Christer Swartz
Christer Swartz is Solutions Marketing Director at Illumio. He has spent many years in the Networking industry, beginning with a small startup called Cisco. He was previously with Netflix, designing the birth of their Internet video-streaming architecture, and also with Palo Alto Networks, designing deep security in both data center and cloud architectures.
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Get Reliable ROI with Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation
Today’s hybrid, hyper-connected networks have rendered prevention alone ineffective, Zero Trust containment delivers a better solutions call center ROI.
Fight Ransomware Faster: Centralized Visibility for Enforcement Boundaries
A true Zero Trust Segmentation architecture pushes the trust boundary directly to individual application workloads. That's why Illumio's allow-list security model gives you the ability to allow only the traffic your workloads require — denying all else by default.
Integrating Visibility and Rule Creation for Efficient Workload Security
Workload security has two broad requirements: visibility and enforcement.
Enforcement Boundaries: 7 Use Cases Beyond Ransomware
Enforcement Boundaries are the Swiss Army knife of risk reduction. Those famous red tools can do much more than slice some cheese and apple, and Enforcement Boundaries can do much more than just fight ransomware.
Fight Ransomware Fast With Enforcement Boundaries
You have two main ways to fight ransomware. You can either be proactive, working to block future attacks. Or you can be reactive, responding to an active breach.
Simplify SDN and Firewall Deployments with Host-Based Microsegmentation
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and segmentation are often discussed simultaneously because they both prioritize automation.
How to Design and Implement an Effective Container Microsegmentation Strategy with Kubernetes
Micro-segmentation is often viewed as challenging to implement at scale.
A Deeper Look at Illumio’s Integration with Palo Alto Networks
Learn how pairing Illumio with Palo Alto Networks can address security at the network as well as at the workload.
Best Practices for Workload Segmentation: Lean and Streamlined or Heavy and Complex?
There are two approaches to micro-segmentation, heavy or lightweight. Learn which is better for your organization and how Illumio can help.
Harnessing Natural Language to Define and Simplify Microsegmentation Policies
Harnessing natural language can reflect how users perceive the resources being protected as well as their attitudes toward security in general.
Network Security is Not Workload Security
There are distinct differences between network security and network-based solutions and workload security and solutions like micro-segmentation.
Why Hybrid Cloud Should Not Equal Hybrid Security
Just as overlay networks enable one consistent approach to networking in a hybrid cloud, hybrid security should be designed in the same way. Here’s why.
Assume Breach.
Minimize Impact.
Increase Resilience.
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