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Glossary: Hardening, Firewalls and Intrusion Detection

Segmentation

Also written: segments, segment

Splitting a network into smaller parts and controlling the traffic between them, as Alex did with the four office VLANs. It stops lateral movement and contains incidents.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

VLAN (virtual local area network)SubnetMicrosegmentationFlat networkLateral movement