Private Cloud Security

Stop attacks from spreading inside

evoila secures your VMware private cloud with Broadcom vDefend and microsegmentation so a breach in one workload cannot move freely across the rest.

Secure your private cloud

Microsegmentation closes the gap a perimeter cannot

Once attackers gain access to a traditional data centre, they can move laterally with little resistance because internal traffic is rarely controlled. Private cloud increases the impact of this risk, and microsegmentation changes how it is addressed.

evoila secures VMware based private cloud with Broadcom vDefend by dividing the environment into protected zones. Each workload is isolated so threats cannot spread across the platform. Because evoila builds and operates VMware Cloud Foundation environments, security can be designed directly into the architecture and aligned with BSI IT-Grundschutz requirements.

Business benefits:

  • Lateral movement contained, so one compromise does not become many
  • Security built into the VMware fabric, not bolted on at the edge
  • Private cloud environments that can meet BSI IT-Grundschutz protection requirements

Ransomware thrives on flat networks

A single compromised virtual machine is often enough to move across an entire internal network. Domain controllers, databases, and backups become reachable through the same lateral movement chain. Ransomware depends on this exact behaviour to spread.

The Challenge

Hard shell, soft inside

Most data centres are protected at the perimeter and left open internally. Workloads communicate freely because segmentation with traditional firewalls is complex, expensive and difficult to maintain.
This creates an environment where attackers only need a single entry point. After initial compromise, they move across systems without resistance, targeting critical assets such as identity services, storage and backups. Ransomware exploits this freedom directly.

One VM, total exposure

A single compromised virtual machine becomes a launching pad for the entire environment. Without workload-level controls, attackers reach domain controllers, databases and backups in the same lateral movement chain.

Ransomware needs room to run

Ransomware depends on flat internal networks to encrypt systems and backups simultaneously. Segmentation removes the freedom it relies on before a single encryption cycle completes.

Containment without segmentation is guesswork

During an active incident, flat internal networks make isolation nearly impossible. Without defined zones, responders cannot stop lateral movement without taking down legitimate workloads alongside it.

Compliance expects segmentation you do not have

Frameworks such as BSI IT-Grundschutz require internal segmentation that perimeter models cannot deliver.

The good news: segmentation does not require a rebuild

Microsegmentation solves this directly at workload level inside the VMware fabric. No traffic rerouting. No redesign of the existing network.

Our Solution

Segment the inside, contain the threat


evoila secures the inside of your private cloud with workload level segmentation. Each workload communicates only with what is explicitly required.

Using Broadcom vDefend, policies are enforced at the workload instead of the network edge. This ensures that even after an initial compromise, attackers cannot move across the environment. Because evoila builds and operates these platforms, security design fits the architecture instead of conflicting with it. Our services include:

Microsegmentation design and implementation

Dividing the environment into protected zones with workload-level policy, using Broadcom vDefend

Distributed firewalling

East-west traffic control built into the VMware fabric, without rerouting through perimeter firewalls

Advanced threat prevention

vDefend intrusion detection and prevention to spot lateral-movement attempts inside the environment

Security Services Platform integration

Using Broadcom SSP to manage and operate these controls coherently

BSI IT-Grundschutz and DORA readiness

Designing and building private cloud that meets BSI IT-Grundschutz and DORA requirements

Tech-Deep-Dive

Security built into the fabric

evoila implements private cloud security at the virtualisation layer where every workload can be controlled and monitored.

Microsegmentation with vDefend

Instead of routing traffic to a central firewall, vDefend enforces a distributed firewall at each workload. Policies follow the workload even as it moves, so segmentation does not break when virtual machines migrate. We design policy from real traffic patterns, starting in monitor mode and tightening progressively to avoid breaking applications.

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East west threat prevention

Beyond filtering, vDefend adds intrusion detection and prevention and advanced threat detection to internal traffic, catching lateral-movement techniques that a perimeter firewall never sees.

Operating with SSP

Broadcom Security Services Platform gives a single place to define, distribute, and operate controls across the environment, keeping a large policy set manageable at scale.

BSI IT-Grundschutz by design

Because we build VMware Cloud Foundation ourselves, we deliver private cloud that is segmented and hardened to meet BSI IT-Grundschutz protection, rather than retrofitting controls afterwards.

Connection to detection

Security events from the private cloud feed evoila’s SOC for monitoring and response.

Technical Advantages

Six reasons microsegmentation works inside the fabric

1. Lateral movement stopped at the workload

Workload-level policy prevents east west spread even after an initial compromise. Attackers cannot move to adjacent systems.

2. Ransomware cannot spread across systems

Segmentation prevents one infected workload from reaching others. Encryption stays isolated before it can chain across systems.

3. No traffic detours required

Distributed firewalling runs inside the VMware fabric. Traffic is controlled at the workload, not rerouted through an external appliance.

4. Policy follows the workload

Security policy follows each VM as it migrates. Segmentation does not break during live moves or platform maintenance.

5. BSI IT-Grundschutz ready from day one

Private cloud built to meet BSI IT-Grundschutz requirements by design, not by retrofit. Relevant for public sector and KRITIS.

6. Visibility integrated into SOC

Detected lateral-movement attempts surface as events in evoila’s 24/7 SOC. Threats are not just blocked, they are investigated.

Your partner of choice

Security from the people who build the platform

This is evoila’s home ground. We designs, build and operate VMware Cloud Foundation environments. Security is implemented with full understanding of the underlying platform.

Broadcom vDefend and Security Services Platform are used because they enable scalable microsegmentation and internal threat prevention. evoila delivers environments aligned with BSI IT-Grundschutz, especially for public sector and critical infrastructure organisations.
Private cloud security is directly connected to evoila’s 24/7 SOC and ISO 27001 certified operations.

Platform depth

We build and operate VMware Cloud Foundation ourselves, not as an outside integrator

Broadcom expertise

Leading Broadcom partner in Europe, with vDefend and SSP in production at enterprise scale

Compliance track record

Delivered BSI IT-Grundschutz-ready private cloud for public sector and KRITIS operators

24/7 SOC integration

ISO 27001 certified, with round-the-clock monitoring for private cloud security events

Technologies & Partners

The stack behind private cloud security

We use Broadcom vDefend for distributed firewalling, microsegmentation and advanced threat prevention on our VMware-based private cloud and VMware Cloud Foundation, operated through the Broadcom Security Services Platform (SSP). We build environments that meet the BSI IT-Grundschutz standard. evoila is ISO 27001 certified. Our private cloud security integrates with our SOC and container security services.

A perimeter cannot stop an attacker who is already inside.

Segment your private cloud so one breach remains one breach.

Secure your private cloud

Talk to the engineers who run what they secure.

Whether you are starting from scratch or hardening an existing VMware environment, our private cloud security specialists will tell you exactly where your exposure is and what it takes to close it.

FAQs

Commonly asked questions about private cloud security