As ransomware attacks continue to rise and evolve, the need for solutions that can provide visibility into compute environments and limit lateral movement is growing stronger. But traditional approaches to network segmentation, like firewalls and VPNs, aren’t sufficient. A global survey of 1,200 security professionals confirms that microsegmentation is now a vital ingredient in Zero Trust. Analysis of the results from North American companies that were part of the Akamai 2025 Segmentation Impact 

Report offer insights into why:

• Ninety percent of companies have adopted segmentation, but only 33% have advanced to microsegmentation
• Fewer than 70% of enterprises report being able to meet ransomware containment objectives
• IoT devices remain the least-protected asset class and are vulnerable to attack