
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.
Authored content

People Can’t Be Patched: Why Human Error is a Huge Cloud Security Risk
Discover how human mistakes in the cloud can open the door to breaches and how to fix it with a Zero Trust strategy grounded in microsegmentation.

How to Eliminate Security Silos Across the Hybrid Multi-Cloud With Illumio CloudSecure
Learn why breach containment with Illumio CloudSecure adds visibility and segmentation to stop threats before they spread.
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Why Microsegmentation Is the Answer to GenAI Attacks
Learn why microsegmentation is the key to stopping AI-powered breaches and building cyber resilience.

How a Zero Trust Strategy Built on Microsegmentation Solves Cloud Risks
Find out how to gain visibility, control, and protection across dynamic cloud environments to keep your data and applications safe from breaches.

How Illumio Closes Visibility Gaps in Container Environments
Learn how Illumio provides complete visibility inside and outside Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters, eliminates blind spots, and contains breaches.

Containers Security: An Essential Guide to Protecting Kubernetes
Discover why container security is crucial in a world where breaches are inevitable, and learn how Illumio can secure your Kubernetes environments against modern threats.

Little-Known Features of Illumio Core: Core Services Detector
Learn how Illumio's Core Services Detector can help you quickly find a complete inventory of which applications are running on all your workloads and automatically recommend labels.

What to Expect When Starting Out With Microsegmentation
If you’re building a zero trust architecture, microsegmentation should be a crucial part of your plan. Here are the 10 things you can plan on doing when starting out with microsegmentation.

How to Stop a Cloud Attack Chain With Illumio CloudSecure
Learn how Zero Trust Segmentation with Illumio CloudSecure could've stopped a real-life cloud attack chain.
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Little-Known Features of Illumio Core: Enhanced Data Collection
Learn how Illumio’s Enhanced Data Collection feature helps you monitor your traffic volumes to find anomalies and take action if needed.

Balancing Security and Operational Resilience: Illumio’s Strategy for Secure and Stable Software Releases
Get an overview of the design choices we’ve made in the Illumio platform that help keep you secure while reducing the effect of a worst-case scenario.
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Little-Known Features of Illumio Core: Traffic and Map
Learn how Illumio’s Traffic and Map tools help you quickly and easily understand what’s happening in your network.
Assume Breach.
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