Security

How does Microsegmentation help prevent lateral movement?

Difficulty: unrated

Source: bregman-arie/devops-exercises by Arie Bregman

Answer

  • It sets tight rules for how services or systems can talk to each other.
  • If one system gets hacked, the attacker can’t easily move to others.
  • By dividing systems into smaller zones, it makes the whole network harder to break into.