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reviewer2790663 - PeerSpot reviewer
Especialista em segurança da informação at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 20
Jan 13, 2026
Network visibility has transformed segmentation in our kubernetes environments and improves security
Pros and Cons
  • "Akamai Guardicore Segmentation offers us large visibility in all our environments and helps us to understand network segmentation and traffic."

    What is our primary use case?

    Our main use case for Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is the implementation in Kubernetes AWS.

    How has it helped my organization?

    Akamai Guardicore Segmentation has positively impacted our organization. We implemented Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and shared all our directory with the team, who are very happy about the security environment we implemented.

    What is most valuable?

    Akamai Guardicore Segmentation offers us large visibility in all our environments and helps us to understand network segmentation and traffic.

    The visibility from Akamai Guardicore Segmentation has helped our team by addressing the challenge of a shadow network in traffic across all environments, providing us with more insight into this network traffic.

    In my experience with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, the best feature is visibility. The segmentation is excellent, but the visibility of all network traffic is extremely helpful.

    The segmentation feature of Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is very easy to set up across all environments. The Akamai team supports all our questions, and the tool is very easy to use, making it extremely helpful.

    Regarding the features of Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, the integration with Active Directory is excellent and very positive.

    One specific outcome from using Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is that we noticed addressing network threats, which are a very significant problem in any company. This feature, along with visibility, has brought us more peace of mind.

    What needs improvement?

    I believe Akamai Guardicore Segmentation could be improved with a feature to filter, and I believe implementing MFA would be very useful and helpful to us.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Akamai Guardicore Segmentation for more than three years, and I had the opportunity to get certified. I liked the tool so much that I had the opportunity to earn the GCSA and GCSE certifications.

    What other advice do I have?

    My advice for others looking into using Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is that visibility is crucial. If you are not seeing your network clearly, your job is challenging. Visibility is the main word in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation. Our company has a business relationship with Akamai as we are a partner or reseller. I rate this product a ten out of ten.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud

    If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
    Last updated: Jan 13, 2026
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    Ken Bauer - PeerSpot reviewer
    Senior Security Analyst at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees
    Real User
    Top 10
    Dec 11, 2025
    Segmentation of legacy systems has protected outdated endpoints and reduces network risk
    Pros and Cons
    • "Akamai Guardicore Segmentation has impacted my organization positively because we find it difficult to remove the legacy systems, so it was very important to segment them from the rest of the network to protect them and protect the rest of our network."
    • "Akamai Guardicore Segmentation can be improved because keeping it up to date is difficult since it is SaaS-based and updates are not on a regular schedule; I have to reach out to my contact to ask them to update to a newer version, and it would be helpful if updates were on a regular cadence so that I would not have to remember to ask them."

    What is our primary use case?

    My main use case for Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is segmenting legacy operating systems.

    I use Akamai Guardicore Segmentation to segment legacy operating systems because they do not support our EDR tools due to their age, and I chose Akamai Guardicore because its agents support very old systems that need to be segmented from the rest of the network.

    We are mainly using it for legacy systems.

    What is most valuable?

    The best features Akamai Guardicore Segmentation offers make it simple to see all of the connections that are being made to each of the endpoints, and they can be controlled by process and port.

    The ability to control by process and port helps my team day-to-day because, since there are hundreds of thousands of connections to some of these endpoints, looking at the Reveal Map makes it simple to audit and create rules for what we want to allow.

    Akamai Guardicore Segmentation has impacted my organization positively because we find it difficult to remove the legacy systems, so it was very important to segment them from the rest of the network to protect them and protect the rest of our network.

    What needs improvement?

    Akamai Guardicore Segmentation can be improved because keeping it up to date is difficult since it is SaaS-based and updates are not on a regular schedule; I have to reach out to my contact to ask them to update to a newer version, and it would be helpful if updates were on a regular cadence so that I would not have to remember to ask them.

    I think it is really valuable to take a course on Akamai Guardicore Segmentation because many things are not obvious in terms of how to do them correctly.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Akamai Guardicore Segmentation for one year.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is stable and very reliable.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    The scalability of Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is very good. It scales very well, and I can keep adding agents and scale as much as needed.

    How are customer service and support?

    I have not had to reach out to customer support for Akamai Guardicore Segmentation.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    What was our ROI?

    I have not seen a return on investment in terms of specific metrics like time saved or reduced risk, but I can say that reduced risk is significant.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that overall everything worked out really well. The pricing was flexible, and it has worked out well with our budget.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    Before choosing Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, I evaluated other options, but I cannot recall them off the top of my head.

    What other advice do I have?

    Since I started using Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, we have not had any situations that demonstrate specific results or metrics such as fewer incidents or improved compliance.

    My advice to others looking into using Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is to work with professional services during setup because it is not intuitive at the beginning and to take the administrator course to understand the Reveal Maps, as the Reveal Maps are the most useful way to control the segmentation.

    I give this product a rating of 8.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    On-premises
    Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
    Last updated: Dec 11, 2025
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