Forescout Technologies
Forescout provides a platform for managing cyber risk and mitigating threats across IT, OT, IoT, and IoMT devices.
- Categories
- OT and ICS security, IoT, embedded and product security, Attack surface management, Vulnerability management
- Based in
- San Jose, United States
- Ownership
- Owned by Crosspoint Capital Partners and Advent International since 2020
About Forescout Technologies
Forescout Technologies is a cybersecurity company that has protected the networks of organisations and public sector bodies worldwide for more than 25 years. It sells the Forescout Vistaro platform, which finds, checks, controls and governs connected assets. The platform covers IT, OT, IoT and IoMT, including devices that are unmanaged or have no agent installed. It is vendor agnostic and can be deployed in different ways. The company also offers VistaroAI, an agentic AI suite built for security work. It studies asset data, exposure changes, threat context and policy posture, then directs the right tasks to the right staff automatically. Forescout serves large organisations. It names automotive, aerospace and defence, healthcare, electronics manufacturing, utilities, banking, manufacturing and the public sector among its customers.
Products
- Forescout VistaroA platform that discovers, assesses, controls and governs connected assets across IT, OT, IoT and IoMT.
- VistaroAIAn agentic AI suite that analyses asset intelligence, exposure changes, threat context and policy posture and routes work to staff.
- eyeSightAgentless device visibility that discovers, classifies and assesses connected assets using passive and active monitoring.
- eyeSentryA cloud-native exposure management tool that gives a real-time view of the attack surface and prioritises remediation.
- eyeSegmentRisk-aware network segmentation that visualises, simulates and enforces segmentation policies.
- eyeControlPolicy-based access control that automates and enforces least-privilege access for managed and unmanaged assets.
Ownership and deals
Companies owned by Crosspoint Capital Partners lists both in the directory.
- Forescout Technologies acquired CysivReport on Forescout Technologies buying Cysiv (opens in a new tab)
- Forescout Technologies acquired CyberMDXReport on Forescout Technologies buying CyberMDX (opens in a new tab)
- Advent International and Crosspoint Capital Partners acquired Forescout Technologies for $1.9bnReport on Advent International and Crosspoint Capital Partners buying Forescout Technologies (opens in a new tab)
Acquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. Funding rounds from 2022 onwards come from Return on Security's weekly Security, Funded newsletter. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Amounts are in US dollars.