Elisity Honored as Network Security Solution Provider of the Year, Spotlighting Innovation in Identity-Based Microsegmentation
In a significant milestone for cybersecurity innovation, Elisity has been named “Overall Network Security Solution Provider of the Year” at the prestigious CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards. This accolade underscores the company’s groundbreaking contributions to network security, particularly through its identity-based microsegmentation platform. As enterprises grapple with rising lateral movement attacks and increasingly stringent regulatory requirements around network segmentation, Elisity’s solution offers a transformative approach to safeguarding critical assets.
The Growing Challenge of Lateral Movement Attacks
Lateral movement attacks have become a dominant threat vector in cybersecurity breaches, accounting for 70% of successful compromises. These attacks exploit weak internal defenses, allowing malicious actors to move freely within an organization’s network once they gain initial access. To combat this growing risk, leading cybersecurity frameworks now mandate granular network segmentation as a foundational control.
Regulatory standards such as NIST SP 800-207’s Zero Trust guidelines, CISA’s frameworks, SANS Critical Security Controls, HIPAA’s proposed 2025 Security Rule, PCI DSS, and IEC 62443 for industrial systems all emphasize the importance of robust segmentation practices. However, traditional methods often fall short due to their reliance on outdated technologies like VLANs and Network Access Control (NAC), which introduce unnecessary complexity and resource demands.
Elisity’s Innovative Approach to Microsegmentation
Elisity has redefined network segmentation by introducing an identity-centric, cloud-delivered Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that eliminates the need for cumbersome hardware installations, agents, VLAN configurations, or complex Access Control Lists (ACLs). This modernized approach allows organizations to achieve granular microsegmentation without disrupting existing infrastructure—a key differentiator from legacy solutions.
One of Elisity’s standout capabilities is its unparalleled asset discovery and classification, achieving greater than 99% accuracy across all devices, including unmanaged IoT, Operational Technology (OT), and Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices that typically cannot support traditional agent-based tools. By providing comprehensive visibility into every connected asset, Elisity empowers organizations to implement Zero Trust principles effectively, ensuring least-privilege access policies tailored to each entity’s unique security needs.
Simplifying Deployment and Accelerating Time-to-Value
Deploying traditional microsegmentation solutions can be a daunting task, often requiring extensive manpower and prolonged timelines. For instance, one enterprise customer reported needing 14 additional full-time employees and 300 hours per site to roll out conventional segmentation measures. In contrast, Elisity dramatically simplifies this process, enabling customers to deploy policies across three to four sites weekly and achieve active enforcement within days—not months or years.
“Legacy approaches demand armies of specialists and exhaustive resources,” said James Winebrenner, CEO of Elisity. “At Elisity, we’ve cracked the code on reducing complexity while delivering true microsegmentation. Our platform helps Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) advance their Zero Trust maturity, proactively mitigate risks, and streamline network policy management—all without overburdening IT teams.”
Industry Recognition and Validation
Elisity’s leadership in microsegmentation has garnered widespread recognition beyond the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards. Last month, the company was named a Cool Vendor™ in Gartner®’s Cool Vendors™ in Cyber-Physical Systems Security 2025. Additionally, Elisity has been featured in the Gartner Hype Cycle™ for Enterprise Networking, 2025, and included as a Representative Vendor in the 2025 Market Guide for Network Security Microsegmentation.
Forrester further validated Elisity’s impact in its report, The Forrester Wave™: Microsegmentation Solutions Q3 2024, describing the current era as the “Golden Age of Microsegmentation.” According to the report, Elisity stands out for its ability to deliver dynamic edge segmentation in brownfield environments—settings where older systems coexist with newer ones—with minimal prerequisites.
Demonstrated Business Value and Customer Success
Elisity’s platform delivers tangible business benefits, including a 76% reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) compared to legacy segmentation methods. Customers adopting Elisity’s solution report protecting 83% of their assets under policy within just 90 days, averaging over 1,000 actively enforced policies per deployment. These results translate into measurable improvements in security posture, operational efficiency, and compliance readiness.
Moreover, Elisity’s technology helps organizations reduce cyber insurance premiums by more than 20%, thanks to its proactive prevention of lateral movement attacks. The platform also accelerates alignment with key regulatory standards, including HIPAA 2025, NIST 800-207, FDA guidelines, IEC 62443, and CISA requirements, making it an invaluable asset for industries ranging from healthcare to manufacturing.
About Elisity
Elisity is a leap forward in network segmentation architecture and is leading the enterprise effort to achieve Zero Trust maturity, proactively prevent security risks, and reduce network complexity. Designed to be implemented in days, without downtime, upon implementation, the platform rapidly discovers every device on an enterprise network and correlates comprehensive device insights into the Elisity IdentityGraph™. This empowers teams with the context needed to automate classification and apply dynamic security policies to any device wherever and whenever it appears on the network. These granular, identity-based microsegmentation security policies are managed in the cloud and enforced using your existing network switching infrastructure in real-time, even on ephemeral IT/IoT/OT devices. Founded in 2019, Elisity has a global employee footprint and a growing number of customers in the Fortune 500.
