A financial enterprise is deploying a third-party reporting server into a virtualized datacenter. The reporting server requires outbound internet access to fetch external market data, but corporate security policy dictates that it must be strictly prevented from initiating lateral connections to any other internal virtual machines, even those within the same subnet. Which of the following network architecture design solutions best satisfies this requirement?
- Implement microsegmentation policies using a software-defined network or host-based firewall rules to control east-west traffic at the hypervisor level.Cevap
- BPosition the reporting server in a traditional edge perimeter DMZ and rely on the main enterprise boundary firewall to restrict internal access.
- CDeploy a dual-homed jump box to proxy management requests from the administration network to the reporting server.
- DPlace the reporting server behind an air-gapped physical network interface to physically isolate all network communications.
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Implementing microsegmentation policies using software-defined networking or granular host/hypervisor firewall rules provides the necessary east-west traffic control to prevent lateral movement within the same subnet while maintaining required internet connectivity.
Microsegmentation applies granular, software-defined security policies at the individual workload or hypervisor level. This enables strict filtering of east-west traffic, preventing the reporting server from initiating connections to adjacent internal virtual machines regardless of network topology, while allowing specific outbound north-south internet traffic.
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Microsegmentation and East-West Traffic Isolation