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Comparing the Benefits of Microsegmentation vs. VLANs

Jacob Abrams is a Product Marketing Manager at Akamai working with the Zero Trust security products, specifically Akamai Guardicore Segmentation. Prior to Akamai, he worked with Israeli tech startups to generate sales pipeline and facilitate marketing content creation and promotion. He is based in Somerville, MA.

Microsegmentation and virtual local area networks (VLANs) are two key network architecture strategies, each with their own benefits and distinctions.

Executive summary

\r\n \r\n The main cybersecurity benefit of segmenting networks is that it limits lateral movement of malicious actors and malware in the event of a security incident.

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\r\n Microsegmentation and virtual local area networks (VLANs) are two key network architecture strategies, each with their own benefits and distinctions.

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\r\n A VLAN is a network architecture approach that enables grouped network devices, like servers and computers, to operate as a…