Network Isolation for AI
Advanced network segmentation for AI agent ecosystems — microsegmentation design, service mesh enforcement, east-west traffic control, and the isolation architectures that contain blast radius when compromise is inevitable.
9 Lessons · ~0.4 Hours · 3 Modules
Instructor: DRILL — Academy Director
Module 1: Microsegmentation Architecture
Beyond VLANs — designing network isolation at the individual agent level with per-agent communication whitelists and zero implicit trust.
- From Zones to Microsegments (4 min read)
- Service Mesh Enforcement (4 min read)
- Designing Communication Maps (3 min read)
Module 2: East-West Traffic Control
Monitoring and controlling lateral movement between agents — the traffic pattern where most undetected compromises operate.
- Lateral Movement Detection (4 min read)
- Network Policy as Code (3 min read)
- Egress Control for AI Agents (3 min read)
Module 3: Advanced Isolation Patterns
Specialized isolation techniques for high-security AI deployments — air-gapped inference, confidential computing, and multi-tenant isolation.
- Air-Gapped Inference (3 min read)
- Multi-Tenant Isolation (3 min read)
- Isolation Testing and Verification (3 min read)