In the News
Tools to Tighten Healthcare Data
Information Week | Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, January 2012
“Most of the largest healthcare data security and privacy breaches have involved lost or stolen mobile computing devices. ForeScout CounterACT offers healthcare IT organizations an automated means to gain real-time visibility and control over all users and devices accessing network resources and sensitive information… integrates guest networking, mobile security, and endpoint security capabilities.”
Interview with Gord Boyce, CEO of ForeScout
Hakin9 | Aby Rao, January 2012
“We incorporate network-based infrastructure discovery, traffic monitoring and endpoint fingerprinting teamed with a strong policy engine and flexible means to take actions. As a result, we have an agentless, non-disruptive and highly interoperable approach that really gives us a competitive advantage in our space.”
NAC, ‘BYOD’ and Security Automation; an interview with Gord Boyce of ForeScout Technologies
Computer Technology Review | Priscilla Tate, December 2011
“IT Consumerism is on a collision course with your network. According to Gartner, Network Access Control is a wise investment for IT organizations as a layered defense, and especially for those companies seeing the means to enable BYOD security. Mr. Boyce studied Electrical Engineering, but like so many of us in the technology field, his sales and leadership abilities have landed him at the helm of an IT vendor and his company, ForeScout Technologies, has landed in the upper right quadrant of Gartner’s 2011 Network Access Control Magic Quadrant.”
Unauthorized Access – Managing Personal Mobile Device Security Risks
Executive Insight HealthCare | Scott Gordon, December 2011
“Doctors, nurses, technicians and administrative staff are already working with the personal mobile devices of their choice for increased productivity and connectivity. As such, the healthcare IT organizations are increasingly challenged by the inevitable proliferation of non-corporate devices accessing corporate resources – a trend known as “the consumerization of IT” – and the inherit security risks these devices bring, including potentially unauthorized access to electronic personal health information (ePHI). A progressive approach to mobile security is more relevant than ever.”
Compliance By Computer
American Banker | John Adams, November 2011
“Most experts say automating GRC end to end (from server to endpoint) is probably the only way to manage security, compliance and other risks facing financial institutions… (ForeScout) makes the connection between threat and compliance mandate and the execution of updates to end users faster and more seamless. The combined product includes a single administrative console, network-access control, endpoint security intelligence, automated remediation and mitigation and mobile security.”
ForeScout Unveils NAC-as-a-Service Platform for Managed Service Providers
MSPnews | Jamie Epstein, November 2011
“If you look at the MSP market on the security side, there are quite a number of service providers offering firewall services, intrusion detections services, VPN services, web filtering and malware services, security information management services… MSPs can expand their portfolio to now introduce NAC-as-a-Service which allows them to have another strategic solution to sell into their install base and also to generate new business.”
How Secure Are Your Clinicians’ Mobile Devices?
Information Week | Marianne McGee, November, 2011
“Before Miami Children’s Hospital put ForeScout’s CounterACT appliance into place, our IT organization through the hospital had 3,000 devices in its network… when we plugged in CounterACT, we found 5,600 devices. Now we have eyes into what is out there, and we can develop rules to segregate the devices and their access privileges.”
Network Access Control services; partner flexibility, customer visibility
SearchNetworkingChannel | Rachel Shuster, November, 2011
“The rise of bring your own device programs in the enterprise may make this a prime time for a NAC services market to emerge… Selling NAC-as-a-Service also means the ability to reach a more diverse set of customers… in a managed environment, administrators can now focus more on the policy piece while service providers handle the monitoring.”
ForeScout Introduces NAC-as-a-Service Platform
CloudPro | Miya Knights, November 2011
“Builds on the mature channel for network security services and virtual private networks (VPNs)… ForeScout’s agentless approach to NAC using real-time network asset discovery and 802.1x and non-802.1x access enforcement would appeal to those managing access across increasingly mixed device estates.”
ForeScout Intros NAC-as-a-Service Platform for MSPs
Sys-Con Media | Maureen O’Gara, November 2011
“CounterACT network access control (NAC) solution is a defensive cloud service that MSPs can take to their clients… maps to the new security issues raised by the BYOD trend… MSPs haven’t cottoned to NAC security before… (CounterACT) is an altogether more attractive proposition now appropriately packaged for MSPs.”
ForeScout Unveils NAC-as-a-Service Platform (video)
TMCnet | Erik Linask, November 2011
“As the bring your own device (BYOD) trend continues to increase in popularity, businesses are requiring a well designed, easy to manage risk prevention solution that can fully automate processes and controls for anything accessing a corporate network.”
ForeScout Launches NAC-as-a-Service
CRN | Scott Campbell, November 2011
“Many companies are putting more emphasis on endpoint compliance and have policies that certain software can’t be used on a device, or certain software has to be present on a device… the trend of more bring-your-own-technology has companies scrambling to regain more network access control… all devices touching the network, including personal and mobile.”
Wellington College upgrades the security of its campus network with ForeScout CounterACT Virtual Appliance
Education Security Portal | Philippe Marc, September 2011
“Many pupils have up to three devices each, be it a smartphone, tablet or laptop, so we really have to be ahead of the game to keep security threats at bay. If you think about it, the very first ‘Bring Your Own Device’ policies, challenges and risks were confronted by IT teams within educational establishments. The progressive security programs, such as those managed by Wellington College…demonstrate how network access control and endpoint security solutions, such as ForeScout CounterACT, can be an enabler for greater network accessibility, as well as an effective means for policy enforcement.”
Growing Importance of Security Enforcement With the Adoption of Smartphones
ZD Net Japan | Katsumi Shibata, September 2011
“There is widespread adoption of powerful smartphones and tablet devices given their ease of use and availability… corporate network administrators are seeking to ensure security policies for these devices connecting to their network… Soliton has developed and will market its NetAttest LAP appliance to enable such defenses which requires ForeScout’s CounterACT appliance for network access control (NAC)… Enforces access security for remote, branch offices and mid-tier enterprises.”
Press Release – Soliton Announces NetAttest LAP.
ForeScout Integrates Security Control with HP ArcSight
ComputerWorld | Leo King, September 2011
“Companies lack real time network asset visibility and need to optimize on endpoint security investments… the development was prompted by several end-user challenges such as network access control and endpoint compliance remediation not offered within ArcSight alone… using a single HP ArcSight ESM console, businesses can improve automation and gain fuller endpoint configuration, access, identity and security information, as well as enforce security policies and mitigate threats using ForeScout CounterACT.”
ArcSight SIEM integration brings opportunities for ForeScout partners
SearchSecurityChannel.com | Jane McPherson and Robert Westervelt, September, 2011
“ForeScout channel partners may find doors opening for them into ArcSight accounts… joint customers have been asking for this complete loop… customers in particular want to move beyond simply receiving security data and have policy-based actions occur automatically… enables solution providers to offer integration modules and related services to their customers… great upsell potential for the channel.”
ForeScout and ArcSight integrate security control and SIEM technologies
SC Magazine | Dan Raywood, September, 2011
“Our relationship with HP ArcSight provides products that take full advantage of the power and flexibility that both the ArcSight SIEM and CounterACT platforms offer… the (integration) work we have done with ForeScout allows HP ArcSight customers to leverage the capabilities of the ForeScout solutions, including real-time host asset intelligence and remediation. This enables organisations to identify, and respond quickly to, security and compliance issues.”
City of Guelph spends on network access control system
Guelph Mercury | Chris Seto, September, 2011
The City of Guelph has at least 35 or 40 different site offices and they all have network ports in the wall as well as wireless capability… that’s extremely hard to control with so many sites to keep the network safe. Each quarter the city has to pass the payment card industry data security standard audit… there is also an annual audit… by installing a network access control system, only authorized people have access to the sensitive information on the network… intercepts as soon as they plug in or as soon as they associate with a wireless access point.
NAC Group Test – ForeScout CounterACT
Secure Computing Magazine | Nathan Ouellette, September, 2011
“…able to configure and install the appliance in a fairly short amount of time… interface is intuitive and the reporting/dashboard features are slick…Administrators have several options to deploy… some may choose to use existing 802.1x features… others may opt to deploy the solution differently. Overall, we believe there is a good amount of flexibility… A robust NAC solution with plenty of features and a great price point. It is our Best Buy.”
ForeScout Sets Up New Partners
Swiss IT Reseller | Alina Huber, September 2011
“100% of the company’s business is handled through the channel… the program’s revision was due to ForeScout’s steady growth and reflects how the company is evolving… to make sales, marketing and support services more efficient… new portal can provide tools to partners in a matter of minutes… in addition to partners registering deals, submitting comments and communicating with ForeScout and other partners”
ForeScout CounterACT – Integrated NAC and Beyond NAC
Computer Technology Review | Mark Brownstein, August 2011
“Possessing clear management, visibility and control automation advantages, ForeScout’s CounterACT is well worth considering for any organization requiring more advanced network security… I found CounterACT to be a multi-faceted, extremely powerful, exceptionally flexible and exquisitely configurable system… being both integrated and agentless, it offers a significant bang for the buck — avoiding many of the implementation and administrative issues that often plague 802.1x-only NAC products. – Awarded Editor’s Choice”
ForeScout Launches New Program to Enpower Channel Partners
Channel Marketer | Alicia Fiorletta, August 2011
“The demand for NAC (Network Access Control), mobile security and endpoint compliance tools is strong, and we wanted our partners to be better equipped to protect and grow their business. The fundamentals of supporting channel partners in the same way you support your own sales still holds true… having great product, useful tools, consistent/timely support and an open dialogue with partners is as much if not more of an incentive as an occasional spiff or new communications vehicle.”
The State of Smartphone Security
InfoSecurity Magazine | Davey Winder, August 2011
“NAC can identify users and their mobile devices… forcing guest registration, as well as applying policy to users and device types in order to limit access to appropriate network resources only.”
ForeScout Launches New Partner Program
CRN.de | Ulrike Wendel, August 2011
ForScout has expanded the number of employees and its presence to gain a stronger foothold in the European market (by) adding Frank Weisel as Regional Manager in Germany. The company is expecting growth fueled by such trends as the “bring-your-own-device” in which many companies are adopting. Companies are looking for strategies to secure these devices so they do not become a gateway into the corporate network world. Customers are asking their resellers how they can enable the secure use of their employees’ mobile devices.
ForeScout CounterACT 6.3.4 Product Review
ITPro | Dave Mitchell, August 2011
Network access control (NAC) products are often seen as expensive and difficult to deploy. ForeScout’s CounterACT claims to be anything but and in this review, Dave Mitchell tests this latest virtual appliance.
ForeScout Issues Warcry as it Unveils New Partner Program
CRN | Doug Woodburn, July 2011
John Hagerty, EMEA sales director at ForeScout, said the launch of the two-tier program was “part of us growing up as a company”. As in the previous regime, resellers will be tiered as either Gold or Silver partners. Access will also allow partners to deliver ForeScout’s messaging more quickly and efficiently as they do battle with the market goliaths, said Hagerty.
“We are happy to compete against Cisco and Juniper as we have fundamentally different approaches to solving similar problems,” he said. “Ours is by far the easiest to implement as the solution can be made to work in a matter of hours…”
NAC Vendor ForeScout Rolls Out Upgraded Channel Program
CRN | Stephanie Hoffman, July 2011
“We want to expand and enable more business for our channel partners,” said Brant Kennedy, ForeScout vice president of worldwide sales. “Channel partners are an extension of our own staff, and we want to build a business around what we can do for them.”
“It just makes sense,” said Judi Buckardt, president and CEO of Konsultek. “They’re really smart with resources here, and they’re giving us this nice package to enable us to grow with their products without having to hire a bunch more people.”
ForeScout Launches Access Partner Program
Channel PRO |Christine Horton, July 2011
“Given the regulatory compliance issues affecting the industry today, along with an ever-increasing requirement for accountability, we can only see the popularity of NAC growing over the next few years… ForeScout CounterACT…[has] a tremendous ability to eliminate any risk to the network by removing any non-compliant devices or applications.”
Shift to Virtualized Environments Shaking Up Security Practices
Network World | Ellen Messmer, July 2011
At Wellington College just outside London, one of the main concerns had been finding a way to bring in better threat detection, rogue-device identification, access control for guests and visibility of network usage into a VMware-based ESX virtualized environment. To that end, the college has started using ForeScout Technologies CounterACT Network Access Control Virtual Appliance, out since mid-June, to monitor the college’s VMware-based hosts. It runs as a VMware guest VM, and works in tandem with the ForeScout physical appliance. Tony Whelton, director of IT services and development at Wellington College, says the ForeScout Network virtual appliance is checking for security vulnerabilities and “doing real-time scanning across the LAN for any kind of rogue traffic.”
Q&A with Gord Boyce of ForeScout Technologies
Virtual Strategy Magazine | Jesse Weisburg, July 2011
“We definitely complement VMware and their vShield products. The vShield products are managing, segregating and protecting the virtual infrastructure. We can bridge the gap and add a needed layer of defense to provide visibility and control that extends outside the virtual environment. For example, CounterACT for Network Access Control automates the inspection and assessment of all users and systems connecting to the network before they touch the virtual environment – a front line defense that assures only appropriate users and systems can access network and virtual resources.”
Guelph upgrades network for Bring Your Own Device policy
IT World Canada | Kathleen Lau, July 2011
“The City of Guelph’s BYOD—Bring Your Own Device—policy for employees gave rise to a need for deeper visibility of all possible devices that employees and contractors might connect to the corporate network, as well as a need to meet regulatory requirements such as PCI-DSS… (with ForeScout CounterACT) there’s tremendous amount of reduction in administrative effort… the IT department now creates security policies per user and device type and then relies on the automated capabilities for dealing with patch updates and breaches… estimating a savings of five to 10 per cent in man-hours per week.”
Network security case study: College’s NAC virtual appliance makes grade
SearchSecurity | Ron Condon, July 2011
“Like many schools, Wellington’s pupils have all the latest equipment, including laptops, smartphones, games consoles and tablets. This creates a challenge… to support the whole range of devices on his network while guarding against malware… Evaluated ForeScout along with another couple of products, but CounterACT was up and running so quickly—other NAC solutions are incredibly cumbersome and time-consuming to deploy. CounterACT’s GUI, which he said was intuitive enough to allow his team to create policies without training or outside support… upgraded to CounterACT virtual appliance providing the flexibility to grow to meet increased demand when needed.”
Market for Stand-alone NAC Products Expected to Vanish in Five Years, says Forrester ((opinions differ))
Information Security News | Fred Donovan, July 2011
“Kindervag expects vendors to embed NAC functionality into security software suites or infrastructure security stacks. Mobility is pushing the security focus away from the network perimeter and toward the mobile devices themselves… (ForeScout contends that) the presumption that organizations can refresh their entire infrastructure in order to get some degree of NAC that might be embedded either in the system or in the network is questionable in the five-year timeframe… to assume that every device is manageable and that policies can be uniformly administered by one network infrastructure or endpoint security vendor is not realistic… the market is progressing and ForeScout has evolved its products.”
Controlling Mobile Access with Device Management Policy: Case study
CSO | Joan Goodchild, June 2011
“Like CIOs at many organizations, Kenneth Corriveau saw the writing on the wall. The employees in his company wanted to use their own devices for work and were going to keep asking, regardless of what policy might state about using personal technology to connect to corporate networks. We have an essentially managed environment using ForeScout’s network security products and have rolled out our policies on a global basis.”
ForeScout Virtual Appliance: Security for BYOD Era
InformationWeek | Andy Dornan, June 2011
“The concept behind network access control (NAC) used to be simple: Don’t let anyone pass through the boundaries of the enterprise network unless they’re compliant with security policies and can authenticate themselves. But with cloud computing and virtualization separating applications from enterprise servers and mobile devices erasing IT control of endpoints, the boundaries of the network have become blurred.”
CounterACT Network Access Control: Appliance of the Future
CRN / Everything Channel | Eddie Corriea, June 2011
“For its power, simplicity and revenue potential, the CRN Test Center recommends ForeScout’s CounterACT 6.3.4 network access control system… If you’re recommending only perimeter solutions and not offering your customers a network access control product for inside the firewall, you might be leaving them vulnerable to attacks from within, where networks are most vulnerable… In doing so, it offers the reseller a wealth of opportunities to offer services while also freeing up IT resources for other activities.”
Heightened Threats, New Technologies
Forbes | Richard Steinnen, June 2011
“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.”
ForeScout Virtualizes NAC Appliance
Campus Technology | Dian Schaffhauser, June 2011
“CounterACT in appliance form, is now making the same functionality available as a virtual appliance for VMware. The move to virtualize security controls reduces barriers to adoption. Rather than [sprinkling] a few physical appliances here and there based on network topology, we can now place controls when and where they are needed, including physical appliances as appropriate.”
Connect To Comply
Military Information Technology | Pete Lindstrom, June 2011
“Many U.S. government agencies are in the process of implementing network access control (NAC), a security requirement to permit only authorized personnel and systems to access sensitive government resources and information. The DISA STIG lists the 802.1x architecture as the preferred option for authentication and port control. But the standard falls short of the expectations associated with a full NAC solution. The tricky part of 802.1x is that any failure means the whole procedure fails.”
School Taps NAC Appliance for Virtualized Environment
TheJournal | Dian Schaffhauser, June 2011
“Since installation, ForeScout has been doing a fantastic job of automating our guest and pupil network by eliminating endpoint security issues throughout the campus… CounterACT monitors network traffic to discover network devices, including virtual guest machines; build an inventory of device characteristics; and enforce policies configured by the security administrator.”
ForeScout Technologies’ CounterACT NAC Now Available as a Virtual Appliance
TMC / InfoTech Spotlight | Susan Campbell, June 2011
“As an integrated solution, the CounterACT NAX delivers real-time visibility and comprehensive control over all attempted network access connections to the enterprise network. CounterACT Virtual Appliance can easily be deployed and that the CounterACT platform can be scaled out by leveraging the VMware investment.”
Consumerization of IT Gives Information Security Personnel Headaches
Information Security News | Fred Donovan, June 2011
“An integrated solution for network access control, mobile security and endpoint compliance that overcomes the complexity, administrative burden and constraints of network infrastructure and endpoint protection approaches…. What impressed me [about ForeScout CounterACT] was the visibility it gave you into the network… and it is behavior based, so if somebody starts to do a port sweep or a port scan, ForeScout will identify that malicious behavior…and block it from the network.”
Synetix gets virtual with Wellington College
CRN | Doug Woodburn, June 2011
“The idea of the deployment was for the school to have control over what devices are connected to the network because it has different policies for different dormitories within the organization… a virus on the network and did not know how to pinpoint where it was… with ForeScout, found it immediately, and removed and self- remediated it, so it was a done deal from that day forwards.”
ForeScout helps school secure mobile devices
Datacenter Dynamics | Penny Jones, June 2011
“Designed specifically for data center use, with a focus on scalability and virtual security… used by Wellington College in Berkshire since last April where it has helped IT staff overcome issues caused by a rapidly increasing number of mobile devices, including PDAs and notebooks.”
ForeScout aims to capitalize on demand for NAC and virtualization
ComputerWeekly | Warwick Ashford, June 2011
“NAC is on the upswing because of the increasing number of devices accessing corporate networks, growing concerns over mobile security, and the need for security compliance across all end-point devices in an enterprise… eliver easy NAC provisioning, additional capacity on-demand, and visibility and control across virtual and physical environments.”
Need rises for mobile cybersecurity (Audio)
Federal News Radio | Francis Rose, April 2011
“That smart phone you carry has made life easier for you – or more annoying, depending on how you look at it. But it’s also giving hackers a new way to get into your networks. IT shops all over the federal community are fighting back, by hiring mobile security firms to keep the bad guys out. ForeScout, which focuses on automated security solutions for government and the private sector, seeing rising demand for it’s product. Hear a live interview about pertinent mobile and network security issues. ”
Mobile security and the consumerization of lT
Land Mobile (UK) | Scott Gordon, April 2011
“Organizations must embrace the facto that employees, quests and contractors are using mobile devices, both corporate provided and personal. By examining mobile device use, assessing use cases, risks and requirements, and implementing appropriate and reasonable safeguards, mobile end users can be allowed to connect, comply and compute with confidence. Scott Gordon, of ForeScout Technologies, offers some tips on managing the multitude of private wireless devices now arriving on the corporate network.”
Smart Security
Network Security Newsletter | Tracey Caldwell, April 2011
“In a survey of 200 UK IT directors at large enterprises: 63% admitted that they found enforcing mobile usage policies a headache and 88% said that they would like better visibility of their employees’ mobile usage in order to better manage costs and improve mobile security across their organization, and 81% finding it difficult to manage and secure their mobile phones. Corriveau has implemented the latest version of ForeScout CounterACT to get visibility and control of smartphones and iPads. CounterACT can force mobile device guest registration via HTTP redirection and manage access to network resources and wireless access points.”
Miami hospital tightens security in advance of medical systems revamp
Network World | Ellen Messmer, March 2011
“Miami Children’s Hospital is upgrading its Cisco network for added capacity and for security purposes, and expanding use of a ForeScout CounterAct network-based access control system. The ForeScout CounterAct appliance, which is being used to control access to resources in the network and to prevent malware, integrates well into the Cisco switching and LDAP-based authentication environment.”
Product of the Week: CounterACT v6.3.4
Network World | March 2011
“CoutnerAct provies real-time visibility and control of all users and machines accessing your network. Integrated NAC, endpoint compliance and mobile security with automated policies applied to smartphones and personal devices”
Banking Security Leaders at RSA 2011
Bank Info Security | Mike D’Agostino, February, 2011
“The annual RSA Conference is a showplace for the who’s who of security solutions vendors. Online interviews shed light on topics of unique interest to banking/security executives – in particular, Gord Boyce discusses network access control, endpoint compliance and mobile security in terms of productivity enablement and operational cost savings for financial institutions.”
ForeScout: Counter-Acting the Mobile Onslaught
eSecurity Planet | Lisa Phifer, February 2011
“CounterACT ups the ante by finger-printing unknown mobile devices – iPads, Androids – and mapping them onto access policies. We can watch a domain login to associate an iPhone with an [authorized] employee. Or we can hijack its browser to force the user to complete guest login. This is available today, and requires no prior knowledge of the device and no agent software.”
Preventing network outages: UK university employs a NAC solution
SearchNetworking | Tracey Caldwell, February 2011
“London South Bank University (23,500 students and 2,500 staff) made finding a Network Access Control (NAC) solution a priority after a student laptop brought in a virus that caused serious network outage that took weeks to recover. Now with CounterACT, we can keep an eye on whose antivirus is out of date; we have policies for potential malicious hosts. The desktop support team is very happy because they can kill P2P applications running anywhere on the network. The NAC solution also earned its keep during the Conficker outbreak of 2010.”
A Scout on the Lookout: ForeScout’s CounterACT Keeps Intruders Out Of Your Network
Processor Magazine | Robyn Weisman, February 2011
“CounterACT uses automation both to alert you to problems and, in many cases, to take care of them without a human having to step in. For example, not only will CounterACT tell you whether a device is in compliance, it can automatically remediate it in many cases. If CounterACT detects, say, a Windows computer on the network, and it has a vulnerability, it will trigger the PC to download the latest operating system patches or application updates and apply them.”
Enforcing Endpoint Security
SearchSecurity.com | Lisa Phifer, February 2011
“Malware-infested, non-compliant endpoints can bring even a well-secured network to its knees unless steps are taken to assess and prevent damage. According to Forrester Research, 40 percent of enterprises have started network access control (NAC) initiatives in which endpoint integrity can play a role…”
