Company Research Report: Forescout Technologies, Inc.
Company Overview
- Name: Forescout Technologies, Inc.
- Mission: We envision a world where every cyber asset is seen, secure, and compliant.
- Founded: No information is available on the exact founding date or the founders of the company.
- Key People:
- Elisa Costante, VP of Threat Research
- Headquarters: San Jose, California, USA
- Number of Employees: No information is available.
- Revenue: No information is available.
- Known For: Forescout is known as a global leader in cybersecurity, focusing on continuous identification, protection, and compliance assurance for both managed and unmanaged cyber assets. Their platform provides comprehensive capabilities in network security, risk and exposure management, and threat detection and response.
Products
Forescout Platform
- Description: The Forescout Platform provides extensive functionalities for managing cyber risks, containing potential events, and mitigating threats without disrupting business operations.
- Key Features:
- Continuous identification and protection of IT, IoT, IoMT, and OT assets.
- Ensures compliance of cyber assets.
- Network security and risk management capabilities.
- Extended detection and response features.
- Seamless context sharing and workflow orchestration through ecosystem partners.
Network Security Solutions
- Description: This includes solutions for cyber asset management, network access control, segmentation management, and security for OT/ICS and IoMT environments.
- Key Features:
- Integrated risk and exposure management.
- Threat detection and response across a scalable, vendor-agnostic platform.
Recent Developments
- New Partnerships:
- Forescout has formed a strategic partnership with Microsoft to enhance security solutions for IoT, medical, and OT environments.
- Research Updates:
- Vedere Labs: Forescout's research arm, focuses on cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities for connected assets. Their research is integrated into the Forescout Platform and shared with different cybersecurity agencies, showcasing added value in threat intelligence.
- Recent Reports:
- The Riskiest Connected Devices in 2024: In this fourth annual report, key insights highlight IT devices maintaining the largest share of vulnerabilities, IoT vulnerabilities have expanded by 136% since 2023, and the introduction of industrial robots in the OT device risk category.
- Security Initiatives:
- Recommendations for improving network security efforts including segmentation to mitigate risks from vulnerable IoT and OT devices.
Overall, Forescout Technologies, Inc. is positioned as a cybersecurity leader with a strong focus on asset visibility, security, and compliance, backed by innovative research and strategic partnerships.
