For most enterprises, a breach of their network defenses is a matter of when, not if. Cybersecurity strategies such as anti-virus and perimeter firewalls are prudent and necessary. But no matter the type of attack, all the recently reported breaches have one thing in common: they penetrated the defenses. CISOs, CIOs, Risk Officers, and IT managers want to make their company’s information systems resilient so they can continue their critical business processes and protect their precious data—even in the face of a successful attack. They need to be breach-ready.
Microsegmentation prevents malware and ransomware from spreading by stopping unauthorized lateral traffic between network resources—preventing catastrophic damage. As a defense-in-depth strategy, it goe ...