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The Segmentation Report

October 2025
Research parameters
Topic:
Cybersecurity
Countries:
US, Canada, UK, Germany, Saudi Arabia, India, Singapore, Australia, Japan
No. of interviews:
1,000
Methodology:
Quantitative
Respondent profile:
IT decision makers

Brief

Cisco’s Security Business Group wished to conduct research to power their thought leadership and marketing content, helping to reinforce Cisco’s position as a data centre segmentation expert. The research would help to drive new leads and revenue for Cisco’s Hypershield solution.

Solution

We conducted an international survey of IT decision makers to understand their drivers for pursuing segmentation, their aims and approaches, and the challenges they are currently facing. The results were turned into an insight-led presentation and discussion, to help Cisco focus on the key storylines and takeaways from the survey.

Outcome

We collaborated with Cisco to write the The Segmentation Report, driving awareness of the benefits and challenges of data centre segmentation and Cisco’s Hypershield solution.

Read the report.

Key findings

79%
say that segmentation is a top priority for their organisation, yet only 33% have fully implemented both macro and micro segmentation
87%
agree that their process of segmentation needs improvement—with the biggest challenges being complex environments (54%), lack of visibility (32%), and difficulty identifying legitimate communication flows between systems (32%)
57%
report protecting high value/critical assets as a driving factor for pursuing segmentation
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