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USA Today | Byron Acohido | May 2013
“It’s been nine months since the milestone Shamoon virus wreaked havoc at Aramco. ‘Organizations have to assume copycat similar attacks might take place and protect against them. The concern is that from a single computer the virus infection can spread internally from computer to computer. And perimeter defenses like firewalls and network intrusion prevention cannot prevent the spread. Organizations need to upgrade their internal network defenses to ensure even previously unknown malware cannot spread undetected,’ said Gord Boyce, CEO of ForeScout.”
Computerworld UK | John E Dunn | May 2013
“’If the organisation inadvertently identifies a patient monitoring system incorrectly as a rogue device, and subsequently blocks it, that is potentially life threatening,’ said HIS senior client devices engineer Peter Ward. CounterACT would allow the organisation to see which devices were connecting to the network while maintaining endpoint compliance without causing service disruption, he said.”
Latest Press Releases
April 23, 2013
“ForeScout Technologies and FireEye®, Inc. announced an integrated approach to dynamically mitigate advanced persistent threats (APTs) and zero-day attacks. By combining the ForeScout CounterACT platform with the FireEye threat protection platform, enterprises can rapidly identify, verify and quarantine APTs, botnets and propagating malware affecting systems in distributed and “bring your own device” (BYOD) environments.”
March 27, 2013
“ForeScout today named Christopher (Criss) Harms as chief financial officer (CFO). He brings more than 20 years of executive financial and operational management experience in fortifying technology companies by building teams, raising capital and executing M&A transactions.”
TopLatest Webcast
Modern network, device, user, application and access dynamics challenges GRC assumptions and IT effectiveness. You’ve built-out process and controls to address overlapping compliance requisites. You’ve invested heavily in network and host-based security, systems management, SIEM and other security mechanisms. But new threats and state changes outpace IT capacity. How can you apply next gen Network Access Control (NAC) to gain the visibility and control required to close real-time security and compliance gaps and automate IT response? Join us for a 60-minute expert / practitioner session revealing:
- Common IT-GRC assumptions and exposures
- Modern NAC capabilities, integrations and applications
- Ways to quickly reduce access and endpoint integrity exposures
- Real-world NAC implementation, justification and implication
- Modern NAC capabilities, integrations and applications
- Ways to quickly reduce access and endpoint integrity exposures
- Real-world NAC implementation, justification and implication
Speakers on this include:
- Ritesh Patel, Operations Control Manager, BP International
- David King, Assoc. Director Shared Services Technology EMEA, Omnicom Media Group
- Scott Gordon (CISSP), Vice President, ForeScout
Led by Dr Chenxi Wang, industry analyst at Forrester Research, this webinar will examine drivers, issues, trends and options for endpoint compliance, where NAC sits on the security tool landscape and functional success factors, as well as will explore real-world NAC application that effectuate security policy, expedite incident response and optimize security resources. Join this interactive expert / practitioner panel as they discuss:
- Endpoint security gaps and emerging control issues
- NAC capabilities and operational dynamics
- Best practices to automate GRC controls and eliminate endpoint security gaps
- The top NAC applications that can accelerate return on investment
Phil Hochmuth, security program analyst at IDC
Scott Gordon, vice president, worldwide marketing at ForeScout
This webinar examines BYOD trends and risks, the mobile security landscape, policy development and control options. The session will also present a tiered service approach to enterprise mobile security where complementary controls can offer necessary network and device level defenses to enable IT organizations to realize mobility advantages and reduce security and compliance exposures.
Topics Include:
- Real-world issues, considerations and operational impact
- Policy development processes to tolerate, support or embrace BYOD
- Why combine NAC, MDM and other technical controls
- How to devise tiered security service strategy
Getting Through the Compliance Maze with NAC (60 minutes)
- Diana Kelly – IANS Faulty Advisory and Founder, SecurityCurve
- Jeff Bradberry – IT Security Manager, BrightPoint
To maximize efficiency, manage risk and reduce potential violations due to compliance failure, organizations need to implement tools that apply and support multiple specifications across difference compliance requisites. Network Access Control (NAC) supports numerous critical security and protection functions across multiple mandates. This interactive expert / user session, led by IANS faculty advisor Diana Kelly of Security curve with end user participant Jeff Bradberry of BrightPoint, will examine NAC and real-world compliance use cases. Attendees will discover:
- Jeff Bradberry – IT Security Manager, BrightPoint
To maximize efficiency, manage risk and reduce potential violations due to compliance failure, organizations need to implement tools that apply and support multiple specifications across difference compliance requisites. Network Access Control (NAC) supports numerous critical security and protection functions across multiple mandates. This interactive expert / user session, led by IANS faculty advisor Diana Kelly of Security curve with end user participant Jeff Bradberry of BrightPoint, will examine NAC and real-world compliance use cases. Attendees will discover:
- Key NAC functions that apply to compliance processes and specifications
- Real-world use cases; considerations, controls, activities and processes
- How NAC specifically maps to top commercial, regulatory and federal mandates
Latest Case Studies
New York Law School Chooses ForeScout CounterACT for Improved Endpoint Visibility and Wireless Connectivity
This case study discusses the challenges New York Law School faced in protecting and controlling its network access defenses in a way that was less intrusive, that preserved the user experience, and reduced administrative cost. They turned to ForeScout CounterACT for its multi-factored, roles-based device authentication and seamless integration with existing wired and wireless infrastructure. Additionally, CounterACT was easy to administer and deploy, in large part because its lightweight agent was trouble-free for students. There were numerous benefits, including that the IT organization gained full visibility and control of all devices on the network.
Christian Ponce, Manager of IT Audit and Compliance
“CounterACT is quickly becoming a verb at Vistaprint. For example, people will say: ‘You need to know xyz about xyz system? CounterACT it!’”
Keith Alan Rodwell, principal infrastructure and security architect at Charles River
“At a time when IT tool chests are filled with one-time, limited use products, it is refreshing to have a product like CounterACT, which supports our security, desktop management, help desk, active directory and enterprise applications groups.”
Latest Videos/Podcasts
“Eddie Correia leads a discussion on the BYOD craze and the resulting rise of mobile device management solutions to police it. This hour-long session includes a close look at one of the newest and most innovative MDM solutions out there and a discussion of some of the others – Video.”
Steve Gold of ITsecurityPRO interviews ForeScout’s Scott Gordon on ForeScout NAC, Mobile Security and BYOD
“ForeScout has continued to evolve over the years and now their primary offering is a Network Access Control product that can address the introduction of new devices into the enterprise, a major trend as employees purchase iPads, Android devices, and iPhones. Aside from new mobile devices, the other major trend in IT today is virtualization. ForeScout introduces their virtual appliance product line today to continue their evolution and address the move to virtualized data centers.”
Latest Research
Latest Recognitions
WINNER – “Best NAC” Readers Trust Award
“ForeScout won the Best NAC product after proving the success and overall impact of ForeScout CounterACT to the Reader Trust Voting Panel. Functionality, manageability, ease-of-use and scalability of the product or service, as well as the customer service, are considered during the judging process.”
Latest Reviews
Network Computing | December 2012
“Effective mobile device management is critical because of an explosion in the number of mobile devices, network connections and the data they carry. …Because these devices connect to networks with or without permission, a new comprehensive approach is required…Mobile devices must be managed consistently and automatically. NAC offers additional safeguards by initiating an MDM-managed device profile check on access and then managing access to network resources, something not generally available from MDM only deployments. ForeScout Mobile and ForeScout MDM fulfil a variety of common security tasks plus some specialist ones like erasing content on lost devices…These tools are easy to use, manage and deploy, and they will improve mobile device management and security using visibility and effective control.”
Tolly Group
“Commissioned by ForeScout and conducted by The Tolly Group, one of the world’s leading independent product testing labs, the competitive analysis covers 34 criteria points across key functional categories: deployment, interoperability, guest management, endpoint compliance, enforcement, remediation and scalability. The complete 24-page report can be downloaded at http://www.forescout.com/tollyreport.”
Secure Computing Magazine | Peter Stephenson
“The integrated 802.1x and agentless approach delivers complete access and guest management, mobile security and endpoint compliance and remediation capabilities in a centrally managed, highly scalable, high-performance physical or virtual appliance architecture… easy-to-follow dashboard and policy options… excellent set of policies… the system took everything we could throw at it and the system took it all on.. the system was so simple to manage that the on-screen instructions made it easy to get the product running… a great value for an excellent product.” (CounterACT won the 2012 Reader’s Trust Award for Best Network Access Control Product)
Computer Technology Review | Mark Brownstein
“Last year, I took a long look at ForeScout CounterACT (version 6.4 which earned a CTR Editor’s Choice), a Network Access Control platform, and I was impressed. Now, with Version 7.0, I’m even more impressed. If I had responsibility for securing a medium-sized or even global enterprise network, CounterACT would be among the tools that I would strongly consider to be a must-have… With CounterACT 7.0, ForeScout has taken a solid access and endpoint security platform to greater heights – especially for IT managers who need to see and manage BYOD devices on their network….”
