Forescout: Leading the Way in Securing IoMT Devices

Additional Info

CompanyForescout
Websitehttps://www.forescout.com/
Company size (employees)1,000 to 4,999
Headquarters RegionNorth America

Overview

The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is revolutionizing healthcare by connecting medical devices with IT and IoT systems to improve patient outcomes, enhance operational efficiencies, and enable advanced care delivery. Still, the growing adoption and connectivity of IoMT and IoT devices introduce critical cybersecurity challenges. These devices are often outdated, lack basic security features, and are vulnerable to cyberattacks prompting various risks like compromised patient data or regulatory noncompliance. Furthermore, they are often overexposed to external sources, making them an easier target for attackers.

For example, the exposure of devices utilizing the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) protocol, widely used in medical imaging devices like diagnostic workstations, storage servers, and medical printers, has seen a dramatic rise. Forescout’s recent Riskiest Devices report highlights a 246% growth in exposed DICOM services since 2017, with a further 27.5% increase in the past two years.

Forescout addresses these challenges with its IoMT security solution, the only solution that provides complete visibility, asset intelligence, and control across IT, IoT, IoMT, and OT environments. The Forescout Platform enables healthcare organizations to dynamically discover, assess risk and compliance, segment, and protect IoMT devices from threats such as ransomware and malicious insiders. Seamlessly integrating with 180+ security solutions, Forescout is the cornerstone of its customers’ zero trust strategies and compliance programs, providing actionable visibility and control that safeguards patient safety and mitigate cyber risks.

Forescout is uniquely positioned to protect healthcare organizations worldwide, with:
– Over 66 million devices protected worldwide.
– More than 39 billion unique data points monitored for actionable insights.
– Provide support for 3,100+ global customers spanning healthcare and other critical sectors.

Key Capabilities / Features

Key capabilities include:
• Real-Time Asset Discovery and Classification:
Automatically identifies and classifies connected IoMT devices, ensuring no device—managed, unmanaged, or unagentable—goes undetected.
• Dynamic Network Protection:
Implements rigorous access control and proactively segments IoMT devices into secure zones, restricting their access to only necessary resources, minimizing the potential for intrusions and lateral movement.
• Continuous Risk Management:
Monitors IoMT, IoT, and IT devices for vulnerabilities, weak posture or configuration, threats, and behavioral anomalies while enforcing compliance with healthcare regulations such as HIPAA and GDPR.
• Security Ecosystem Integrations:
The platform integrates with over 180 technology partners to deliver comprehensive asset management, risk and compliance management, threat detection, and incident response capabilities.
• Threat Intelligence powered by Vedere Labs:
Forescout’s Vedere Labs, a leading global cyber research lab, delivers cutting-edge vulnerability research and threat intelligence, tracking hundreds of threat actors and millions of attacks on IoT and IoMT devices. Its findings inform detection rules that help healthcare organizations defend against evolving threats. By sharing original research, threat reports, and mitigation strategies, Vedere Labs enhances cybersecurity visibility across all connected asset types. Last year alone, it tracked over 420 million attacks, 300 million exploits affecting 19 million devices, and 50,000+ malware samples.


How we are different

Why Forescout IoMT is different:
1. Unmatched Device Visibility:
While all other IoMT solutions focus only on IoMT and IoT devices, Forescout enables healthcare organizations to manage and protect their entire attack surface from a single pane of glass. Forescout instantly discovers and monitors all connected devices, including medical IoMT devices, IoT and IT systems, and OT equipment. Its platform identifies device configuration, vulnerabilities and exposure, and compliance risks, even for unmanaged or legacy systems. Protecting the entire attack surface is key to ensuring threats are detected before they reach patient critical IoMT devices.
2. Responding to Risks and Threats:
IoMT solutions normally stop at providing visibility into devices, risks and threats, leaving healthcare organizations on their own in the critical stage of responding to those threats. Forescout uniquely supports healthcare organization in taking action to minimize risk and respond to threats. Forescout uses a zero-trust approach to dynamically segment IoMT devices and enforce least-privileged access control. This prevents unauthorized access and minimizes lateral movement of threats across the network.
3. Automation:
Healthcare organizations typically have small and already overloaded security teams. Unlike competitors that focus primarily on visibility, Forescout provides unique capabilities for workflow automation and orchestration, reducing manual efforts, and freeing up time and resources. Forescout leverages its 180+ integrations to automate asset management, remediation, containment, and compliance enforcement. This comprehensive approach ensures continuous protection throughout the lifecycle of IoMT devices.


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