Stop lateral movement. Workload by workload.
Microsegmentation isolates workloads at the application tier. Policy follows the workload across hybrid environments.
BTA owns discovery, dependency mapping, monitor-only validation, and staged enforcement so production traffic is never gated on incomplete policy.
Where broad segmentation falls short.
- Risk 01
Network zones are too coarse
DMZ, internal, and VPN zones contain attackers in broad areas. Workload-level isolation is what stops cross-app compromise.
- Risk 02
Application dependencies are unmapped
Most teams cannot articulate every flow between two apps. Without that map, policy cannot be written safely.
- Risk 03
Hybrid environments break vendor tools
Vendor-specific segmentation tooling stops at vendor boundaries. Multi-cloud and hybrid require a portable approach.
How BTA delivers microsegmentation.
- 01
Discover dependencies
Map traffic flows between applications using vendor-agnostic visibility.
- 02
Validate policy in monitor-only mode
Proposed policy runs against real traffic. Gaps and over-permissive rules are surfaced before enforcement.
- 03
Staged enforcement
Apply policy in waves. Reversible cutovers per application.
- 04
Operations handoff
Your team owns ongoing policy hygiene. BTA stays available for advisory.
What Microsegmentation delivers.
Concrete, customer-side results we measure to.
- StoppedLateral movement at the app tier
- AuditGrade segmentation records
- HybridPolicy that follows the workload
- 0Production cutover incidents
We're architects who execute.
Three principles every BTA engagement runs on. Visible in the work itself.
We architect, deploy, and stay through Day-2.
Every engagement is end-to-end. We design the target environment, deploy it in stages, and remain on hand through the operational handoff.
We train your team to own the outcome.
Training is part of every engagement. By the close of an engagement, your operators can run, maintain, and defend the system to an auditor.
We measure success when your team runs it alone.
An engagement closes when your team is operating the solution without us in the room. SIMPLE methodology enforces this exit criterion on every project.
We meet you where you are.
Some teams want the full BTA delivery from architecture to handoff. Others bring us in for a single advisory window or a fully managed operations contract. Pick the model that fits and adjust as the business changes.
Consulting & Advisory
Strategy and senior guidance. Architecture reviews, technology assessments, and roadmap design for teams that own their own operations.
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BTA runs the system day to day under your governance. Monitoring, change management, escalation paths, and SLAs for teams without Day-2 capacity.
Learn moreDeployment
Implementation-only engagement. Faster than the Full Service Lifecycle when the customer team will not own operations afterwards.
Learn moreOptimization
Refresh and refine an existing environment. Performance, automation, and refactor work for platforms already in production.
Learn moreEnablement
SIMPLE-driven Quickstart programs that deliver a specific Cisco capability into production on a known timeline.
Learn moreMentoring
Capability transfer for teams adopting a new platform. Pair-programming, custom training modules, and Cisco MINT-aligned curriculum.
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Questions buyers ask about Microsegmentation.
Direct answers from BTA architects who run these engagements.
How is microsegmentation different from network segmentation?
Network segmentation isolates broad zones. Microsegmentation isolates individual workloads or applications using host-level enforcement. The result is fine-grained policy that contains lateral movement.Will microsegmentation impact performance?
No. Modern enforcement engines run inline at line speed. Performance is verified in monitor-only modes before enforcement is enabled.Does this require new agents on every workload?
Most environments use a mix of host-based agents and network-layer enforcement. The agent footprint is sized during scoping based on workload distribution.How long until we see results?
Initial enforcement on a contained scope is typically 6 to 10 weeks. Full enterprise rollout depends on application count and dependency complexity.
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Bring your hardest architecture problem. We’ll tell you what we’d do, what it costs, and how long it takes.
- 30-minute scoping call
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- Training in every engagement