Overview

The ongoing convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) networks is increasing the complexity and vulnerability of previously isolated industrial control system (ICS) networks. To secure critical infrastructure on all these networks and to avoid the major financial/societal consequences that come from being exploited in a cyber attack, organizations need to gain visibility beyond their OT environments and tighten security across the entire enterprise.

The Forescout platform protects OT and ICS networks from a wide range of threats, provides both passive and active discovery capabilities that create an automatic, real-time asset inventory and enables targeted remediation actions based on potential business impact. The platform’s ability to identify all device types – IoT, OT, IIoT, IoMT and IT – and act to contain threats make it unique in the market and fundamental for a successful, enterprise-wide cybersecurity strategy.

Forrester recognized Forescout in November in its inaugural Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security Solutions Wave, 2021 for having the broadest ICS protocol support out of the vendors that were evaluated. Having the most protocol support means that Forescout provides leading asset discovery and identification to customers who can then bridge their visibility and control security gaps and noninvasively fix shortfalls in segmentation.

Aside from visibility for all types of devices, Forescout also empowers customers to leverage their existing solutions. Traditionally, organizations make use of several technology vendors to provide specific cybersecurity capabilities. Forescout understands the importance of those investments and works in collaboration with asset management, endpoint security solutions, vulnerability assessment tools, SIEM and ticketing systems via powerful bi-directional information exchange. This maximizes the value of every individual solution and automates many operations that customers need to perform manually.