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“Forescout CounterACT and its advanced ControlFabric architecture have received the Frost & Sullivan 2014 Global Technology Leadership Innovation Award in Network Security. This award recognizes Forescout’s focus on enhancing customer value, which has resulted in improved customer retention and, ultimately, increased market potential.”

“Two new executives have joined the company – Paul Phillips, senior vice president, corporate and business development; and Darren Milliken, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate compliance officer…each possess key qualities that will help bolster the company for long-term success – experience, leadership, dynamic personality and a proven track record.”

“The “Overcoming Network Security & Compliance Challenges Impacting Healthcare Enterprises” webinar seeks to examine those challenges and introduce solutions that can help healthcare IT departments meet their goals…Healthcare institutions deploy Forescout CounterACT® to provide automated network access control, endpoint compliance, mobile device security and threat control, enabling innovative patient care without compromising security. “

“Respondents rated network access control (NAC) highest of all the security technologies in its potential to defend against today’s cyberthreats and that 77 percent of IT professionals are using or plan to use NAC for mobile security. The survey also showed the compelling need for continuous monitoring and mitigation; more than 60 percent of participants had been breached in 2013, with a quarter of all participants citing a lack of employer investment in adequate defenses as a factor…This bodes well for Forescout’s CounterACT platform, which helps organizations gain visibility and automated control for devices, users, systems and applications attempting to connect to or on an enterprise network. CounterACT identifies security control gaps, such as rogue devices, non-compliant systems or personal mobile device use, and it offers options to isolate threats and dynamically fix issues with little or no IT intervention.”

“Rollins initially deployed a competitor’s network access control (NAC) solution in hopes of minimizing the number of unsecured and unauthorized devices. Unfortunately, the solution did not sufficiently meet the growing college’s needs as it required dedicated IT staff to manage and was disruptive to the end user…Rollins College has 10 CounterACT appliances monitoring and protecting approximately 6,000 endpoints across the campus’s 75 connected buildings. The CounterACT dashboard makes it easy for the Rollins IT team to monitor the entire network from one screen and see all activity.”

“For the third consecutive year Forescout CounterACT was named by Gartner Inc. as a leader in its 2013 Magic Quadrant report for Network Access Control (NAC). Forescout NAC innovations which includes its CounterACT platform and ControlFabric architecture also serve as the cornerstone technology addressing visibility, BYOD and continuous compliance trends.”

“Enrique Salem, former Symantec CEO, joins the Forescout Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors. Salem brings more than 25 years of executive leadership and business strategy experience to Forescout.”

“Customers who deployed the Forescout CounterACT® platform enjoyed a strong return on investment (ROI) and were highly satisfied with their CounterACT implementation…Survey results pointed to critical security functions where CounterACT was highly differentiated against competitive solutions, including Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE). Sixty-seven percent of respondents looked at Cisco solutions before selecting CounterACT.”

“The joint solution will help automatically defeat and remediate advanced malware, gather precise threat intelligence in real time, and protect the enterprise using advanced network-wide defenses…Forescout CounterACT, Bromium vSentry® and LAVA™ interoperability is delivered through the Forescout ControlFabric Interface using open, standards-based formats.

“This marks the second consecutive year Forescout has been honored with this prestigious distinction. Last year, the company was lauded for its progressive BYOD security offering…Forescout is ‘forward-looking’ with ‘a clear focus on bring-your-own-device (BYOD)’ and ‘the idea of pervasive security throughout the enterprise.’ The editor highlighted the company’s “‘bi-directional integration’ that allows [CounterACT] to integrate other third-party products into its ecosystem quickly and easily.”

“Forescout to date is the only vendor offering a network access control (NAC) solution that is both approved under the DOD’s strict 2013 requirements and one that has achieved the industry’s highest level of security certification involving assurances at the Common Criteria EAL 4+level….In order to achieve UC APL listing, CounterACT was validated as compliant with applicable Security Technical Implementation Guidance (STIG) requirements, which amount to more than 1,000 different implementation requisites.”

“Ardentec, one of Taiwan’s top wafer test service providers, chose Forescout CounterACT® to gain endpoint visibility and compliance via agentless monitoring and policy enforcement of nearly 4,000 endpoints used by more than 1,000 employees across its four manufacturing sites…With the introduction of this BYOD security service, Ardentec has seen an increase in the network security compliance rate of ISO 27001 to 80 percent and an overall lowered network asset management risk across the company.”

“CounterACT has helped healthcare organizations gain operational intelligence and policy-based control for all devices, users, systems and applications attempting to connect to an enterprise network – wired or wireless, managed or unmanaged, PC or mobile. With CounterACT, healthcare networks can seamlessly achieve continuous monitoring and mitigation of all endpoints while upholding the customer experience and infrastructure integrity.”

“The free, content-rich seminars are designed to offer customers and partners an opportunity to learn how to gain the best possible value from their CounterACT® deployments through discussion, hands-on training, peer feedback and Q-and-A sessions…The fall sessions will also include an overview of Forescout’s recently released ControlFabric platform that enables CounterACT and other IT solutions to exchange information and mitigate a wide variety of network, security and operational issues.

“The integration between Forescout CounterACT and SAP Afaria MDM is provided via the Forescout MDM Integration Module, which is an add-on to Forescout CounterACT, the company’s award-winning network security solution…’Through this integration, SAP customers can utilize the rich enterprise mobile device, data and application management provided by SAP Afaria with advanced network visibility and control afforded by Forescout.'”