Because segmentation can drift over time as apps, workloads, and infrastructure change — leading to misconfigurations, overly permissive rules, and unintended lateral movement paths. This solution adds continuous attack-based validation so you can confirm your controls still work as intended.
Key takeaways:
Segmentation drifts. Attackers don’t wait. In fast-moving hybrid and multicloud environments, segmentation rules can quietly become outdated or overly permissive — creating unintended lateral movement paths and blind spots in east-west traffic. This joint solution is designed to surface those gaps before they become breach pathways.
Validate Zero Trust in practice — not on paper. SafeBreach continuously emulates real attacker behaviors inside segmented environments while Akamai Guardicore enforces microsegmentation to contain threats. Together, they provide continuous assurance that segmentation is not just configured but actually effective.
Test segmentation against real attack paths. The integration lets teams run real-world attack simulations (credential theft, SMB/RDP movement, privilege escalation, ransomware propagation) to reveal which lateral movement attempts would succeed or fail under current policy. Akamai Guardicore then shows what was blocked, what stayed open, and exactly where segmentation must be hardened.
Turn findings into measurable risk reduction. Instead of “We think we’re segmented,” organizations can quantify the impact of segmentation on stopping attacker movement, pinpoint misconfigurations or overly permissive rules, and prioritize remediation based on what actually breaks attack chains.
- Prove control effectiveness to auditors and insurers. The joint solution produces evidence-based artifacts demonstrating segmentation effectiveness for frameworks like DORA, PCI DSS, and NIST 800-207 — helping teams communicate Zero Trust posture with defensible proof, not assumptions.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
SafeBreach acts as the validation layer, continuously emulating attacker behaviors inside segmented environments, while Akamai Guardicore is the enforcement layer, applying microsegmentation to contain threats and limit east-west traffic — so segmentation is not just configured but truly effective.
SafeBreach simulations can include credential theft, reconnaissance, SMB/RDP-based movement, privilege escalation, and ransomware propagation — to reveal which lateral movement attempts would succeed or fail under your current segmentation rules.
The integration enables you to test real-world attack simulations, detect misconfigurations or overly permissive traffic rules, and get visibility into which policies blocked the attack versus which flows remained open — so you know exactly where to harden segmentation.
You get simulation findings mapped to Akamai Guardicore policies, reports highlighting segmentation gaps and recommended remediation, and metrics showing where Akamai stopped attacks (and where risks remain) — plus dashboards for ongoing posture tracking.
SafeBreach Propagate identifies lateral movement opportunities (credential misuse, service exploitation), and Akamai Guardicore enforces microsegmentation to prevent those movements — helping reduce blast radius and stop ransomware spread earlier.
Yes, this solution is designed to produce evidence-based compliance artifacts to demonstrate control effectiveness for frameworks like DORA, PCI DSS, and NIST 800-207, as well as broader cyber insurance requirements.
A common starting point is running SafeBreach simulations to validate and optimize microsegmentation policies, using the results to identify blocked versus misconfigured versus overly permissive paths, then iterating on Akamai Guardicore policy hardening based on the findings.