Cyber Asset Inventory
Gain complete asset visibility across your attack surface
Attack surface growth is outpacing your security team’s ability to identify, quantify and prioritize risk and exposure. The first step is maintaining an accurate, real-time asset inventory with in-depth device context for all IP-connected assets in one normalized view.
Eliminate error-prone manual processes with continuous, automated discovery, classification and assessment of every device, managed and unmanaged.
100% Asset Visibility with Forescout
As a baseline, this energy company only had visibility into its 50,000 agentable assets. Fragmented information from 32 separate security tools identified closer to 200,000 connected devices.
In just one week, without relying on any software agents, Forescout identified more than 235,000 total assets – revealing an 80% security risk gap over agent solutions and creating a single source of truth.
Asset Inventory and Visibility Challenges
Why Forescout for Cyber Asset Inventory
Complete
Visibility
Discover all managed and unmanaged devices upon connect, leveraging techniques tailored specifically IT, IoT, OT and IoMT assets as well as cyber-physical systems.
150+ Classification Attributes
Automatically classify assets based on 150+ attributes that are then referenced for asset compliance, network access control, segmentation and incident response.
30+ Assessment Techniques
Continuously assess compliance posture for all asset types using a blend of 30+ active and passive techniques that rely on traffic monitoring, scanning, third-party integrations and traditional agents.
Historical Asset Timeline
Query, investigate and analyze connected asset data across a 90-day timeline to prove historical compliance, support incident investigation and identify risks and gaps.
Real-Time Asset Intelligence for Better Security and Business Decisions
Many standards, frameworks and regulations require organizations to maintain an accurate asset inventory. To support informed security decisions, you also need rich context about each device. The Forescout Vistaro™ platform collects data on device type, manufacturer, OS configuration, applications installed, patch state, network location, logged-in users, vulnerabilities, criticality and what it’s communicating with.
All of this can be continuously synchronized with your configuration management database (CMDB), such as ServiceNow, to prove a wealth of contextual information as assets join and leave the network and accelerate incident response.
Forescout Device Cloud
18.7M
Unique device profiles
6500+
Vendors
2200+
OS versions
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
Frequently Asked Questions
How does Forescout automate asset discovery and keep the CMDB accurate?
Forescout automates asset discovery and classification across all network connected devices regardless of location, without agents and without impacting network performance. Forescout then continuously monitors those systems and populates your CMDB with real-time device context, so the configuration management database stays accurate enough to serve as a single source of truth for IT and security.
What is the difference between asset visibility and asset intelligence?
Visibility tells a CISO how many devices sit on the network. Intelligence adds insight and context about the configuration and status of each one. Forescout delivers both – discovery and classification of every network connected asset, plus in-depth device context – across IT, OT, IoT and IoMT without requiring agents.
How does Forescout discover every asset on my network?
Forescout’s platform gives you complete asset visibility across the attack surface, maintaining an accurate real-time inventory with in-depth device context for all IP-connected assets. The Forescout Vistaro platform continuously and automatically discovers, classifies and assesses every managed and unmanaged asset across IT, IoT, IoMT and OT/ICS, and lets you query asset data across a 90-day historical timeline.
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1The State of IoT and OT Cybersecurity in the Enterprise, Ponemon Institute, 2021
2Cybersecurity Asset Management Trends 2021, Enterprise Strategy Group