Illumio and Bishop Fox Release First-of-its-kind Test Report Quantifying the Efficacy of Micro-Segmentation

Key findings illustrate that micro-segmentation slows attackers by up to 22X, depending on the size of environment and policies in place   Sunnyvale, CA — June 4, 2020 — Illumio, the leader in segmentation for workload security, today announced that it… Continue reading Illumio and Bishop Fox Release First-of-its-kind Test Report Quantifying the Efficacy of Micro-Segmentation

Illumio Evolves Micro-Segmentation by Enabling Self-Service Functionality for Application Teams

New App Owner View feature empowers each application owner to implement their own segmentation security policies, as organizations strive to achieve Zero Trust Sunnyvale, CA — May 12, 2020 — Illumio, the leader in segmentation for workload security, to… Continue reading Illumio Evolves Micro-Segmentation by Enabling Self-Service Functionality for Application Teams

Steering your network in the right direction with segmentation

Throughout history, individuals have taken innovations in their prime and tried to mold them into objects they were never designed to be. An example? The first cars were carriages with engines, the first powered ships were sailing ships with paddles, a… Continue reading Steering your network in the right direction with segmentation

Challenges of using firewall tech to do segmentation

Despite the inevitability of security-related incidents, few organizations currently protect against the spread of breaches with segmentation – only 19 percent of the 300 IT professionals surveyed by Illumio currently implement segmentation solutions t… Continue reading Challenges of using firewall tech to do segmentation

Former Obama administration senior cybersecurity adviser hired at Illumio

Former Obama administration cybersecurity official Jonathan Reiber has joined data center and cloud security company Illumio.
Reiber will take the role of head of cybersecurity strategy. The role was previously occupied by another former Obama administ… Continue reading Former Obama administration senior cybersecurity adviser hired at Illumio

Illumio and Qualys integrate to deliver vulnerability-based micro-segmentation

Illumio announced new global vulnerability mapping capabilities on its Adaptive Security Platform. Vulnerability and threat data from the Qualys Cloud Platform is integrated with Illumio application dependency mapping to show potential attack paths in … Continue reading Illumio and Qualys integrate to deliver vulnerability-based micro-segmentation

Illumio, a specialist in segmented security, raises $125M at $1b+ valuation

 Another day, another major round of funding for a security startup, underscoring just how active the area of IT protection is right now — both in terms of business need and as an investment opportunity. Today, Illumio — a startup that provides data center and cloud security services, monitoring and protecting individual applications and processes within an enterprise network by… Read More Continue reading Illumio, a specialist in segmented security, raises $125M at $1b+ valuation

Illumio gets $125 million in Series D round, targets federal market

Cybersecurity startup Illumio announced Wednesday a $125 million Series D round investment led by J.P. Morgan Chase, bringing total investment in the Silicon Valley firm to $267 million since 2014. The new round marks the entrance of Wall Street investors after years of investment from some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent venture capitalists. The data center and cloud security company has begun to hire a team dedicated to federal sales including Eric Teasdale, the company’s federal sales director , who joined in April. Teasdale, who is “actively negotiating” on several projects, arrived from federal sales positions at Salesforce and Apptio. The Trump administration’s federal IT budget asks for $95.7 billion in 2018, a billion dollar increase, although most federal agencies would see their budget stay flat or decrease. Illumio intends in particular to target defense and intelligence agencies first, typically early adopters when it comes to major government tech endeavors, Cohen said. The dedicated […]

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Illumio gets $125 million in Series D round, targets federal market

Cybersecurity startup Illumio announced Wednesday a $125 million Series D round investment led by J.P. Morgan Chase, bringing total investment in the Silicon Valley firm to $267 million since 2014. The new round marks the entrance of Wall Street investors after years of investment from some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent venture capitalists. The data center and cloud security company has begun to hire a team dedicated to federal sales including Eric Teasdale, the company’s federal sales director , who joined in April. Teasdale, who is “actively negotiating” on several projects, arrived from federal sales positions at Salesforce and Apptio. The Trump administration’s federal IT budget asks for $95.7 billion in 2018, a billion dollar increase, although most federal agencies would see their budget stay flat or decrease. Illumio intends in particular to target defense and intelligence agencies first, typically early adopters when it comes to major government tech endeavors, Cohen said. The dedicated […]

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