If your organization still runs VMware vSphere 7 or 8, you are already running against hard regulatory deadlines that carry no grace period. vSphere 7 lost support on October 2, 2025. vSphere 8 follows on October 11, 2027. After those dates, no security patches exist. An unpatched hypervisor is an automatic failure under PCI DSS 4.0, HIPAA, and SOC 2....