---
id: 4141
title: "Quantifying the Impact of Micro-Segmentation"
source_domain: bishopfox.com
source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/quantifying-micro-segmentation-impact"
published_at: "2020-06-04T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["network-security", "red-team", "lateral-movement", "testing-methodology", "micro-segmentation", "illumio"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4141"
lang: en
---

# Quantifying the Impact of Micro-Segmentation

## Summary

Bishop Fox's methodology for Illumio shows micro-segmentation raises attacker difficulty by 300–950%, quantifying how policy granularity impedes lateral movement toward crown-jewel assets.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bishopfox.com
- **Published:** 2020-06-04T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/quantifying-micro-segmentation-impact
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4141