FireMon, the founder of Network Security Policy Management (NSPM) and the control plane for network security policy, today announced an integration with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation that extends FireMon's policy control plane for microsegmentation. Organisations that have already governed firewall policy across their hybrid environment can now bring that same governance, normalisation, and audit rigor to Akamai Guardicore segmentation policy as they scale zero trust programs.
Akamai research found that while more than 90% of organisations use some form of segmentation, only about 35% have implemented microsegmentation, with network complexity and visibility gaps among the most commonly cited barriers. As organisations add microsegmentation to existing firewall, cloud, and other security controls, policy becomes distributed across multiple enforcement layers. FireMon's integration with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation brings segmentation policy into the same normalised, governed model FireMon applies across firewalls and cloud security groups, giving teams broader context to assess policy, troubleshoot changes, and maintain consistent governance.
