2 years ago

Category: Database, Kubernetes

Security platform provider Illumio has been offering a form of “zero trust” security since its founding in 2013, and now the company is bringing some of the same features it provides in its core offering to the public cloud, with this week’s launch of Illumio CloudSecure. Illumio uses a submarine and its method for containing leaks with compartmentalization as a metaphor for its approach to security, which similarly seeks to contain breaches using what it calls “microsegmentation”. Illumio Core uses an agent to provide insight into application environments and to provide this microsegmentation, but, according to PJ Kirner, chief technology officer and co-founder at Illumio, three recent trends have driven Illumio to launch CloudSecure.

Second, the increase in infrastructure-as-code and DevOps practices has led to an increasing number of individuals involved in building infrastructure, which can make it more difficult to understand and unravel.

The end result of these three trends, explained Kirner, is increased complexity and an inability for companies to not only understand their hybrid multicloud environments but also for Illumio Core to provide insight and protection there.