Forescout for OT Security: First Solution to Cover Managed and Unmanaged Devices Across All Purdue Levels Securing Cloud, Air-Gapped, and Hybrid Environments

The SaaS-Based Solution Expands Forescout’s Cloud Footprint

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Forescout Technologies, Inc., a global cybersecurity leader, today announced its new SaaS Operational Technologies (OT) solution. Forescout for OT Security is the first security solution that allows organizations to secure complex, heterogeneous OT, IoT/IoMT, and IT environments whether they are fully in cloud, completely air-gapped, or hybrid.

Forescout for OT Security combines:

• Proactive security and exposure management
• Threat detection powered by Forescout Research – Vedere Labs’ proprietary threat research of unmanaged devices
• Critical operational monitoring
• Control across cloud and on-premises networks

“The attack surface from connected assets, including unmanaged OT and IoT devices, is outpacing security teams’ ability to protect critical digital assets,” said Barry Mainz, Forescout CEO. “Organizations are spending millions on the latest visibility and detection technology and are still experiencing downtime or getting compromised by ransomware, exploits, known vulnerabilities, and zero days. They don’t need more visibility; they need actionable intelligence and control.”

Forescout for OT Security unifies multiple use cases into a single, streamlined solution, minimizing manual errors and helping to reduce the complexity of operational workflows. Key features include:

• Comprehensive operational and cybersecurity threat detection rules specifically designed for OT, IoT, and IT hybrid environments
• Expanded capabilities OT discovery and extraction including from network and wireless infrastructure
• Forescout AI-enhanced asset intelligence to track the effectiveness of response actions across the security ecosystem to reduce risk
• Forescout AI reporting with contextual insights about connected devices, potential causes of incidents, and recommended remediation steps
• Role specific dashboards provide custom views for operations, security, SOC analyst, and executive
• Actionable vulnerability prioritization using FS Vedere Labs Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (VL-KEV), an innovative approach to OT/IoT specific exploitation indicators using Vedere Labs’ proprietary threat research (the industry's largest curated database of actionable insights)
• Asset classification covering 18.7 million unique device profiles from the Forescout Research – Vedere Labs database.

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Mainz continued: “We see an increasing number of customers looking for a comprehensive, enterprise-wide security strategy, and, with this release, we’re providing an industry-leading solution across OT, IT, and IoT environments.”

About Forescout

The Forescout cybersecurity platform provides complete asset intelligence and control across IT, OT, and IoT environments. For more than 20 years, Fortune 100 organizations, government agencies, and large enterprises have trusted Forescout as their foundation to manage cyber risk, ensure compliance, and mitigate threats. With seamless context sharing and workflow orchestration across more than 100 full-featured security and IT product integrations, Forescout makes every cybersecurity investment more effective.

Forescout Research – Vedere Labs is the industry leader in device intelligence, curating unique and proprietary threat intelligence that powers Forescout’s platform.