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Illumio vs. Traditional Firewalls
Illumio outperforms traditional firewalls with workload-based segmentation that isolates servers, applications, and data.
Unlike firewalls, Illumio provides effective protection against attacker lateral movements in the data center and cloud, including less cost, complexity, risk, and time.
Key benefits
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The impact of cyberattacks, including via ransomware, have increased dramatically in the 2020s. Attackers deploy an arsenal of sophisticated tools to gain entry to servers and access sensitive data, hold it for ransom, threaten companies with exposure, or steal it for monetary or competitive gain. In this environment, it’s often not a matter of if a breach will occur but when.
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Assume Breach.
Minimize Impact.
Increase Resilience.
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