Organizations are rapidly adopting cloud platforms to accelerate development, scale operations, and optimize efficiency. VMware’s robust cloud solutions, including VMware® Tanzu Platform and VMware vCenter, are among the critical tools that empower teams to build, deploy, and manage workloads with ease.
However, this evolution brings new security challenges. Virtual machines, container images, and other cloud assets can become attack vectors if not properly protected. Security teams must ensure every workload, whether in pre-runtime or runtime, is continuously monitored and secured against evolving threats.
To help customers meet these challenges, CrowdStrike Falcon® Cloud Security has expanded support to VMware software to simplify the security of applications and virtualized environments. These updates provide greater visibility into VMware vCenter managed environments via asset inventory capabilities and introduce protection for applications running on VMware Tanzu with the CrowdStrike Falcon tile in Tanzu Platform.
Gain Full Visibility into VMware vCenter with Asset Inventory
CrowdStrike’s new asset inventory collector for VMware vCenter enables organizations to see all virtual machines (VMs) within their VMware vCenter managed environment and identify unprotected assets. The asset inventory collector automatically scans vCenter managed environments and updates Falcon Cloud Security with the newest information. It detects unmanaged VMs and delivers detailed asset insights, including VM state, VMware Tools status, and asset history — all within the Falcon Cloud Security console.