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So Your Security Team Wants to Implement The Forescout Platform? Here’s How to Win Over the Network Team When the information security team at Haworth Inc., a world-wide office furniture manufacturer, purchased Forescout’s solution to address network access control and other visibility challenges, they didn’t need the network team’s blessing beforehand. However, not long afterward […]

The Forescout Cyber Roundup is a weekly blog series that highlights some of the major cyber headlines, as well as some of the more obscure stories from the week. The purpose of this curation is to raise cyber awareness, provoke thought and encourage discussion among cyber professionals at all levels. Articles are categorized by industry, […]

The Forescout Cyber Roundup is a weekly blog series that highlights some of the major cyber headlines, as well as some of the more obscure stories from the week. The purpose of this curation is to raise cyber awareness, provoke thought and encourage discussion among cyber professionals at all levels. Articles are categorized by industry, […]

On Wednesday, February 6th, they came in large numbers, including Forescout’s Julie Cullivan, Chief Technology and People Officer, to the I.S.E. (Information Security Executive) Southeast Event in Atlanta, hosted by T.E.N. Inc. There were no capes, no masks, no futuristic cars and definitely no spandex. Yet, the battle scars were real and the war stories […]

Twitter: @proffitt_colby The Forescout Cyber Roundup is a weekly blog series highlighting some of the previous week’s cyber headlines and explaining why they matter. Each article includes a closer look at the potential implications of the news or event, predictions about what might happen next and suggestions for all readers, from the C-suite to end users. […]

Protecting our electric grid from the growing number of cyberthreats is critical to keep society functioning. Most utility industrial control systems (ICS) were originally designed using local area networks (LAN) that weren’t connected to any Internet-facing devices. Although this didn’t guarantee complete security, it did create an “air gap” by physically separating the devices from […]

The 32nd annual Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice Awards shines a light on industry leaders in control, instrumentation, and automation products and highlights engineers’ favorites, as chosen by the Control Engineering print and digital audience. A total of 102 finalists from across 26 categories 1 were listed on the ballot this year, and automation professionals from Control Engineering’s subscriber lists voted for the products that […]

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) announced the largest public NERC CIP fine ever given, with a $10 million fine levied in response to 127 separate violations across an organization. As is normal, NERC did not identify the organization involved, although the language in the Notice of Penalty (NOP) makes it clear that the […]

Twitter: @proffitt_colby The Forescout Cyber Roundup is a weekly blog series highlighting some of the previous week’s cyber headlines and explaining why they matter. Each article includes a closer look at the potential implications of the news or event, predictions about what might happen next and suggestions for all readers, from the C-suite to end […]