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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.

Illumio Inc., the breach containment company, announced a strategic integration with NVIDIA to help critical infrastructure organisations strengthen protections and advance their Zero Trust posture. The collaboration integrates the NVIDIA BlueField networking platform with Illumio’s breach containment platform, delivering robust security and operational efficiency across converged IT and Operational Technology (OT) environments. Illumio's AI-driven insights Critical infrastructure organisations can now deploy Illumio directly on NVIDIA BlueField Critical infrastructure organisations can now deploy Illumio directly on NVIDIA BlueField, providing security teams with a comprehensive view of network dependencies and precise security controls at both the host and network level.  Organisations can gain deep visibility into traffic, protect critical assets, and use NVIDIA BlueField DPUs as effective Zero Trust enforcement points, dramatically simplifying the protection of critical systems and ensuring operational continuity while meeting stringent compliance requirements. In the future, they will also be able to use Illumio's AI-driven insights to identify risks and attacker patterns, enabling rapid detection of threats in ICS and OT environments. Key benefits to organisations The collaboration comes amid rising threats and increased regulatory pressure globally to strengthen cyber resilience and reduce operational risk to OT infrastructure. Key benefits to organisations include: Visibility and policy enforcement for traffic within and between IT and OT layers: Visualize all traffic to and from OT systems equipped with NVIDIA BlueField, using Illumio’s flexible labelling architecture to understand how systems communicate across the entire infrastructure.  Rapid deployment of Zero Trust for critical infrastructure: Easily extend Zero Trust segmentation to OT and ICS environments, reducing deployment complexity, accelerating time to value, and containing breaches by mitigating lateral movement risks. Improved compliance and operational resilience: Identify assets and threats, monitor traffic, and enforce security policies across converged IT/OT environments with no impact to system performance or architectural overhauls. Organisations get consistent and reliable microsegmentation across diverse environments without compromising uptime or resiliency. Security for cyber-physical systems “The integration between Illumio and NVIDIA will significantly strengthen security for cyber-physical systems and bring us closer to achieving our vision of a world without cyber disasters,” says Todd Palmer, Senior Vice President of Global Partner Sales and Alliances, Illumio. “Critical infrastructure is under threat like never before. Together with NVIDIA, we’re making it easier for organisations to protect critical systems, ensure operational continuity, and meet stringent compliance requirements in an increasingly complex landscape.” Illumio and NVIDIA BlueField platforms Illumio is a trusted, dedicated segmentation vendor in the NVIDIA partner ecosystem "Cyber risks against critical infrastructure are more sophisticated and disruptive than ever, and lateral movement remains a key factor in successful attacks,” says Ofir Arkin, Senior Distinguished Architect for Cybersecurity at NVIDIA. “Integrating the Illumio and NVIDIA BlueField platforms enables organisations to enhance visibility and control across IT and OT networks, reduce risk, contain attacks, and strengthen operational resilience.” NVIDIA partner ecosystem Recognised as a pioneer in The Forrester Wave™: Microsegmentation Solutions, Q3 2024, Illumio is a trusted, dedicated segmentation vendor in the NVIDIA partner ecosystem, delivering a robust cybersecurity platform dedicated to containing breaches. Built on an AI security graph, and comprising Illumio Insights (AI cloud detection and response) and Illumio Segmentation (Zero Trust Segmentation), the platform empowers organisations to identify risks, and contain threats instantly, enabling a Zero Trust strategy.  To witness the integration between Illumio and NVIDIA in action, visit the Illumio booth (E30) at Infosecurity Europe in London, happening from June 3–5.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a pioneer in cybersecurity solutions, and Illumio, the breach containment company, announced a strategic partnership to help organisations strengthen security and advance their Zero Trust posture. Illumio Segmentation and Insights The integration between the Check Point Infinity Platform and the Illumio Platform delivers rapid identification and mitigation of lateral movement risks across hybrid and multi-cloud environments using advanced microsegmentation enforcement. This collaboration empowers customers to combine Check Point Quantum Force Firewalls, Infinity Threat Cloud AI, and AI-Powered Security Management with Illumio Segmentation and Illumio Insights to neutralise threats by halting lateral movements and strengthening overall cybersecurity.   Zero Trust strategies "Stopping lateral movement is critical to breach prevention," says Itai Greenberg, Chief Revenue Officer at Check Point Software. "Our partnership with Illumio delivers unmatched visibility and adaptive policy enforcement, empowering organisations to contain threats fast. It also demonstrates the strength of our hybrid mesh architecture, which we envision as an open garden, and our commitment to driving Zero Trust strategies with industry pioneers." Check Point’s AI Security Management software Check Point Quantum Force firewalls serve as critical enforcement points, efficiently blocking malicious traffic Check Point Quantum Force firewalls serve as critical enforcement points, efficiently blocking malicious traffic. When threats are detected, Check Point’s AI Security Management software uses a dynamic policy layer to notify Check Point Firewalls how to block the latest threat. The integration with Illumio provides additional AI-driven insights to identify risks and attack routes, enabling quick containment. This combination stops unauthorised lateral movement, protects essential assets, and ensures consistent Zero Trust security across hybrid environments.  Key benefits of the integration  Collaborative approach to Zero Trust: Protect critical assets with effective microsegmentation across hybrid environments without deployment complexity, making Zero Trust adoption faster and simpler.  Proactive threat prevention to prevent lateral movement: Reduce breach risk and the associated costs by catching attacks earlier and preventing them from spreading laterally across networks, clouds, and resources to reach critical assets  Advanced Threat Intelligence: Utilize combined threat intelligence data from ThreatCloud AI and Illumio Insights to mitigate risk and minimise security incidents   Integration of Illumio and Check Point Illumio Segmentation contains breaches, protects critical assets, and enables instant response “This powerful collaboration between Illumio and Check Point marks a significant step forward in cybersecurity threat intelligence and breach containment," says Andrew Rubin, CEO and Founder of Illumio. "The integration of Illumio and Check Point represents a shift towards smarter, more adaptive cybersecurity by enhancing visibility, enabling real-time threat detection and response, and providing adaptive security measures that align with Zero Trust principles. Our proactive approach helps security teams connect the dots and uncover hidden threats more efficiently to avoid cyber disasters."  CDR built on an AI security graph Illumio Insights and Illumio Segmentation are integral components of the Illumio Platform, the first cybersecurity platform focused on breach containment. The world’s first CDR built on an AI security graph, Illumio Insights helps organisations quickly identify and detect threats.  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. Security and policy management Quantum product line is part of Check Point’s Infinity Platform, which is uniquely AI-powered Check Point's Quantum Force is a series of AI-powered, cloud-delivered security gateways that provide unified security and policy management across on-premises, cloud, and Firewall-as-a-Service environments, simplifying operations and enhancing security efficacy. The Quantum product line is part of Check Point’s Infinity Platform, which is uniquely AI-powered, and cloud-delivered, to protect your enterprise against cyber-attacks, from the data centre, cloud to the branch office through unified management. Integration of Check Point Quantum Force Firewall To witness the integration of Check Point Quantum Force Firewall with Illumio Insights, visit the Illumio booth in the North Hall (#5670) at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, happening from April 28 to May 1st. While at RSA, stop by the Check Point North Hall booth #6072 or attend one of the following RSAC activities. For additional details about Illumio at RSAC, explore their other sponsored activities. 

Trevor Dearing, the EMEA Director of Critical Infrastructure Solutions at Illumio, said “It is encouraging to see NIST releasing updated guidance acknowledging the increase in cyber-attacks targeting the supply chain and the consequent necessity to bolster the supply chain’s cyber security. We can no longer turn a blind eye to the exponential increase in attacks on the IT systems of manufacturers, logistics companies and organisations, which ultimately target the operational part of the business.” Cyber-attacks have real-world impacts Cyber-attacks that disrupt the logistics or manufacturing process can have immediate real-world impacts" He adds, “The truth is threat actors have realised they can increase efficiency and profitability, by compromising a single product, knowing it will have impact downstream on companies who use it.” Trevor Dearing continues, “Moreover, cyber-attacks that disrupt the logistics or manufacturing process can have immediate real-world impacts, further increasing the likelihood that any ransom demands will be met, as organisations flounder to get critical systems back up and running. The result is that supply chain attacks have increased with a vengeance.” Zero Trust approach to security He adds “A Zero Trust approach to security provides organisations with confidence in their supply chain security because by only allowing known and verified communication between environments, security teams can be sure that an attack on the IT systems will not affect the management or logistics processes.” Trevor Dearing concludes, “With the move to industry 4.0 and the adoption of cloud connected industrial IoT (Internet of Things), the potential impact of a ransomware attack will only continue to grow. That’s why, it is important to act now and put security measures in place that will make our infrastructure resilient to attacks – even once they’ve breached our perimeter.”