Illumio Associate study materials
Illumio Associate study resources

Illumio Associate case studies

Illumio Associate · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The Illumio Associate credential is an entry-level certification for IT and security professionals who want to demonstrate foundational knowledge of Illumio's breach containment platform. It suits network and cloud engineers, SOC analysts, security architects, and administrators who are beginning to work with microsegmentation, policy design, and workload visibility. Candidates typically come from firewall administration, cloud operations, or security operations backgrounds and are moving toward Zero Trust architecture work. The exam is organized around four equally weighted domains. The Illumio Associate case studies are 5 cases and about 3,496 words.

1

Ransomware on a Visibility-Only File Server in a Mixed-Estate Environment

Northwind Logistics runs 800 workloads across two data centers. The Illumio PCE manages 740 VENs, but 48 end-of-life Windows 2008 file/print servers and 12 network appliances have no VEN.

765 words, about 4 min
2

Over-Broad Labels and a Shared Reverse Proxy Before Checkout Enforcement

Vantage Retail is preparing to enforce segmentation for its checkout application. The app has 120 web servers, 40 app servers, and 12 databases across AWS and one on-prem data center.

717 words, about 4 min
3

SMB Fan-Out Anomaly in a Payment VPC with Container Blind Spots

At FinCo, Illumio Insights monitors 1,200 workloads in a payment VPC. APP-221, a Linux application server, normally sends 300 MB per day to 12 internal IPs on TCP 443.

664 words, about 3 min
4

Zero Trust for Unagentable Medical Devices in a Flat Hospital Network

Metro General Hospital has 4,000 endpoints, 800 servers, and 1,200 medical devices on a flat VLAN. Devices include MRI scanners, infusion pumps, and nurse stations; many run Windows XP/7 and cannot accept a VEN.

668 words, about 3 min
5

Merger with Overlapping IP Ranges and Two Label Taxonomies

After a merger, Company A and Company B both use 10.10.0.0/16. A has 300 workloads in AWS and on-prem; B has 280 in a different AWS region and a colo.

682 words, about 3 min