Articles from Forescout Technologies Inc.

RSA Conference — Forescout Technologies Inc., a global cybersecurity leader, today released a new report, “The Rise of State-Sponsored Hacktivism,” analyzing the escalation of hacktivist attacks in 2024 and providing predictions for 2025. The report reveals that four state-aligned hacktivist groups operating on opposing sides of the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine conflicts — BlackJack, Handala Group, Indian Cyber Force, and NoName057(16) — claimed responsibility for 780 attacks in 2024 alone. Many of these targeted critical infrastructure sectors such as government services, transportation systems, and financial institutions.

RSA Conference – Forescout Technologies Inc., a global cybersecurity leader, today announced it has been named a Market Leader in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Security at the 13th annual Global InfoSec Awards, presented by Cyber Defense Magazine.

Forescout Technologies Inc., a global cybersecurity leader, today announced the company’s strong 2024 performance with solid top- and bottom-line growth including a 20% increase in new recurring bookings, 48 deals with a value of over $1 million, and exceptional growth in EMEA, Latin America, and the US Department of Defense.

Forescout Technologies Inc., a global cybersecurity leader, today published its “SUN:DOWN – Destabilizing the Grid via Orchestrated Exploitation of Solar Power Systems” research report. Forescout Research – Vedere Labs discovered 46 new vulnerabilities across three of the world’s 10 leading solar inverter vendors. Additionally, Vedere Labs found that 80% of vulnerabilities in solar power systems disclosed in the last three years were classified as high or critical severity. These findings reveal severe systemic security weaknesses in the solar ecosystem that could impact power grid stability, utility operations, and consumer data privacy.

Forescout Technologies Inc., a global cybersecurity leader, today announced it received recognition from the 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards for its Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) Security solution. This accolade underscores Forescout’s commitment to strengthening healthcare security by providing complete visibility, asset intelligence, and control across IT, OT, IoT, and IoMT environments.

Forescout Technologies Inc., a global cybersecurity leader, today received recognition from the 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Award for its Operational Technology (OT) Security and Internet of Things (IoT) Security solutions. This accolade highlights Forescout’s commitment to providing unparalleled visibility and control across OT and IoT environments to detect cyber threats before they lead to operational downtime or critical security incidents.

Forescout Technologies Inc., a global cybersecurity leader, announced key findings from its “2024 Threat Roundup” report, providing analysis of the evolving threat landscape. The Forescout Vedere Labs research highlights key trends from 2024, including threat actors, vulnerabilities, exploits, top targets and attacker locations, while drawing comparisons to 2023 and offering insights and strategic recommendations for improved defenses.

Forescout Technologies Inc., a global cybersecurity leader, today announced that the company delivered record double digit growth in its US Federal Government business. The company’s Department of Defense business was exceptionally strong with year-over-year growth of 38%. The company also announced that Forescout’s Operational Technology (OT) Solution has been awarded a National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) Common Criteria certificate, the first specialized OT solution to receive this designation.

Forescout Technologies Inc., a global cybersecurity leader, today announced new tiered support offerings to accelerate customer results: Premium, Gold, and Diamond. The new offerings combine quick response, reactive support, and forward-looking, proactive services to help customers continually improve their use of Forescout’s platform.

RSA Conference – Forescout Technologies Inc. has announced the global expansion of its unrivaled threat intelligence-sharing program. This landmark initiative led by its research arm Forescout Research - Vedere Labs, provides contextual threat intelligence to enhance global defenses and improve security posture. Last year alone, Vedere Labs tracked 420 million+ attacks, 300 million+ exploits, 19 million+ devices, and 50,000+ malware samples.

RSA Conference 2024 — Forescout Technologies Inc., a global cybersecurity leader, today unveiled new research, Exposing the Exploited, an analysis uncovering a host of exploited vulnerabilities not captured by the CISA KEV catalog, the most popular source of information on vulnerabilities known to be actively exploited by threat actors. Exposing the Exploited details how an over-reliance on legacy information databases and standard guidance drastically underrepresents the global threat landscape. The study was conducted by Forescout Research – Vedere Labs, a leading global team dedicated to uncovering vulnerabilities in and threats to critical infrastructure.

Forescout Technologies Inc., a global cybersecurity leader, today announced the expansion of its leadership team – Clarissa Horowitz to Chief Marketing Officer and Craig Weimer to Vice President of Sales, Americas. Horowitz and Weimer join recently appointed Duncan MacMurdy, Chief People Officer, and Edward Brown, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, on the leadership team. These appointments underscore the company’s commitment to operational excellence as this group of leaders will advance business-critical functionality to further scale the company during its next phase of growth.

Forescout Technologies Inc., the global leader in automated cybersecurity, today unveiled Forescout XDR, to help enterprises better detect, investigate, and respond to the broadest range of advanced threats, across the extended enterprise.

Forescout Technologies Inc., the global leader in compliance and cybersecurity for all connected devices, today announced that Barry Mainz will join the company as CEO, effective immediately.