One of the most buzzworthy terms in cybersecurity right now is the high-concept, somewhat cryptic construct called zero trust. In a nutshell, it’s designed to strengthen and tighten cybersecurity ...

Cisco is updating its Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) to include microsegmentation on VMware VDS and Microsoft Hyper V virtual switches, and on bare metal applications. VMware’s NSX, which to ...

Companies need greater network segmentation, sandboxes, firewalls, and anomaly detection to fight attackers, according to Cisco's 2024 Cybersecurity Readiness Index. Security readiness among ...

The approach improves network security by integrating it directly into a virtualized workload without requiring a hardware-based firewall. It reduces a company’s attack surface by essentially sealing ...

The need for micro-segmentation as a security solution is not new. Security historians like myself claim that roots of micro-segmentation began when organizations started to implement a separate DMZ ...

Micro-segmentation is regarded as one of the most effective methods to reduce attack surfaces, and a lack of it has often been cited as a contributing factor in some of the largest data breaches.

Whether a company utilizes a private, hybrid or public cloud infrastructure or offers cloud services to others, it is critical that each cloud instance and service be isolated to help minimize the ...