As we hit the midpoint of 2026, every security team should be conducting a posture review. For organizations that started their microsegmentation journey in Q1 — or expanded existing deployments — …
RSAC 2026 has wrapped, and the dominant theme in the network security track was unmistakable: automation. Multiple sessions, keynotes, and vendor demos focused on treating microsegmentation policies …
May is incident response drill season across many enterprise security teams. Tabletop exercises, purple team engagements, and breach simulations run heavily this month as teams prepare for summer …
May brings updated guidance from healthcare cybersecurity regulators on both sides of the Atlantic. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the US Department of Health and Human …
The zero trust maturity model has been updated this week, and the new guidance makes an important distinction clear: traditional firewalls and microsegmentation are not competing technologies — they …
Earth Day 2026 brings renewed attention to data center sustainability — and a less obvious connection to microsegmentation. While network security and energy efficiency are not typically discussed …
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) conference this week saw microsegmentation move from a side-track topic to a main-stage theme. Sessions focused on workload-level segmentation drew standing-room …
Tax season in the UK and US brings unique pressures to financial sector security teams. Transaction volumes spike, new temporary systems are deployed for tax processing, and the financial incentive …
The Q1 2026 breach reports are out, and the pattern is consistent: ransomware remains the dominant threat, and lateral movement is still the critical failure point. Multiple major breach disclosures …
Q1 budget season is wrapping up, and CISOs who successfully secured microsegmentation funding did so with a clear, data-driven business case. This week, we are seeing the budget announcements roll out …
Gartner’s annual network security report dropped mid-March, and the message for infrastructure and security leaders is unambiguous: microsegmentation is no longer emerging — it is expected. The …
Daylight saving time means spring maintenance season is here. For network security teams, the March time change is a recurring reminder to schedule infrastructure updates — and this year, those …
March is traditionally a heavy month for cybersecurity M&A announcements as Q4 and Q1 deal pipelines close. 2026 is no exception, with several significant acquisitions in the network security …
February has seen multiple container security incidents disclosed, continuing a trend that security researchers have been tracking since mid-2025. The common thread in these incidents is not the …
Hybrid cloud segmentation remains the hardest problem in network security. This week, several organizations shared their deployment lessons at industry forums, and the common thread is clear: the …
New zero trust adoption statistics published this week confirm what practitioners have suspected: the gap between zero trust intent and zero trust implementation is widening. While 78% of …
Super Bowl weekend is one of the highest-traffic periods of the year for online streaming, sports betting platforms, and social media. For organizations that serve these sectors — or any …
Kubernetes security trends for 2026 are converging on a single point: native NetworkPolicy resources are necessary but not sufficient. As clusters grow past a few hundred pods, the limitations of …
January’s cloud security budget announcements are rolling in, and one line item is appearing consistently across enterprise IT plans: microsegmentation. After years of being a …
With RSA Conference preparations underway, one topic dominates pre-show conversations: the cascade of new zero trust mandates hitting enterprises in 2026. Multiple regulatory frameworks — including …
January is when security teams emerge from the holiday freeze to face a familiar beast: the CVE backlog. December typically sees reduced patching cycles, delayed change approvals, and skeleton crews. …
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