“If a breach happened today, how ready are you to contain it? How would you stop the spread? Can your business keep running while you respond?”

Here’s the reality.

1. Run-time security isn’t enough. 
   Even with significant cybersecurity investments, attacks haven’t slowed. Attackers are consistently bypassing controls meant to stop initial access. That’s why stopping lateral movement has become critical.
2. Security operations centers are overwhelmed. 
   There’s too much data to process, too many alerts, and an unmanageable volume of false positives. Teams are stretched thin.

2. Is Zero Trust really working? 
   Despite all the buzz, many organizations still struggle to implement Zero Trust in a way that’s effective and practical.

3. Microsegmentation has a reputation problem. 
   It’s often seen as a slow, sloth-like approach to cyber defense—complex, time-consuming, and hard to operationalize.

So, we started helping enterprises move beyond just detecting an attack. It’s now about containing the spread. Protecting what matters most, your crown jewels, your data, and keeping the business running, not shutting it down.

That’s Where EDR Integration with Microsegmentation Changes the Equation.

By combining existing EDR investments with ColorTokens’ agentless microsegmentation, we’re helping customers build a far more resilient security posture. You get visibility, control, and, most importantly, the ability to respond fast, with containment that works.

And this integration sits at the heart of that shift. Let me explain.
 
Most enterprises already have solid North-South protections in place—your firewalls, web application firewalls (WAF), and EDR tools. And that’s a strong start.

But we all know that the real danger lies in East-West traffic—the internal movement that happens once a breach has occurred. That’s where microsegmentation plays a critical role. Now, when we combine EDR with ColorTokens’ microsegmentation approach, we’re offering a much more pervasive security framework. You’ve got North-South covered. You’ve got East-West locked down. And that’s where real resilience begins.

More and more, customers are recognizing that EDR alone isn’t enough. They want to leverage their existing investments, and by integrating EDR with microsegmentation, they’re improving both TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) and ROI (Return on Investment). One less agent on every server. Reduced deployment friction. And more comprehensive coverage.

And this is especially critical in industries like healthcare, manufacturing, banking, telecom—where even minor delays in deployment can have major implications.

Access Report | ColorTokens Named a Leader in the Forrester Wave Microsegmentation Report

How Fast is Microsegmentation Deployment Today?

Now let’s talk about speed. Because this is where most customers raise their eyebrows.

The legacy thinking was that microsegmentation is a multi-year journey. Eighteen months, maybe two years. But that’s no longer true.

Today, we can onboard 1,000+ servers in a matter of hours. In the U.S., we did 1,500 servers in 15 minutes.

So, when we walk into a customer discussion and they say, “We’re planning this project over three years,” our question back is, Why wait three years to deliver value when you could be reporting success in six months?

And here’s the bigger point.

When you combine agentless microsegmentation, EDR integration, and faster deployment timelines, what you’re really giving the customer is a ready-now cyber defense posture. They’re not waiting years to prove value. They’re not stuck in never-ending rollout phases. They’re telling their board: “We’ve already done it. And we’re protected.”

Read Blog | ColorTokens Puts EDR on the Be Breach Ready Map

Is EDR Integration Adding to the Problem or Solving Operational Challenges?

Let’s talk about agent fatigue. Every time a new agent is introduced, teams ask:

• Will it conflict with what we already have?
• What new telemetry will it generate?
• Who’s going to manage and analyze that data?
• How much memory will it consume?

This leads to agent fatigue—too many agents, too much overhead, and too much complexity. And that’s the problem we’re solving: we’re agentless.

What Does Cyber Maturity Look Like After Deployment?

That’s an important question because implementation is only part of the maturity curve. 

It typically starts with EDR. That’s step one. Then comes microsegmentation. That’s step two.  

The next step is hardening the environment. 

What does that mean?

With ColorTokens Xshield^TM microsegmentation platform reducing the attack surface, you’re now looking at alerts from only allowed services. The amount of data drops significantly. Fewer events to analyze. Less noise.

You minimize the blast radius, identify malicious behavior much earlier, write fewer rules, and reduce SOC fatigue. Containment becomes faster. Because you’re not trying to lock down the whole network, just the affected microsegments.

And when you’re able to do microsegmentation using EDR, containment becomes even faster. 
Your logs become more relevant. You start building a dependable, actionable inventory of intelligence. Intelligence you can now use to analyze threats and determine how you’ll take corrective actions.

And Here’s a Closing Thought.

Over 90% of our customers already have EDR. And 80% of those use one of the top three EDR vendors in the world. We already integrate seamlessly with those providers. That’s how we’re not just improving cybersecurity, we’re building trust.

If you’re looking to maximize the value of your EDR investment and extend its impact, we’d love to have that conversation. 

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*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from ColorTokens authored by Satyen Desai. Read the original post at: https://colortokens.com/blogs/edr-integration-microsegmentation-threat-containment/