Now that Illumio is almost fully deployed at Telhio, Ault has been impressed by the speed and ease of the platform.
“It’s been amazing to see what Illumio can do,” Ault says.
Illumio, for example, lets him test the impact a new policy on his applications and network operations before those policies are actually implemented.
“That’s what really differentiates Illumio from other products,” Ault explains. “Being able to test Zero Trust policies before deploying is huge. It helps us ensure application owners that nothing bad will happen when we turn on segmentation controls.”
Thanks to Illumio’s real-time visibility into application traffic, Ault can also easily see which servers and workstations are connected, which ports are being used, and if there is any unauthorized communications going on.
“Before Illumio, we had only a slim idea of what kind of communications were running across our network,” says Ault. “But with Illumio, we clearly see exactly what’s connecting to individual endpoints.”
“Thanks to Illumio, we’ve been able to grow as a business without also increasing our security exposure,” Ault adds. “That’s all I could ask for.”