FireMon and Illumio Launch Industry’s First Zero Trust Control Plane for Hybrid Enterprises

Moves Zero Trust beyond application visibility into continuous, governed control of segmentation across network, cloud, and host environments

LENEXA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FireMon, the leading network security and firewall policy management company, today announced the general availability of its integration with Illumio, giving organizations operational control over both microsegmentation and traditional firewall policies from a single platform.

Zero Trust adoption risks lie at the point of implementation. Policy conflicts between segmentation and firewall rules stall deployments, leaving even strong designs incomplete and unenforced. These conflicts are not visibility gaps, but governance gaps caused by disconnected policy models across enforcement domains. FireMon solves this problem by unifying Illumio policies and firewall rules in a single place, enabling teams to detect and resolve conflicts automatically and to move Zero Trust initiatives from prototype to production.

“Effective Zero Trust governance depends on consistent compliance and unified policy management across all enforcement points,” said Todd Palmer, SVP of Global Partner Sales and Alliances at Illumio. “FireMon’s integration with the Illumio Breach Containment Platform enables the first truly unified approach to analyzing and managing both microsegmentation and firewall policies. Together, the platforms provide stronger security and compliance, streamline reporting, and enable transparent auditing, accelerating organizations’ Zero Trust maturity.”

Unlike point integrations that stop at application visibility, the FireMon–Illumio integration delivers true operational management. By consolidating policy governance and change workflows, FireMon bridges the gap between network and workload segmentation, eliminating blind spots, reducing manual review, and ensuring consistent enforcement across hybrid environments. The result is a Zero Trust architecture that finally works as designed enabling enterprises to successfully adopt zero trust by bringing policy consistency, visibility, and control.

“Application discovery has real limits in dynamic, non-deterministic environments,” said Jody Brazil, CEO and cofounder of FireMon. “As workloads move and identities change across cloud and on-prem, discovery alone can’t keep up. That’s why intent-based approaches like Illumio are so effective. Our integration brings that intent together with unified policy governance, giving organizations a practical way to support application-driven connectivity while managing enterprise complexity across hybrid environments.”

Organizations can begin evaluating the FireMon–Illumio integration immediately through the following options:

• Explore the FireMon–Illumio Zero Trust partnership
• Watch FireMon CEO Jody Brazil and Zero Trust creator John Kindervag explain the integration
• Attend an upcoming joint FireMon–Illumio product webinar
• See the integrated solution in a video demonstration

About FireMon

FireMon is the global leader in firewall policy management, empowering enterprises to control risk, streamline operations, and scale securely across hybrid, cloud, and on-premises environments. Trusted by over 1,700 organizations in 70+ countries, FireMon automates enterprise network security policy management for the world’s most complex firewall infrastructures.

As a founder-led company, FireMon is redefining infrastructure protection through intelligent policy governance, enabling asset-centric control, zero trust readiness, and operational clarity at scale. Backed by industry-leading net promoter scores and relentless customer focus, FireMon ensures security becomes a strategic enabler, not an obstacle. Learn more at FireMon.com or request a personalized demo.

About Illumio

Illumio is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience. Powered by an AI security graph, our breach containment platform identifies and contains threats across hybrid multi-cloud environments – stopping the spread of attacks before they become disasters. Recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Microsegmentation, Illumio enables Zero Trust, strengthening cyber resilience for the infrastructure, systems, and organizations that keep the world running.