How does Illumio contribute to compliance mandates?

Illumio contributes to compliance mandates primarily through robust segmentation policies that protect sensitive data. Compliance mandates often require organizations to safeguard their data against unauthorized access and breaches. Illumio achieves this by creating micro-segmentation policies that define which workloads can communicate with each other. This segmentation minimizes the attack surface and ensures that even if one segment is compromised, the threat does not easily spread to others.

Moreover, by maintaining visibility into traffic flows and ensuring that only the necessary communications are allowed, Illumio helps organizations demonstrate adherence to various regulatory requirements, such as HIPAA, GDPR, and PCI DSS, which often set strict guidelines for data protection and access controls.

Other options do not contribute to compliance requirements effectively. Eliminating all security requirements would jeopardize data protection, ensuring data is never accessible is impractical and would impede business operations, and standardizing all software applications does not enhance security posture or compliance directly.