Modern Network Security
Forescout Universal Zero Trust Network Access (UZTNA) delivers agentless, continuous access controls for IT, OT, IoT, and IoMT.
Today’s enterprise networks blend traditional IT devices with smart IoT sensors, OT assets, and IoMT devices – all critical to business operations. This expanding device ecosystem creates visibility gaps and increases the attack surface, leaving cyber risks unchecked across managed and unmanaged assets.
Modern threats demand a modern approach that provides continuous visibility, context-aware control, and dynamic enforcement across the entire network. Explore UZTNA with our ebook: Five Steps to Combating Emerging Threats with Network Security.
Where Traditional Network Protection Methods Fall Short
62%
Of organizations don’t have a complete inventory of their IoT/OT devices.1
75%
Of organizations report widening visibility gaps in end-user and IoT assets.2
35%
Of organizations had IoT/OT devices targeted directly or as part of a larger attack.1
40%
Growth in UZTNA adoption is expected by major analysts by 2027
It’s not uncommon for organizations to have multiple asset inventories in their ecosystem of IT and security tools. But even when combined through lengthy manual effort, they rarely cover the entire attack surface due to their limited coverage of managed and unmanaged assets.
Many organizations rely on traditional software agents to monitor and protect the endpoints on their networks, but smart IoT sensors, industrial process controllers, and medical devices can’t support agents, creating blind spots that attackers will exploit.
Waiting on scheduled scans to sweep the network for rogue or at-risk devices allows attackers to infiltrate without being noticed. Some forms of active scanning can even disrupt OT and IoMT devices that monitor or control critical operations causing financial, reputational, and even physical harm.
UZTNA brings continuous, device‑aware access control to modern networks. It authenticates and authorizes both users and devices, managed or agentless, and grants least‑privilege access to only the necessary applications or segments. Policies adapt in real time based on posture and risk, across campus, branch, and remote environments.
5 Steps to Combating Emerging Threats with Network Security
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What Does Modern
Network Security Look Like?
Continuous Compliance & Asset Identification
Discover, identify, and continuously assess the security posture of every connected asset—from IT devices to IoT, OT, and IoMT in real-time without installing software agents, and fix missing, broken, or out-of-date security agents among your existing ecosystem of tools.
UZTNA Continuous Risk Assessment
Continuously monitor all connected assets across heterogenous networks for noncompliance or unusual behavior and enforce least privilege access based on continuous risk assessment, ensuring that every device receives only the minimum access required to perform its function.
Dynamic Segmentation Management
Identify high‑risk communication patterns across every device type and automate segmentation policies to reduce lateral movement and shrink the blast radius. Strengthen your security posture by targeting exposure where it matters most while keeping operations running smoothly across hybrid IT, OT, and IoT environments.
Automate Dynamic Access & Cybersecurity Workflows
Continuously evaluate access decisions based on real-time asset context, security posture, and behavior while sharing asset details with your ecosystem of security and management systems to automate workflows across disparate tools, accelerating system-wide response to risks and threats and enabling dynamic access.
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 4D 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
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Related Use Cases
1 The State of IoT/OT Cybersecurity in the Enterprise – Ponemon Institute
2 Cybersecurity Asset Management Trends 2021 – Enterprise Strategy Group