In parts one and two, we explored the ransomware attack chain, the shortcomings of fragmented defenses, and the advantages of a unified hybrid mesh approach. In part three, Pete Nicoletti joins us to share practical steps CISOs can take right now to start building a hybrid mesh architecture that effectively counters ransomware threats. Finally, we outline Check Point’s vision and strategy for delivering Hybrid Mesh Security.

Strategic Actions for CISOs

Here are three next steps security leaders can take to prepare their environments for ransomware resilience with hybrid mesh architectures:

  1. Audit Your Visibility and Segmentation Posture

Identify blind spots between cloud, data center, and remote access points. Map out how and where lateral movement is possible. Review current enforcement policies to ensure they reflect user identity, device trust, and data sensitivity.

  1. Pilot Hybrid Mesh Capabilities in a High-Risk Environment

Choose a high-value segment—such as finance, HR, or cloud production—and deploy hybrid mesh capabilities like unified policy enforcement and dynamic microsegmentation. Measure improvements in threat detection speed and containment efficiency.

  1. Integrate Hybrid Mesh into Incident Response (IR) Playbooks

Ensure that your IR plans include procedures for automated segmentation, identity-based access restrictions, and real-time policy updates. Train your SOC on the use of hybrid mesh tools and connect them to broader zero trust and EDR ecosystems.

In addition to the above steps, Pete Nicoletti, Check Point Global CISO – Americas and Office of the CTO Evangelist, adds that organizations should: “Validate that your tool coordination and consolidation efforts improve critical KPI’s like MTTR.  Also, as noted above during the pilot tests, all KPI’s that measure incident response times, ticket closure times, and lower false positive rates need to improve.”

For CISOs looking to move beyond fragmented architectures and toward unified threat prevention and containment, Check Point offers one of the most complete hybrid mesh architecture solutions on the market, the Infinity Hybrid Mesh Platform (see figure 4.). Its approach, detailed in the blog “Securing a Hyperconnected World: The Case for Check Point’s Hybrid Mesh Security Architecture”, delivers the essential pillars required to stop ransomware at scale: unified management, distributed enforcement, collaborative threat prevention and open garden integration.

With over 250 third-party technology integrations, organizations can streamline interoperability across platforms, accelerate incident response workflows, and enforce security controls with greater precision.

For example, Check Point’s integration with Illumio enables organizations to detect and contain the lateral movement that often accompanies ransomware attacks. By combining Illumio Segmentation and Illumio Insights with Check Point’s CloudGuard and Infinity Platform, security teams can implement an open, interoperable hybrid mesh architecture that strengthens protection across the environment.

The Infinity Unified Management layer consolidates policies and dashboards across all enforcement points including, network, cloud, endpoint and email. This eliminates blind spots across hybrid environments and ensures policies are applied quickly and uniformly across data centers, cloud workloads, remote offices, and mobile users. With built-in identity awareness, dynamic segmentation, and real-time threat intelligence, the platform empowers organizations to detect, contain, and respond to ransomware much earlier in the attack chain.

Most importantly, Check Point’s Hybrid Mesh Platform is designed with prevention-first architecture—backed by industry-leading threat efficacy and ThreatCloudAI with AI-powered engines, and the ability to correlate signals across network, user, and endpoint behavior. This ensures that even if ransomware gains a foothold, it cannot propagate—and containment is automatic, immediate, and global.

For security leaders building a zero trust-aligned, resilient infrastructure in 2025, Check Point’s Infinity Hybrid Mesh Platform offers both the strategic architecture and practical capabilities needed to reduce risk, accelerate response, and maintain business continuity in the face of sophisticated threats.

Go to checkpoint.com to learn more.

Check Point Infinity Hybrid Mesh Platform

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