For multi-tenant data center operators, effective segmentation is crucial to their business model. They must isolate their infrastructure from clients’ environments, selectively share resources, and prevent cross-contamination between clients to stop breaches or malware spread. Additionally, segmenting operational applications limits breach impacts. Akamai’s whitepaper highlights the importance of software-defined segmentation to achieve these goals, providing enhanced security, improved access control, and containment of threats, thereby ensuring the integrity and reliability of multi-tenant data center operations.

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