The VMware Cyber Resilience Playbook: Securing Virtual Workloads Against Ransomware

VMware is the heart of the enterprise, making it the primary target for ransomware. With attackers successfully compromising backups in 57% of cases, "old-school" on-prem tools are no longer enough. Many "cloud" solutions are just outdated tech in a new wrapper—clunky, slow, and vulnerable. This paper explores why a true, cloud-native approach is the only way to keep your ESXi hosts and critical workloads secure, scalable, and recoverable.