadcom

Softprom is the official distributor of VMware by Broadcom. Our team helps enterprises design, license, and deploy vDefend and Avi Load Balancer on VMware Cloud Foundation, aligning security and application delivery with real business priorities.

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