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Remote Support Must Not Become Server Access

A desktop support session should not inherit a route into server administration

A practical microsegmentation design for separating remote desktop support from server administration, informed by Microsoft's reporting on helpdesk impersonation and RMM abuse.

Posted by Alexander Goller on Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Quarantine Must Stop Existing Connections

Blocking the next connection is not the same as stopping the one already carrying traffic

A practical microsegmentation quarantine drill for established sessions, with AWS security group and Kubernetes NetworkPolicy behavior, timing evidence, and scoped response controls.

Posted by Alexander Goller on Tuesday, October 20, 2026

GPU Monitoring Needs Its Own Containment Boundary

The collector needs access to telemetry. The rest of the network does not.

Recent NVIDIA DCGM Exporter research illustrates why GPU telemetry needs explicit microsegmentation, separate profiling access, and tests from unauthorized workloads.

Posted by Alexander Goller on Tuesday, October 13, 2026

mTLS Is Not A Containment Policy

A trusted workload identity still needs a narrow list of permitted destinations and operations

Mutual TLS authenticates service connections. Breach containment also needs explicit authorization, network boundaries, and tests using valid but unauthorized workload identities.

Posted by Alexander Goller on Tuesday, October 6, 2026

OT Integrator Access Needs An Expiry Date

Separate retained engineering knowledge from live access, then prove you can disconnect one supplier

The September 2026 FBI/CISA ICS integrator guidance raises two different containment problems: engineering data outside the plant and remote access into it. A practical microsegmentation pattern for supplier-specific access, project closure, and independent revocation.

Posted by Alexander Goller on Tuesday, September 29, 2026

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