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Medical Device Security<\/h1>\n

Help Ensure Medical Device Security
\nfor Patient Safety and Data Protection.<\/h3>\n

With so many connected devices and diverse motives driving bad actors, the healthcare industry has become a cyber battleground. Forescout\u2019s unique approach to medical device security delivers unparalleled insights and control for the entire network without disrupting critical business processes. The Forescout 4D Platform\u2122 combines a wide range of discovery techniques with cloud-powered intelligence for every medical device connected to your clinical network. The solution then assesses the risk of each device, factoring in its known exposures, the attack potential and operational criticality.<\/p>\n

Get a demo\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Get the Datasheet<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Foresout Secures Hundreds of Healthcare Organizations\u00a0Worldwide<\/h2>\n

\n10M+<\/h3>\n

Devices<\/p>\n

\n42,000<\/h3>\n

Facilities<\/p>\n

\n417,000+<\/h3>\n

Hospital Beds<\/p>\n

\n600M<\/h3>\n

Patients Annually<\/p>\n

\u201cForescout\u2019s solution automatically identified all connected medical devices on our network including model numbers and MAC addresses, showed us what they are connecting to, and helped us prioritize by providing a risk level for each device.\u201d<\/em><\/h4>\n

\u2014 Vince Rosati, Director of Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\n

Read the Success Story<\/a><\/p>\n

Comprehensive Medical Device Security<\/h2>\n

Continuous, real-time discovery with persistent asset intelligence for connected medical devices, with high-fidelity classification and an integrated FDA recall database.<\/p>\n

\"Asset<\/p>\n

Medical Device Asset Intelligence<\/h4>\n

Simplified way to maintain real-time and persistent asset intelligence for every connected medical device, with high-fidelity, cloud-powered classification.<\/p>\n

\"Operational<\/p>\n

Comprehensive Risk Assessment<\/h4>\n

Clear and concise quantification of cybersecurity risk posture based on exposure from vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, with a unique, multifactor risk score that correlates risk and exposure factors across configuration, function and behavior<\/p>\n

\"Forescout<\/p>\n

Accelerated Incident Response<\/h4>\n

Searchable history of asset configuration changes over time for faster incident investigation and for discovering coverage gaps in vulnerability management. Leverage historical asset context to aid proactive investigation of risks and reactive response to incidents and events.<\/p>\n

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Cybersecurity Preparedness Factbook for Biomedical & Clinical Engineers<\/h2>\n

As healthcare technology evolves, so do the cybersecurity challenges hospitals face. This guide provides critical insights, backed by data-driven benchmarks, best practices, and expert recommendations, to help you fortify your hospital\u2019s cybersecurity posture and stay ahead of emerging risks in connected environments.<\/p>\n

get the ebook<\/a><\/p>\n

Why Forescout for Medical Device Security<\/h3>\n

No one else covers what we can, as wide or deep, for healthcare providers \u2013 and no one automates cybersecurity the way we can, for your entire network.<\/p>\n

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Proven success for securing medical environments<\/h3>\n

More than 20 years\u2019 experience and data insights from thousands of customers, including more than 300 healthcare providers, analyzed by a team of global experts focused on threat and vulnerability research.<\/p>\n

learn more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dynamic Medical Network Segmentation<\/h3>\n

Forescout\u2018s network security solution provides granular medical device insights to automatically classify and group medical assets into a logical taxonomy. The visualization of their communication patterns can then be used to design and dynamically enforce segmentation policies.<\/p>\n

learn more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Risk and Exposure Management<\/h3>\n

Enhance your medical networks security posture with risk-based prioritization to empower biomed teams to track medical device state and exposure posture. Reduce risk of incidents with insights into FDA class and recall status to help ensure security without impacting patient care.<\/p>\n

learn more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Threat Detection and Response<\/h3>\n

Automate the detection, investigation, and response to advanced threats to medical devices across the clinical network. Streamline SOC operations with correlated, enriched, normalized and contextualized data, leveraging a two-stage threat detection engine that uses a blend of five techniques to reduce noise and improve fidelity of threat detection.<\/p>\n

learn more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Forescout Is Named Medical Device Security Product Leader <\/h2>\n

Frost & Sullivan has recognized Forescout with the 2025 Global Medical Device Security Product Leadership Award for our easy-to-deploy solution for medical device security. Read why they chose us over Armis and others in this report.<\/p>\n

Download report<\/a><\/p>\n

Quantify Your Risk<\/h2>\n

\n6.2<\/h3>\n

Average number of vulnerabilities on medical devices.2<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n80000<\/h3>\n

Estimated dollar cost per hour when a hospital is shut down.3<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n62%<\/h3>\n

Average % of major vulnerabilities still unprotected in US Hospitals.3<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

Related Products<\/h2>\n

\"Risk<\/a><\/p>\n

eyeFocus<\/h4>\n

Identify, Quantify and Prioritize Cybersecurity Risk and Compliance.<\/p>\n

explore<\/a><\/p>\n

\"eyeSight<\/a><\/p>\n

eyeSight<\/h4>\n

Continuously discover, assess and govern assets without agents or active techniques that could compromise business operations.<\/p>\n

explore<\/a><\/p>\n

\"eyeSegment<\/a><\/p>\n

eyeSegment<\/h4>\n

Accelerate the design, planning and deployment of dynamic zero trust segmentation across the extended enterprise to reduce your attack surface and regulatory risk.<\/p>\n

explore<\/a><\/p>\n

CyberMDX was acquired by Forescout in 2022.
\n2<\/sup> Source: Cybersecurity Ventures<\/a>
\n3<\/sup> Source: IPSOS (CyberMDX and Philips)<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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