SGA Solutions announced on October 7 that it has formed a reseller partnership with Illumio, a company specializing in Zero Trust Segmentation (ZTS). The partnership aims to aggressively target the micro-segmentation market in the era of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing.
Illumio is a cybersecurity firm that provides micro-segmentation and breach containment solutions. Its ZTS technology visualizes the connections between workloads across various IT environments, including data centers, cloud, and endpoints, applying granular security policies to prevent lateral movement and breach propagation by attackers.
As the adoption of AI and cloud technologies expands, corporate IT environments are becoming increasingly complex, with servers, cloud, and containers interconnected. This complexity heightens the need for security technologies that not only prevent initial infiltration but also limit lateral movement within internal systems after a breach.
Micro-segmentation is a technology that segments networks and workloads, controlling access by area to prevent the spread of attacks even if a breach occurs. It is utilized to minimize access permissions between internal systems and limit the scope of breaches in a Zero Trust environment.
With recent cyberattacks targeting the financial sector, the importance of security systems that can contain breaches is growing. In financial IT environments, which handle customer information and critical systems, it is essential to restrict unnecessary access between systems to prevent attackers from moving to core assets even after infiltrating the network.
Through this partnership, SGA Solutions plans to expand its domestic micro-segmentation business based on Illumio's technology. The two companies will strengthen sales and technical collaboration, enhancing their capabilities to build and support optimized micro-segmentation solutions for various IT environments in the domestic market.
SGA Solutions offers a range of security products, including server security 'RedCastle', integrated account, authentication, and access management 'SGA ZTA ICAM', cloud workload protection platform (CWPP) 'vAegis', and container security 'cAegis'. The company has been involved in Zero Trust and National Network Security Framework (N2SF) related projects based on its comprehensive security portfolio covering servers, accounts, authentication, cloud, and containers.
With this partnership, SGA Solutions will expand its security business to include micro-segmentation, in addition to server, cloud, and container security, as well as account, authentication, and access management. The company plans to target the public, financial, and corporate markets by combining its existing Zero Trust experience with Illumio's technology.
The two companies plan to implement 'Full-Stack Micro-Segmentation' by combining Illumio's application-level micro-segmentation technology with SGA Solutions' kernel-level technology. They will enhance integration and interoperability between their solutions to apply security policies from the kernel to the application layer, and explore joint entry into overseas markets based on their technical collaboration.
Choi Young-cheol, CEO of SGA Solutions, stated, “Micro-segmentation is a key technology for minimizing breach propagation and implementing Zero Trust in increasingly complex AI and cloud environments. Through our collaboration with Illumio, we aim to strengthen our technological and business competitiveness and actively respond to the security demands of various markets, including public, financial, and corporate sectors.”
* This article has been translated by AI.
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