User:Eringobradley/ForeScout Technologies
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | Oded Comay, Dror Comay, Hezy Yeshurun |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Michael DeCesare (President and CEO[1][2]) Oded Comay (CTO, Cofounder) Christopher Harms (CFO) |
Number of employees | 800+ |
| Website | www |
ForeScout Technologies, Inc. is a privately held network security company based in San Jose, California. Its products focus on providing visibility, policy-based access control, and orchestrated security management for devices that connect to IP networks.
History
[edit]ForeScout was founded in 2000 by Israeli entrepreneurs Oded Comay, Hezy Yeshurun, and Dror Comay.
Products
[edit]ForeScout’s core offering, ForeScout CounterACT is an agentless security appliance (physical or virtual) with the purpose of dynamically identifying network infrastructure and evaluating endpoint devices and applications as they connect to a network.
CounterACT Enterprise Manager provides centralized management and control of CounterACT deployments. It is available as a physical or virtual appliance.
ForeScout Extended Modules are add-on modules developed by ForeScout and ForeScout Technology Partners to provide integration between CounterACT and third-party security tools.
Technology
[edit]ForeScout Technologies’ products function at both the network and endpoint levels. At the network level, they identify the kinds of devices connecting to the network, including Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and enforce policy-based network access control. At the endpoint level, they can detect whether a device is compliant with security policies and can remediate common security issues such as broken security agents, misconfigurations, and malicious processes running on endpoints.
Reception
[edit]ForeScout was named by Gartner, Inc. as a leader in its Magic Quadrant report for network access control for four consecutive reports[3] and included in the Gartner Market Guide for IoT Security[4].
The company was named as a Forbes Top 100 Cloud Company and named to the JPMorgan Chase Hall of Innovation[5].
Partners
[edit]ForeScout Technologies has integration and technology alliances with vendors including Attivo Networks, ArcSight, Bromium, Citrix, Check Point, FireEye, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, McAfee, Invincia, Microsoft, MobileIron, Palo Alto Networks, Qualys, Rapid7, SAP[6], Splunk[7], Tenable, and VMware[8].
References
[edit]- ^ Schmidt, Will (February 5, 2015). "Michael DeCesare Joins ForeScout Technologies as New CEO". Tech.co. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Preimesberger, Chris (February 26, 2015). "ForeScout Names Former Intel, McAfee Exec as New CEO". eWeek. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "ForeScout Recognized as a Leader in the 2014 Magic Quadrant for Network Access Control". NASDAQ Global Newswire. January 6, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- ^ "Market Guide for IoT Security". Gartner, Inc. October 3, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- ^ Konrad, Alex (September 7, 2016). "Forbes Cloud 100: Meet The Private Companies Leading Cloud Computing In 2016". Forbes. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- ^ Eddy, Nathan (October 31, 2013). "ForeScout Integrates With SAP Afaria for MDM Offering". eWeek. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- ^ Miller, Ron (January 5, 2017). "ForeScout-Splunk integration hopes to bring greater insight to IoT security". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- ^ Kuranda, Sarah (June 27, 2017). "ForeScout Enhances Security Platform With New Capabilities, Expands VMware Relationship". CRN. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
External links
[edit]Category:2000 establishments in California Category:Companies based in San Jose, California Category:Companies established in 2000 Category:Computer security companies