For years, security meant building a strong wall around the data center. But once an attacker gets past it, whether through a phished credential, a compromised workload, or a vulnerable app, the perimeter has little say in what happens next. Most breaches don't stay in one place. They spread laterally, east-west, from workload to workload.
That's the gap a distributed firewall (DFW) is designed to close. By enforcing policy at every workload, it limits lateral movement, contains ransomware, and supports Zero Trust, without hairpinning traffic through a central choke point.
I'm curious where the community stands.
Perimeter firewall vs distributed firewall?
a. Perimeter is enough
b. Distributed is essential
c. Need both
d. Need None
Vote below, and tell me in the comments what's driving your thinking. Are you seeing regulatory pressure, a recent incident, or a Zero Trust mandate?
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