While Illumio microsegmentation effectively configures host-based software firewalls on servers and assets, enforcement stops at the host, leaving a dangerous gap where compromised assets can achieve lateral movement across the network without a backup defense. The iboss and Illumio integration solves this challenge by extending zero trust access controls directly into the network layer. Iboss software helped organizations connect to the Illumio Policy Compute Engine, synchronize workloads, and map labels to tags. This ensures that the exact same segmentation policy governing host firewalls is uniformly enforced at the network layer, effectively eliminating lateral movement risks and strengthening security.

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