Illumio & Wiz partner to boost cloud security resilience

Illumio, a Zero Trust Segmentation firm, has partnered with cloud security provider, Wiz, and joined the Wiz Integrations (WIN) Platform. By integrating Illumio and Wiz platforms, organisations can proactively streamline processes for vulnerability management and breach containment in the cloud, bolstering their cyber resilience. The joint value of this partnership will assist customers in crucially strengthening their cloud security programs, irrespective of their point in the cloud transition.

The collaboration, which merges Wiz's cloud security and Illumio's Zero Trust Segmentation, will benefit the WIN ecosystem and its customers. Todd Palmer, Senior Vice President of Global Partner Sales and Alliances at Illumio, noted the relationship would allow organisations to systematically integrate Wiz into their pre-existing Illumio workflows. The WIN platform allows Wiz and Illumio to share prioritized security findings with context, including inventory, vulnerabilities, issues and configuration findings. As a result, customers can enjoy a range of benefits.

These include improved visibility into cloud environments and robust threat detection capabilities, providing detailed insights to security teams who can then implement proactive segmentation controls. Secondly, the integration betters vulnerability management by not just identifying misconfigurations and vulnerabilities, but also adding application deployment and traffic flow telemetry data between workloads. Finally, the ability to implement intricate access controls based on real-time threat intelligence significantly reduces the attack surface and automatically contains potential breaches.

Increasingly, organisations are relying on the cloud to run critical systems and store their most valuable data. As a result, cloud attacks are becoming more sophisticated and widespread. According to Illumio's Cloud Security Index, nearly half of all data breaches now originate in the cloud, costing organisations $4.1 million on average. The gaps in cloud security are recognised by security decision-makers with 95% saying they need better visibility and reaction times to cloud breaches, as well as greater efficiency in security operations.

Philip Bues, Research Manager for Cloud Security at IDC, said that cloud security teams now recognise that breaches will occur and are focusing on identifying cloud misconfigurations, software vulnerabilities and active threats. He added, "By integrating threat detection and microsegmentation strategies, organisations can proactively manage their cloud security postures, while leveraging the principles of Zero Trust Segmentation to effectively mitigate risk."

"The combined capabilities of Wiz and Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation Platform offer organisations a comprehensive approach to cloud security, including threat detection, vulnerability management and segmentation for public cloud applications and workloads," said Oron Noah, Head of Product Extensibility & Partnerships, Wiz. He underscored Wiz's commitment to delivering innovative solutions that safeguard digital assets and protect against emerging cyber threats.

WIN is designed to establish a cloud security operating model where security and cloud teams work collaboratively to understand and control risks across their CI/CD pipeline. With partners like Illumio, Wiz aims to set the industry standard in integrated solution strategy to maximise an organisation's operational capabilities.