Illumio, founded in 2013, is a cybersecurity company specializing in Zero Trust Segmentation (ZTS). Illumio’s mission is to enable organizations to thrive without fear of cyberattacks by providing easy-to-use security technology that stops the lateral movement of breaches. Illumio aims to minimize the impact of inevitable breaches, focusing on containment rather than prevention. Its goal is to build remarkably easy-to-use security technology that stops hackers and malware from moving laterally through networks.
Illumio has a strong market reputation, recognized as a leader in microsegmentation by Forrester Wave. It serves a substantial portion of Fortune 100 companies, including major players in banking, SaaS, and other sectors. Illumio primarily targets large corporations with complex network environments, but also offers tailored solutions for small and midsize companies. Its customer base includes prominent organizations like Oracle, BNP Paribas, Brooks, and Morgan Stanley. Illumio is generally viewed as a stable and reliable solution by its users, with positive feedback on its visual traffic interface, policy generation, and enforcement capabilities.
Offerings, Capabilities, and Integrations
Illumio offers a Zero Trust Segmentation platform that provides visibility, segmentation, and enforcement capabilities to protect workloads and devices across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Its integrations with various security tools enhance its capabilities and provide a comprehensive security solution. These offerings give Illumio a competitive edge by enabling organizations to contain breaches, reduce ransomware risk, and strengthen their overall cyber resilience. This reflects positively on Illumio’s reputation as a leader in Zero Trust Segmentation.
Products and Services
- Illumio Core: This flagship product provides segmentation for cloud and on-premises data center workloads, enabling organizations to reduce the impact of breaches and ransomware.
- Illumio CloudSecure: This product offers segmentation for public cloud applications and workloads, enabling Zero Trust security across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
- Illumio Endpoint: This product extends Zero Trust security to end-user devices, eliminating the risk users pose to the data center.
- Illumio for Microsoft Azure Firewall: This integration enhances the capabilities of Microsoft Azure Firewall by adding micro-segmentation and visibility.
Target Customers
Illumio targets a wide range of customers across various industries, including banking and financial services, energy and utilities, government, healthcare, small and midsize businesses, and manufacturing. These organizations benefit from Illumio’s products and services by gaining enhanced security, reduced risk, and improved compliance in their respective environments. Illumio particularly focuses on large enterprises with 10,000+ employees, as well as mid-sized companies with 100-249 and 1,000-4,999 employees.
Cloud Integrations and Marketplaces
Illumio offers integrations with several cloud platforms and security solutions, and maintains a presence on major cloud marketplaces.
- Amazon Web Services (AWS): Illumio integrates with AWS, and its products are available on AWS Marketplace.
- Illumio CloudSecure: Available on AWS Marketplace, Illumio CloudSecure provides agentless Zero Trust Segmentation for cloud-native workloads on AWS.
- Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation (ZTS) Platform: Also available on AWS Marketplace, this platform includes Illumio Core, CloudSecure, and Edge for comprehensive Zero Trust Segmentation across hybrid environments.
- Illumio Professional Services and Training: Illumio offers professional services and training on AWS Marketplace to help organizations implement and manage its Zero Trust platform.
- AWS GuardDuty Integration: Illumio integrates with AWS GuardDuty to enhance threat detection and response capabilities.
- Microsoft Azure: Illumio integrates with Microsoft Azure and offers its products on the Azure Marketplace.
- Illumio CloudSecure: Available on Azure Marketplace, Illumio CloudSecure extends Zero Trust Segmentation to Azure cloud environments.
- Illumio Core: Illumio Core is available on Azure Marketplace, providing real-time visibility and agentless segmentation for data center and cloud workloads on Azure.
- Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation (ZTS) Platform: This platform is available on Azure Marketplace, offering comprehensive Zero Trust Segmentation across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, including Azure.
- Microsoft Azure Firewall Integration: Illumio integrates with Azure Firewall to provide microsegmentation capabilities.
- Microsoft Azure Active Directory App Integration: Illumio offers single sign-on (SSO) integration with Azure Active Directory for simplified user access management.
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP): Illumio does not currently have a presence on Google Cloud Marketplace.
- Other Integrations: Illumio integrates with various other security platforms and tools.
- Wiz: Illumio integrates with Wiz Cloud Security Platform to automate security gap closure by combining threat detection with Zero Trust Segmentation.
- Netskope: Illumio integrates with Netskope One to extend Zero Trust to remote access architecture and enhance visibility into cloud workloads.
Key People
- Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder: Andrew Rubin
- Chief Product Officer: Mario Espinoza
- Chief Financial Officer: Anup Singh
- Chief Marketing Officer: Karl Van den Bergh
- Chief Revenue Officer: John Lens
- Chief People Officer: L. David Kingsley
- Chief Technology Officer: PJ Kirner
- Senior Vice President of Support and Services: Scott Downie
- Senior Vice President of Global Partner Sales and Alliances: Todd Palmer
Key Facts
- Headquarters Location: 920 De Guigne Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA
- Number of Employees: 700-750
- Annual Revenue: $100-150 million
- Parent Company: None
- Subsidiary Companies: None
- Publicly Listed: No
Analyst Recognition
Illumio is recognized by the following analyst groups:
- Forrester: Illumio is recognized as a Leader in the Microsegmentation Solutions category, described as “the original microsegmentation specialist.”
- Gartner: Illumio is listed as a Sample Vendor in five Hype Cycle reports related to microsegmentation and Zero Trust Networking.
- IDC: While IDC mentions Illumio in reports about ransomware attacks and cloud security, it doesn’t categorize Illumio within specific technology categories.
- Everest Group: Everest Group doesn’t appear to include Illumio in any of its reports.
