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Illumio, the breach containment company, announced the general availability of Illumio Insights, a powerful new product within the Illumio Platform. As the only platform that delivers a complete approach to reducing lateral movement risk, Illumio now combines AI-powered detection, real-time risk insights, and one-click containment with strategic segmentation for proactive protection. Built on an AI security graph, Illumio Insights transforms how security teams detect, prioritise, and contain threats across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Private preview During the private preview, early adopters uncovered a range of unexpected risks only made visible with Illumio Insights’ deep observability and behaviour-based analytics. Among the most notable findings were widespread east-west traffic from unsanctioned geographies, misconfigured services exposing risky ports, and a surprising prevalence of unsanctioned usage of public LLMs. Building on these learnings, Illumio has introduced several additional powerful capabilities as part of the general availability release. New capabilities include: Country Insights gives users a clear view of traffic and threats by geography, helping them quickly spot unusual activity and apply geo-specific policies to reduce risk. Quarantine Dashboard enables one-click isolation of compromised systems, empowering teams to stop threats from spreading without needing advanced technical skills. Resource View makes it even easier to investigate resources and enables teams to act fast to limit exposure. Security graphs “Enterprises often struggle to maintain an accurate inventory of all devices, applications, and data flows across increasingly complex networks — especially with the rise of cloud services and hybrid environments,” said Dr. Chase Cunningham, DrZeroTrust. “Security graphs address this challenge by automatically ingesting data from diverse sources such as asset databases, cloud APIs, and network scans to build a dynamic, real-time map of infrastructure and dependencies. This living model not only enhances visibility but also strengthens security posture by revealing hidden risks and attack paths.” Breach containment platform Insights helps organisations stop the spread of attacks before they escalate into full-blown disasters With these advancements, Illumio Insights delivers on its promise to help security teams detect, prioritise, and contain threats more effectively. It empowers teams to act on what they see with one-click containment, accelerating Zero Trust Segmentation at cloud scale. As part of Illumio’s breach containment platform, Insights helps organisations stop the spread of attacks before they escalate into full-blown disasters. Unparalleled visibility “Illumio Insights offers unparalleled visibility and granular segmentation capabilities that empower organisations to strengthen their cyber resilience,” said Delisa Stone, Partner, Cyber Security, Cloud and Resilience at Deloitte Technology and Transformation. “We recommend Illumio Insights to our clients seeking to enhance their security posture with a scalable, adaptive solution that aligns with evolving regulatory and operational demands.” “Insights is the capability which now cuts to the chase,” said Stuart McCulloch, Cyber Security Product Manager from BT Global Services UK. “It directs you to key data, allowing you to make faster decisions on actions you need to take to better protect your environment.” Illumio Platform Illumio Insights and Illumio Segmentation are integral components of the Illumio Platform “The biggest gap in cybersecurity today isn’t tools, it’s visibility. And that’s exactly what Illumio Insights delivers,” says Andrew Rubin, CEO and Founder of Illumio. “Illumio Insights changes the game. It gives security teams the visibility they’ve been missing, like what’s talking to what, where the risk is, and how to contain it fast. This isn’t about more alerts, it’s about actionable intelligence that helps organisations stay ahead of real threats." Illumio Insights and Illumio Segmentation are integral components of the Illumio Platform, the first cybersecurity platform focused on breach containment. Illumio Insights helps organisations quickly identify and detect threats, while Illumio Segmentation contains breaches, protects critical assets, and enables instant response. Together, these solutions help identify and mitigate risks, contain attacks, and enhance overall cyber resilience.

BT announces the launch of its Security Advisory Services practice, marking another step in the ongoing expansion of its cyber security capabilities. The practice will offer strategic security guidance and solutions to organisations across the globe, reflecting the market demand for expert guidance to navigate today’s complex cyber security landscape. BT Security Advisory Services will be led by Tris Morgan, with approximately 300 members of specialist staff based across the globe. They will be supported by the experience and capabilities of the wider BT Security team, which protects BT against 125,000 cyber-attacks per month and provides security solutions to consumers, governments and businesses, including some of the world’s best known brands. Providing advanced cyber solutions The practice will help organisations at all stages of their security journey to assess and test their defences, and select the solutions that match their security needs – whether that requires building an entirely new security strategy, or upgrading their protections to combat the latest threats and trends. The creation of the Advisory Services practice is the next step in BT Security’s strategy" Kevin Brown, Managing Director of BT Security, commented: “The creation of the Advisory Services practice is the next step in BT Security’s strategy. It recognises that the optimal way to safeguard any organisation is through a continual and strategic evolution of their security posture. Tris brings a wealth of experience of providing advanced cyber solutions and guidance to both the public and private sector, making him ideally placed to provide the strategic direction that organisations are looking for.” Cloud and networking services The services provided will be grouped into four key categories: cyber threat; zero trust; governance, risk & compliance; and cloud security. Each of these areas will provide a range of solutions that cover today’s biggest security issues and help customers prepare for the major new technologies and challenges of the future. The services will be available to organisations ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises through to multinational companies and public sector organisations. The Advisory Services practice will also offer solutions targeted at a number of industry and geography specific challenges, such as companies looking to securely expand into high-growth markets, or those looking to safely adopt increased automation and IoT usage. BT Security’s ethical hacking team will also move into the new practice, offering penetration testing services to customers who want to robustly stress-test their security defences. BT Security serves global multinational organisations around the world with their security, cloud and networking services. BT Security helps organisation to move to the cloud; turn collaboration into part of the culture; by improving contact centres; transforming customer service and simplifying the network.