Illumio News

Illumio, Inc., a Zero Trust Segmentation company, announced the appointment of Pete Wilson as Director of Channel Sales, EMEA. Based in the UK, Wilson will lead and scale Illumio’s channel and alliance operations in EMEA as it seeks to capitalise on the growing demand for Zero Trust and Microsegmentation.  Wilson brings over 20 years of experience in networking and security, gained at top technology companies, including RSA and SailPoint. Before joining Illumio, he was Director...

Illumio Inc., a Zero Trust Segmentation company, announced it has become a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), an ecosystem of independent software vendors (ISV) and managed security service providers (MSSP), who have integrated their solutions with Microsoft security technology to build a better defence against a world of increasing cybersecurity threats. The development follows the release of Illumio for Microsoft Azure Firewall, which combines the security benefi...

Illumio, Inc., the Zero Trust Segmentation company, announces its partnership with pioneering cloud security provider Wiz and joins Wiz Integrations (WIN) Platform. Illumio enhances WIN by bringing the power of Illumio’s Zero Trust Segmentation platform to the partner ecosystem, so that customers can seamlessly integrate Wiz into their existing Illumio workflows. Benefits of security findings WIN enables Wiz and Illumio to share prioritised security findings with context including inven...

Illumio, Inc., the Zero Trust Segmentation company released the Cloud Security Index: Redefine Cloud Security with Zero Trust Segmentation, which presents the findings of global research into the current state of cloud security, the impact of cloud breaches, and why traditional cloud security technologies fail to keep organisations secure in the cloud. Vanson Bourne, an independent research firm, surveyed 1,600 IT and security decision-makers across nine countries and found that cloud risks are...

Cybersecurity breach containment is tipped to be one of the key talking points on the show floor at the year’s Infosecurity Europe, the most influential information security event running from 20-22 June 2023 at ExCeL London. Insights, advice, and strategy for cybersecurity Attendees will be able to meet leading cybersecurity providers and consultants, to find solutions to their challenges and equip themselves with tools to deliver an effective strategy.   As cybersecurity breaches...

Trevor Dearing, Director of Critical Infrastructure at Illumio commented: “The recent attack on an Italian water supplier, damaging water distribution and sewage purification for half a million people, exemplifies the primary aim of threat groups in causing as much disruption as possible. Attacks on water supplies are an effective target for threat actors carrying out these aims." He adds, "In the past, criminals have been known to adjust the chemical contents of water, such as in O...

Bishop Fox, the authority in offensive security announced significant, continuing company momentum with its expansion into the UK market. Having recently been awarded CREST accreditation in the UK and USA for Penetration Testing services, the company will look to help customers proactively enhance their security posture, with an initial focus on organisations in Northern Europe.   UK expansion Bishop Fox’s expansion into the UK comes on the heels of recognition for the company...

Illumio Inc., the Zero Trust Segmentation company announced its new Incident Response Partner Programme designed to help organisations respond, contain, and recover faster during ransomware and other breaches. Response Partner Programme The Incident Response Partner Programme is already responsible for successfully minimising the impact of dozens of active ransomware attacks around the world by bringing Illumio’s Zero Trust Segmentation (ZTS) Platform into the practice of leading digital...

Illumio, Inc., announces the appointment of Adrian Crawley as Regional Vice President of Sales, EMEA. Based in the UK, Crawley will lead and scale Illumio’s regional sales teams and operations across EMEA, including pre-sales and channel operations, to capture growing demand for Zero Trust Segmentation (ZTS) as companies race to strengthen cyber resilience. Crawley brings over 20 years’ experience in networking and security, gained at top technology companies including F5 Networks...

Illumio, Inc., the Zero Trust Segmentation company announced it has been named a 2022 Cool Vendor in Communications Service Provider (CSP) Business and Network Operations by Gartner. Gartner findings In this report, Gartner highlights the modern technology stack for CSPs across four technology categories spanning blockchain, cloud-native, private mobile network, and Zero Trust Segmentation. For cybersecurity, Illumio is the only vendor cited in the report. According to Gartner, “Innovat...

Illumio, Inc., the Zero Trust Segmentation Company announced the appointment of Mario Espinoza as Chief Product Officer (CPO). Espinoza has nearly two decades of experience in network, cloud, and data security, building innovative product suites for some of the world’s top security organisations. In this role, he will lead product strategy and product management, and engineering organisations to fuel continued innovation across the Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation product portfolio. Espin...

Illumio, Inc., the Zero Trust Segmentation company announced that Illumio CloudSecure is available in AWS Marketplace, a curated digital catalogue that businesses can use to find, buy, deploy, and manage third-party software, data, and services on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Illumio CloudSecure, Illumio’s solution for agentless segmentation of cloud-native workloads, is part of the Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation (ZTS) platform. Illumio ZTS is the leading enterprise segmentation platf...

Trevor Dearing, the EMEA Director of Critical Infrastructure Solutions at Illumio, said “It is encouraging to see NIST releasing updated guidance acknowledging the increase in cyber-attacks targeting the supply chain and the consequent necessity to bolster the supply chain’s cyber security. We can no longer turn a blind eye to the exponential increase in attacks on the IT systems of manufacturers, logistics companies and organisations, which ultimately target the operational part of...

Illumio, Inc., the Zero Trust Segmentation company, has announced an expanded relationship with IBM Security and a new integration between the companies’ technologies for advanced end-to-end threat detection and response. The integration combines IBM Security’s QRadar XDR with Segmentation from Illumio, to provide pre-attack protections for accelerated detection and automated containment and remediation capabilities, in order to help defend against the impacts of aggressive cyber-at...

Evolv Technology, creator of the Evolv EdgeTM people screening system that detects weapons and bombs, today announced the addition of Alan Cohen and David Orfao of General Catalyst to its Board of Directors. Both have deep experience scaling sales, marketing and distribution, ultimately building organisations that have created new multi-billion-dollar disruptive companies. Most recently, Cohen was a Board Member and Chief Commercial Officer at Illumio. A long-time enterprise tech veteran, his p...