A recent EMA survey found that over 96% of respondents consider microsegmentation to be extremely or very important for cyber defense, and now CISA’s latest guidelines offer organizations a way to specifically prioritize preventing lateral movement

Zero Networks, a leader in Zero Trust security, offers the ideal solution for organizations seeking to follow CISA’s new Zero Trust microsegmentation guidelines. While microsegmentation has long been considered complex and specialized, a new survey from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) signals a shift in perception: 96% of respondents consider microsegmentation extremely or very important for cyber defense.

The results of the EMA survey, detailed below, were released just weeks before the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released official microsegmentation guidelines to advance Zero Trust architecture. CISA’s guidance underscores the urgency for enterprises and government organizations to adopt microsegmentation as a cornerstone of modern cyber defense to prevent lateral movement and mitigate threats like ransomware. Similarly, the EMA study highlights industry sentiment on the greatest benefits of microsegmentation, as well as the key features that will continue to differentiate leading solutions from traditional approaches.

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The Evolving Microsegmentation Market – EMA Research Report June 2025

EMA surveyed 145 IT professionals, information security practitioners, and technology business leaders from across industries to gain insights into their perspectives on microsegmentation solutions. Key findings include:

  • Crucially, 33.1% of respondents said the ability to immediately isolate and contain threats was their most valuable benefit – indicating that organizations are shifting their focus to rapid response to security incidents and limiting the scope of damage from attacks.
    • Preventing lateral movement and defending against ransomware (20.7%), adhering to compliance and cyber insurance requirements (14.5%), and ensuring business continuity (11.7%) were also considered relevant.
  • Beyond containment, the study shows what companies expect next:
    • 82.8% rate automated policy creation and lifecycle management as extremely or very important in the next 1-2 years.
    • 47.6% consider fast, automated asset recognition and labeling to be critical for future differentiation.
    • 50.3% consider integration with multi-factor authentication (MFA) to secure privileged access to be extremely important.

“When we conducted this study, we wanted to know if microsegmentation had crossed the threshold from a niche technology to a critical business strategy,” said Chris Steffen , Vice President of Research at EMA. “The data is clear: microsegmentation is now fundamental. Organizations value its ability to contain threats immediately and demand automation and integration with identity and access management to future-proof their defenses.”

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Unlike traditional approaches that require agents, manual rule writing, and multi-year projects, Zero Networks delivers microsegmentation that directly aligns with CISA’s call for widespread adoption: automated, agentless, and implemented within days. The company’s robust automation engine eliminates the complexity that has historically made microsegmentation inaccessible, creating and managing policies without error-prone guesswork. With integrated dynamic asset discovery, identity segmentation, and network-level MFA, Zero Networks enables organizations of all sizes to prevent lateral movement and contain ransomware—without additional operational overhead.

“Organizations are no longer just thinking about detection—they’re prioritizing prevention with immediate containment and resilience. With Zero Networks, networks defend themselves from the start; nothing needs to be found, mitigated, or contained, because whoever penetrates your network can’t penetrate further or cause damage,” said Benny Lakunishok , Managing Director of Zero Networks. “We greatly value CISA’s voice in this conversation and hope that, informed by the EMA survey results, organizations will gain increasing confidence that microsegmentation is attainable beyond the reach of the most sophisticated enterprises.”

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Source: businesswire

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