# Forescout Technologies Inc.

> Forescout Technologies is a San Jose-based cybersecurity company that gives organizations agentless visibility and control over every connected device on their networks - from laptops and phones to industrial controllers, medical equipment and IoT sensors that cannot run traditional security agents. Its platform, now branded Forescout Vistaro, spans IT, OT, IoT and IoMT environments and combines asset discovery, network access control, segmentation, threat detection and exposure management, backed by the Vedere Labs threat-research team. Serving roughly 3,200 customers including one in five Fortune 500 companies and numerous government agencies, Forescout competes in the fast-growing market for securing the sprawling, mixed device estates of modern enterprises and critical infrastructure.

- **Founded:** 2000
- **Headquarters:** San Jose, California, United States
- **Founders:** Oded Comay (Co-founder), Dror Comay (Co-founder), Hezy Yeshurun (Co-founder), Doron Shikmoni (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 1,000-1,300 employees worldwide.
- **Products:** Forescout Vistaro Platform, CounterACT (eyeSight), Network Access Control (NAC), eyeSegment, eyeInspect (OT/ICS)
- **Notable:** Named a market leader in Cyber-Physical Systems Security at the 2025 Global InfoSec Awards (RSA Conference 2025)., 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Award for OT and IoT Security., 2025 Cyber Excellence Award for its unified platform securing healthcare networks.

## Products & services

- **Forescout Vistaro Platform** — The company's unified cybersecurity platform (renamed from the 4D Platform in 2026) delivering asset visibility, network access control, segmentation, threat detection and exposure management across IT, OT, IoT and IoMT, powered by agentic AI.
- **CounterACT (eyeSight)** — The original agentless device visibility and control product that discovers and classifies every device the moment it connects to the network.
- **Network Access Control (NAC)** — Policy-based control that enforces access using 802.1X, MAC authentication bypass and API-driven actions through switches, wireless controllers and firewalls - including BYOD and OT/IoT devices.
- **eyeSegment** — Network segmentation product that maps traffic flows and enforces zero-trust segmentation policies across the enterprise.
- **eyeInspect (OT/ICS)** — Deep-packet monitoring and threat detection for operational-technology and industrial control system environments.
- **eyeExtend** — Bi-directional integration modules that connect Forescout with 180+ SIEM, EDR, ITSM and other security and IT tools for orchestrated response.
- **VistaroAI** — Agentic AI layer announced in 2026 that adds proactive, autonomous capabilities to threat and exposure management.
- **Forescout Research - Vedere Labs** — In-house threat-intelligence and vulnerability-research team specializing in IoT, OT and IoMT, publishing the annual Threat Roundup and powering device intelligence in the platform.

## Achievements

- Named a market leader in Cyber-Physical Systems Security at the 2025 Global InfoSec Awards (RSA Conference 2025).
- 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Award for OT and IoT Security.
- 2025 Cyber Excellence Award for its unified platform securing healthcare networks.
- Named a 2025 NVTC Cyber50 Award honoree.
- Patented technology to detect non-quantum-safe encryption across IT, OT and IoT (2025).
- Vedere Labs reviewed 900M+ attacks in 2025 and reported an 84% rise in OT-protocol attacks.
- IPO on NASDAQ in 2017; acquired in a $1.9B take-private deal in 2020.
- CRN Security 100 and Channel Chiefs recognition (2026).

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Rebranded the Forescout 4D Platform to the Forescout Vistaro Platform, emphasizing AI-driven security and a long-term vision for autonomous security operations.
- **2026-01** — Published the 2025 Threat Roundup report finding an 84% increase in cyberattacks abusing operational-technology protocols, based on 900M+ observed attacks.
- **2025-03** — Vedere Labs disclosed severe systemic security risks across global solar power infrastructure.
- **2025** — Unveiled patented technology to detect non-quantum-safe encryption across IT, OT and IoT, and launched VistaroAI agentic AI capabilities.

## Links

- Website: https://forescout.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/forescout-technologies
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ForeScout
- GitHub: https://github.com/ForeScout
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Forescout
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Forescout-Technologies/164375383588000

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Last updated: 2026-07-14