Cybersecurity Solutions for the Public Sector
Secure sensitive environments with operationalized zero trust.
The public sector faces advanced threats as bad actors and AI agents collaborate, exploit unintended channels, and coordinate at machine speed.
Forescout’s agentless discovery and native control deliver automated technical enforcement that contains threats fast, isolates devices, limits communications, and reducies the blast radius.
With Forescout Vistaro™ powered by UZTNA, you can operationalize Zero Trust and strengthen resilience at the pace today’s threats to global governments and departments of defense demand.
Key Customer Metrics with the Forescout Vistaro™ Platform
96%
reduction in the average amount of staff time needed to implement new security policies
68%
reduction in the amount of staff time needed to prepare for an audit
75%
reduction in the number of significant audit findings
99%
reduction in the Median Total Time to Contain (MTTC) a breach
Cybersecurity Capabilities for the Public Sector
As autonomous AI-driven attacks become coordinated, scalable, and capable of operating at machine speed, agencies need a trusted security platform that reduces risk, protects critical resources, enforces security fundamentals, and enables automated defensive operations that can adapt as threats evolve.
Comprehensive device discovery and profiling
Continuously discover and classify IT, OT, and IoT devices to build a dynamic, real-time cyber asset inventory that serves as the foundation for asset intelligence. Profile every asset with rich contextual data to uncover unmanaged systems, exposed services, excessive privileges, and potential attack paths, enabling security teams to understand risk across hybrid environments and maintain visibility into everything connected to the network.
Identity-aware network access
Ensure access to sensitive resources is granted only to authorized users and devices. With UZTNA organizations can continuously validate identity and device trust, enforce least-privilege access, and restrict pathways that enable credential abuse, privilege escalation, and lateral movement.
Continuous device posture assessment
Continuously monitor device trust and security posture to identify vulnerabilities, configuration drift, and emerging risks before they can be amplified across the environment. Real-time assessment helps close security gaps that create opportunities for expanded attacker access.
Dynamic policy enforcement
Automatically apply and adjust access control based on user identity, device type, security posture, location, and risk. Enable real-time segmentation, restricted access, quarantine, and remediation to ensure users and devices receive only the access appropriate to their current context.
Network segmentation
Limit lateral movement and reduce the attack surface by ensuring each connection receives only the access required, while dynamically adapting segmentation policies as security conditions change. Technically enforce access boundaries based on identity, role, device type and risk.
OT/IoT security
Continuously monitor network activity across OT and IoT environments to detect anomalies and identify emerging threats in real time. Correlate asset context, device behavior, and network activity to uncover suspicious patterns. Enable faster threat identification, support SOC triage, and drive rapid exposure management and containment actions across hybrid environments.
Visibility, analytics, and automation
Gain real-time visibility into users, devices, access activity, and security events across the network. Uses analytics to identify risks and policy violations, while automated workflows integrate with the broader security ecosystem to accelerate response, including enforcement and remediation.
PQC readiness
Continuously discover and assess cryptographic exposure, prioritize real quantum risk, and take immediate action. Move from uncertainty to control to confidently protect sensitive resources and assets against ‘harvest now, decrypt later’ threats. Explore PQC
US Federal and Civilian
Forescout Vistaro provides visibility, control, and governance to over 70 US agencies and departments. As a trusted national security partner for the past two decades, Vistaro helps manage secure access at scale, on-prem, in the cloud, and in air-gapped networks in the world’s largest, most battle-hardened networks.
With comprehensive reporting, role-based administration, policy governance, and end-to-end traceability, it strengthens Zero Trust initiatives while supporting federal programs including C2C, CDM, and FedRAMP. Detailed audit trails, separation of duties, centralized reporting, and vendor-neutral ecosystem integration help organizations simplify compliance and improve network security operations and accountability to oversight bodies.
US Government Certifications
Trust a solution with the highest levels of military-grade and government security certifications
Forescout has achieved the following U.S. Government certifications and compliances:
- National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) Common Criteria Certification
- U.S. Department of War Information Network Approved Products List ( DOWIN APL) (Search Forescout)
- FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) 140-2
- USGv6 Tested and Certified for IPv6
- Authority to Operate (ATO) from Multiple DoD Services and Programs
- U.S. Army CoN (Certificate of Networthiness)
US Government Contract Vehicles
Ease procurement of U.S. Government contracts
The Forescout Vistaro™ platform is available through authorized Resellers and Distributors by the U.S. Government on the following contracts and purchasing schedules:
- GSA Schedules (aka Multiple Award Schedules and Federal Supply Schedules)
- NASA SEWP (Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement) GWAC (Government-Wide Acquisition Contract)
- NATO Information Assurance Product Catalogue (NIAPC)
- ITES/2H (Managed and used by U.S. Army. Also used by DoW and other federal agencies)
- Encore II (Managed by DISA, Defense Information Systems Agency)
- Enterprise Software Initiative Blanket Purchase Agreement (ESI BPA) (managed by NIWC Pacific)
- Various State and Local contracts (NY OGS, TX DIR, SC, NC, CA SLP)
Secure Critical Infrastructure
Fortify cyber resilience and manage security and operational risk with OT/IoT-specific threat intelligence and automation.
Other Government Programs
EU NIS2 Directive
Embarking on the intricate journey of NIS2 compliance isn’t merely a regulatory checkbox – it’s essential for businesses managing Industrial Control System (ICS) networks across Europe.
UK NCSC 10 Steps to Cyber Security
Achieve Compliance with NCSC’s Top 10 Steps to Cyber Security
The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) provides10 Steps to Cyber Security as guidance to help medium to large organisations better understand and mitigate their cyber risk. Either natively or by coordinating automated actions among security tools, the Forescout Vistaro™ platform supports this guidance by extending scarce IT and InfoSec resources with continuous, automated asset management, risk compliance, network segmentation, network access control and security orchestration across all connected assets, going above and beyond baseline security recommendations to provide a strong foundation for zero trust.
UK NCSC Cyber Essentials Plus
Align Your Organisation with the NCSC Cyber Essentials Plus Requirements
The Cyber Essentials certification scheme from the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) is a simple but effective scheme that will help you protect your organisation from the most common cyberattacks. The Forescout Vistaro™ platform helps you align with the framework by continuously automating cyber security across your environment.
UK Telecoms Security Regulations
Achieve Compliance with the UK Telecoms Security Regulations
The UK government, alongside NCSC and Ofcom, is developing new regulations and code-of-practice proposals that would require telecoms providers to take measures to protect their networks and services, including risk and compliance analysis, traffic and incident monitoring, and log retention reporting.
The Forescout Vistaro™ platform supports the TSR draft regulations 6, 9 and 12 in particular.
Australian Essential Eight Maturity Model Compliance
Achieve Maturity Level 3 with all Essential Eight controls
The Australian Cyber Security Centre’s (ACSC’s) Essential Eight Maturity Model is a set of mitigation strategies designed to improve cybersecurity posture by making it hard for adversaries to compromise networks. With three maturity levels, even organisations with scarce IT resources can achieve baseline compliance and protection from increasing cyber threats. And with continuous visibility, compliance assessment and automated workflows using the equipment and security tools you already have, your network can adapt to your ever-changing digital terrain.
The Essential Eight is a set of mitigation strategies, not a single solution or technology that can be bought through a single vendor. They address three areas that require not only different security tools but tight communication and coordinated actions. Either natively or by coordinating automated actions among security tools, Forescout enables you to achieve Maturity Level Three for all eight controls, with continuous visibility into granular compliance status.
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Top 10 IT Security Actions
Achieve Compliance with all Top 10 IT Security Actions
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security maintains a list of the Top 10 IT security actions it recommends organizations take to protect connected networks and information1. The Forescout Vistaro™ platform extends scarce resources with continuous, automated asset management, risk compliance, network segmentation, network access control and security orchestration across all assets – cloud, IT, IoT, IoMT and OT/ICS – going above and beyond baseline security recommendations to provide a strong foundation for zero trust.
Flexible. Versatile. Rapid Deployment.
Forescout offers unmatched deployment flexibility to meet the diverse hardware and cloud requirements of modern environments. We ensure compatibility with existing infrastructures while minimizing operational disruption. This versatility makes it an ideal choice for your organization. If you seek robust, scalable solutions tailored to your unique operational and regulatory landscapes, look no further.
The Forescout Vistaro™ platform adapts seamlessly with options for on-premises installations, virtual machines and Docker-based containerized deployments, including:
- Air-gapped systems for high-security needs
- Forescout appliances that deliver maximum visibility and control
- Hybrid configurations to connect distributed sites
- Fully cloud-based operations for scalability
…and Sensors that can be deployed as:
- Standalone appliances
- Installed directly on routers and switches for quick implementation without production disruption
- Or configured as active sensors to query network infrastructure
Deploy Forescout on Phoenix Contact Security Solutions Industrial Switching Platform for enhanced security and simplified deployments
Reduce physical hardware and deploy Forescout in Azure – a scalable, robust and cost-effective solution
Deploy Forescout on Keysight packet brokers for efficient and scalable deployments
Leverage the Dell Validated Design for Energy Edge to deploy in substations with ABB and Forescout
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