Forescout Technologies, a leader in device visibility and control, and a Platinum Award Winner in the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, is pleased to announce the company’s Forescout Device and Visibility Control Platform has been nominated to compete in the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program for Best Cyber Critical Infrastructure Solution.
With the explosive growth of non-traditional endpoints on government networks, it is critically important to gain a consolidated view not only of all government-owned PCs, laptops, servers and mobile devices, but also connected contractor and guest devices, IoT endpoints, operational technology (OT) systems, virtual machines — even rogue devices.
The recently updated Forescout Device and Visibility Control Platform offers a unique, agentless approach to network security, enabling government agencies to see all of these devices on their networks.
It continuously discovers profiles and classifies devices, users, applications and operating systems while monitoring managed devices, personally owned devices and other endpoints.
(How many devices do you have connecting to your network? What’s your IoT X Factor? Find out with ForeScout. Courtesy of Forescout Technologies and YouTube.)
The Forescout platform uses this contextual device intelligence to apply policy-based controls upon devices and orchestrate incident response and device remediation among multiple third-party security solutions.
Additionally, Forescout excels at meeting or exceeding key technical and interoperability standards of military and civilian customers.
Forescout uses its device visibility and control capabilities to improve and automate asset management, device compliance, network access control, incident response and network segmentation.
Forescout eyeSegment extends the capabilities of the Forescout platform to address organizations’ multi-domain, multi-use-case segmentation challenges.
Through real-time visualizations and proactive policy simulations, Forescout both enables segmentation controls across diverse enforcement technologies and validates expected outcomes.
The solution currently scales to two million devices per deployment across the extended enterprise, including: campus, IoT, data center, cloud and OT.
(Network segmentation doesn’t have to be difficult. Confidently design, build and deploy network segmentation at scale with Forescout eyeSegment. Courtesy of Forescout Technologies and YouTube.)
Government agencies and contractors have a multitude of commercial technologies to consider for their network security, but often choose Forescout for the comprehensive device visibility and control capabilities it provides.
For example, Forescout recently announced the U.S. Department of Affairs (VA) deployed its platform across 1.3 million devices at more than 280 physical locations nationally.
In addition to allowing users to automate and enforce policy-based network access control, device compliance, asset management, network segmentation and incident response, Forescout also provides an extensive range of automated controls that preserve the user experience and keep business operations running efficiently.
Part of the disruptive nature of the Forescout solution stems from the fact that it supports heterogeneous network infrastructure (switches, firewalls, wireless routers and cloud gateways).
The platform deploys very quickly, offering complete visibility in days, and full deployment in weeks (67 days on average) — with or without 802.1X authentication.
This technology-agnostic approach also extends to third-party IT management and security products, such as integration with Arista, allowing government agencies and contractors to not only retain the products they currently use, but to also quickly embrace new technologies and vendors.
Forescout extends value and improves effectiveness of these solutions by sharing contextual device insights and applying appropriate network and endpoint controls.
Forescout’s comprehensive focus on device visibility and control has made the platform a primary choice to fulfill the hardware asset management requirement for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program (fulfilling five out of six Phase 1 Task Orders).
The CDM Program is charged with fortifying the cybersecurity of government networks and systems by identifying cybersecurity risks on an ongoing basis and prioritizing incident response based on risk severity.
Similar to CDM, early instantiations of the Department of Defense’s “Comply To Connect” (C2C) framework also feature the Forescout platform as a key technology, helping military agencies and units keep track of connected gear, block threats and enforce policies.
Furthermore, Forescout was recently selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to participate in the “Firmware Command and Control” project with Idaho National Laboratory (INL) under a grid modernization lab consortium.
The purpose of the Firmware Command and Control project is to identify potential vulnerabilities that exist in ubiquitous libraries by using machine learning similarity analysis of embedded code and sharing those findings in a structured format for processing across operational and information technology environments.
In addition to INL, Forescout will also partner with Sandia National Laboratories, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Argonne National Laboratory, which was recognized in the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program.
New ways in which the Forescout platform is being used includes providing granular visibility and risk assessment beyond traditional campus environments into data centers and the cloud, allowing the most comprehensive single-pane-of-glass visibility across IT and OT networks.
It is also provides accurate visibility and assessment of agentless IoT devices and operational technologies, with the ability to automate segmentation of these systems using native integration with switches as well as third-party integrations with leading next-generation firewalls.
Other innovative ways third-party tools are utilizing the Forescout platform include integrating with ServiceNow® to provide an accurate, real-time device inventory and accelerate incident response.
(Pedro Abreu, Chief Product & Technology Officer at Forescout joins Jeff Hausman, VP & GM at ServiceNow to chat about how our products are better together, why it’s so critical for security and IT to work together, key components of a security strategy, and how to get some quick efficiency gains. Courtesy of Forescout Technologies and YouTube. Posted on Jun 9, 2020.)
The Forescout solution also feeds device intelligence to Splunk® and other security information and event management solutions for advanced event correlation and planning.
A broad range of security and IT management tools leverage the platform’s device visibility and control capabilities.
These and other use cases allow the combined solution to accelerate incident response, reduce the risk of operational disruption from security incidents or breaches, ensure and demonstrate security compliance and increase operational efficiency.
With the release of SilentDefense 4.1 the Forescout platform now is the first network security monitoring tool to intelligently combine all security and operational risk factors into a single, impact-based scoring framework.
This intuitive approach provides security analysts with cyber risk scores to immediately identify assets that have a high possibility of being attacked and conduct detailed forensic analysis of ongoing security events.
In addition, the operational risk score enables OT engineers to quickly identify assets that need immediate attention.
Additionally, SilentDefense updates include enhanced NERC CIP compliance reporting, selective and non-intrusive active inspection for deeper visibility.
If there is one thing that is universal among all government agencies and contractors, it’s the necessity to continuously improve security and prove compliance.
By providing secure network access for a wide range of devices and user populations, the Forescout platform helps government agencies protect their confidential data and support compliance with mandated policies and regulations such as FISMA, NERC, ISO/IEC 27001 and the GDPR.
Forescout Technologies Returns to Compete in 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program
The Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program is specifically designed to honor distinguished government and vendor solutions that deliver enhanced value, benefit and intelligence to end users in a variety of government, homeland security and public safety vertical markets.
The Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards is the preeminent U.S. Homeland Security Awards Program highlighting the most cutting-edge and forward-thinking security solutions coming onto the market today, to ensure our readers have the information they need to stay ahead of the competition, and keep our Nation safe – one facility, street, and city at a time.
American Security Today is pleased to announce that Deann Criswell, the NYC Emergency Management Commissioner will deliver the keynote address at the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon Banquet in New York City.
90% of ‘ASTORS’ Award Winners return to compete in the Annual ‘ASTORS‘ Homeland Security Awards Program, and 100% of ‘ASTORS’ Sponsors have returned year to year to reap the benefits of their participation in the industry’s largest and most comprehensive Annual Awards Program.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards at https://americansecuritytoday.com/ast-awards/.
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The 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program surpassed expectations with a record number of nominations received from industry leaders and government agencies, and drew over 200 attendees to the ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Banquet – an exclusive gourmet luncheon and networking opportunity which filled to capacity, before having to turn away late registrants.
The event featured an impassioned and compelling keynote address by William J. Bratton, former police commissioner of the New York Police Department (NYPD) twice, the Boston Police Department (BPD), and former chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), as he walked attendees through 50 years of American policing history, the impacts on the communities, and the evolution of critical communication capabilities in our post 9/11 landscape.
Commissioner Bratton, one of the world’s most respected and trusted experts on risk and security issues and Executive Chairman of Teneo Risk a global advisory firm, was recognized as the ‘2019 ‘ASTORS’ Person of the Year’ for his Lifetime of Dedication and Extraordinary Leadership in Homeland Security and Public Safety.
The 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program was sponsored by ATI Systems, Attivo Networks, Automatic Systems, Desktop Alert, and SWORD Technologies, every one a returning Sponsor from 2018.
Why the ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program?
American Security Today’s comprehensive Annual Homeland Security Awards Program is organized to recognize the most distinguished vendors of physical, IT, port security, law enforcement, and first responders, in acknowledgment of their outstanding efforts to ‘Keep our Nation Secure, One City at a Time.’
Over 200 distinguished guests representing Federal, State and Local Governments, and Industry Leading Corporate Firms, gathered from across North America, Europe and the Middle East to be honored among their peers in their respective fields which included:
- The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
- United States Marine Corps
- The Federal Protective Service (FPS)
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
- United States Postal Inspection Service
- DHS S&T
- United States Marshals Service (USMS)
- The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Police (PAPD)
- The Department of Justice (DOJ)
- The New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services (NYS DHSES)
- United States Border Patrol
- AlertMedia, Ameristar Perimeter Security, Attivo Networks, Automatic Systems, Bellevue University, BriefCam, Canon U.S.A., CornellCookson, Drone Aviation, FLIR Systems, Hanwha Techwin, HID Global, IPVideo Corp., Konica Minolta Business Solutions, LenelS2, ManTech, Regroup Mass Notifications, SafeLogic, SolarWinds, Senstar, ShotSpotter, Smiths Detection, TCOM LP, Trackforce, Verint, and More!
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Excellence in Public Safety and Government Security Award Nominations are also encouraged, such as those 2019 Honored Winners which includes the DEA, U.S. Marine Corps, DHS S&T, Federal Protective Service, DHS S&T NUSTL, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Border Patrol, The Port Authority of NY/NJ, and the NYS Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services.
Individuals are also encouraged to be nominated for Government Excellence in Public Safety and Homeland Security such as last years widely respected recipients.
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To learn more about the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winners solutions, please go to the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Championship Edition Fully Interactive Magazine – the Best Products of 2019 ‘A Year in Review’.
The ‘ASTORS’ Champion Edition is published annually and includes a review of the ‘ASTORS’ Award Winning products and programs, highlighting key details on many of the winning firms products and services, includes video interviews and more.
It is your Go-To source throughout the year for ‘The Best of 2019 Products and Services‘ endorsed by American Security Today, and can satisfy your agency’s and organization’s most pressing Homeland Security and Public Safety needs.
From Physical Security (Access Control, Critical Infrastructure, Perimeter Protection and Video Surveillance Cameras and Video Management Systems), to IT Security (Cybersecurity, Encryption, Data Storage, Anti-Malware and Networking Security – Just to name a few), the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ CHAMPIONS EDITION will have what you need to Detect, Delay, Respond to, and Mitgate today’s real-time threats in our constantly evolving security landscape.
It also includes featured guest editorial pieces from some of the security industry’s most respected leaders, and recognized firms in the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program.
Forescout Technologies Takes Platinum in 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program
Forescout Technologies
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Best Device Visibility and Control Solution
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Forescout Device Visibility and Control Platform
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The Forescout platform provides complete situational awareness and device visibility which enables an accurate device inventory, continuous compliance enforcement, policy-based access control, the ability to orchestrate actions to reduce cyber risk and rapid response to security incidents.
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*Forescout was also recognized in the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program.
(We are all connected, now more than ever. During this difficult time, we’re helping our customers keep critical infrastructure running. Healthcare facilities still need to be secured. Courtesy of Forescout Technologies and YouTube. Posted on Apr 29, 2020.)
Forescout Technologies is the leader in device visibility and control.
Their unified security platform enables enterprises and government agencies to gain complete situational awareness of their extended enterprise environments and orchestrate actions to reduce cyber and operational risk.
To Learn More, please visit www.forescout.com.
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