America 250: Spies during the American Revolution

Modern cloud micro‑segmentation is rooted in a straightforward but powerful concept: If an attacker breaches one part of a system, the rest should remain secure.

By dividing networks into small, isolated segments and tightly controlling access between them, organizations greatly reduce the chance that a single intrusion will spread.

The idea underpins today’s conversations about “granular security zones,” “containment boundaries,” and the prevention of “lateral threat movement.” Although these terms are born of the digital age...