Security News > 2022 > May > You Can’t Eliminate Cyberattacks, So Focus on Reducing the Blast Radius
Tony Lauro, director of security technology and strategy at Akamai, discusses reducing your company's attack surface and the "Blast radius" of a potential attack.
So how can you reduce the blast radius once malware is inside?
Just as the watertight bulkheads in a ship prevent a breach in the hull from sinking the vessel, segmentation prevents the lateral movement of malware across your network, preventing it from accessing critical assets.
Policies governing what devices can communicate with each other can become stale, restricting access in ways that hamper business agility.
Then you can easily implement policies by selecting from a policy library.
By reducing the blast radius of an attack by containing the bad actors, you can save the day.