Super Cyber Friday: “Hacking Microsegmentation for Machine Workloads” (or: Stop Trying to Treat AI Agents Like 1998 VLANs)

Last Friday, NetFoundry’s CEO Galeal Zino appeared on the weekly live YouTube show Super Cyber Friday, hosted by tech journalist David Spark. Super Cyber Friday is about cybersecurity practitioners and vendors, and every episode has a title that follows a “Hacking [Topic]” format. This particular episode’s title is Hacking Microsegmentation for Machine Workloads, and features: Galeal Zino, NetFoundry CEO (and my boss’ boss, and therefore the best damned skip-level in the world) Howard Holton, Founder and Principal Counsel at Phronia Counsel, an independent technology analyst and advisory firm If you’re wondering what microsegmentation is, here’s the short version: Microsegmentation is the practice of carving your network into tiny zones so that when something gets compromised (and something will), the damage stays in one small room instead of spreading through the whole house. Everyone agrees it’s a good idea, but almost nobody enjoys doing it. It’s the brushing and flossing of…