Microsegmentation Buyer's Guide & Checklist: Essential Resources for Zero Trust Security

The enterprise security solutions market is being reshaped by several critical factors that security leaders must address. Zero Trust initiatives are becoming central to enterprise security strategies, while the persistent threat of ransomware highlights the urgent need to limit lateral movement within networks. Organizations managing hybrid cloud architectures require consistent security controls that work seamlessly across environments, and the rising adoption of containers demands new approaches to workload-level security.

Forward-thinking organizations are seeking solutions that close attack surface gaps, provide unified visibility across their complex environments, and automate policy creation and management to reduce operational overhead. Modern network segmentation strategies are driving toward microsegmentation, and toward greater automation and expanded use of AI/ML for policy optimization, making it a critical component of modern security architectures.

The guide includes a comprehensive microsegmentation checklist of the core requirements that your teams and network security program will benefit from.

For example, modern microsegmentation solutions must provide comprehensive asset discovery and classification capabilities that automatically identify and categorize workloads across your enterprise. Policy simulation features should allow security teams to test changes before enforcement, reducing the risk of business disruption when implementing security controls.

Core functionality requirements include robust visibility and discovery that provides comprehensive mapping of all assets and communication flows, coupled with sophisticated policy creation and management tools that enable granular definition and automated recommendations. Technical requirements should focus on network-based controls that leverage your existing infrastructure for enforcement and extend beyond traditional IP address or port-based controls to utilize identity and metadata for more precise segmentation.

Download the Microsegmentation Buyer's Guide to get the complete list of microsegmentation requirements.

Here is a sample of the microsegmenation checklist.

Use these essential questions during your vendor evaluation process to ensure you select the right solution for your enterprise:

Visibility & Discovery "How does your solution discover and map users, workloads and devices and their dependencies across hybrid environments?"

Policy Management & Enforcement "How are policies created, tested, and validated before enforcement?"

Architecture & Deployment "What deployment options are available (software agents, agentless, network-based)?"

Operational Technology Support "How are OT protocols and devices discovered and classified?"

Incident Response & Remediation "What capabilities exist for quarantine and isolation during a security incident?"

Management & Reporting "What dashboards and reporting capabilities are included for ongoing visibility and compliance?"

We know that there are several microsegmentation solutions on the market today. There is reason that Elisity was chosen as a "Strong Performer" in the Forrester Wave™ Microsegmentaiton Solutions, Q3 2024.

We know that there are several microsegmentation solutions on the market today. There is a reason that Elisity was chosen as a "Strong Performer" in the Forrester Wave™ Microsegmentation Solutions, Q3 2024.

Learn why and how to compare microsegmentation tools. Now is a good time to download the full buyer's guide to access detailed vendor evaluation criteria, implementation roadmap templates, ROI calculation frameworks, a complete technical microsegmentation requirements checklist, and key questions to ask every vendor during your evaluation process.