{"id":80178,"date":"2023-07-18T07:58:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T14:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forescoutstage.wpengine.com\/archive\/solutions\/iot-security-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T11:03:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:03:16","slug":"iot-security","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.forescout.com\/solutions\/iot-security\/","title":{"rendered":"IoT Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>IoT Security<\/h1>\n<h3>Automate IoT Security and Eliminate Blind Spots for Every Device<\/h3>\n<p>With the increasing reliance on Internet of Things (IoT) for business operations, efficiency, automation and digital transformation, comes additional risks of an expanding attack surface. Forescout\u2019s zero trust security approach provides actionable visibility and automated risk-based segmentation and compliance of every IoT, OT, and Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) the instant they connect to your network, without ever requiring an agent. From connection to a device\u2019s end of life, the Forescout 4D Platform\u2122 efficiently manages asset inventory and lifecycle management of every device.<\/p>\n<p>Schedule a demo Read the solution brief<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"video-player\">\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"c-title \">Get a Deeper Understanding of Today\u2019s Device Risk<\/h2>\n<p>Keeping up with all the risk lurking in your network isn\u2019t easy. Join this webinar led by Daniel dos Santos, Head of Research, as he dives into all the device risk \u2014 including the 12 new asset types appearing on this year\u2019s list across IT, OT, IoT, and IoMT.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forescout.com\/webinars\/riskiest-devices-2025-webinar\/\" title=\"Watch Webinar\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--gray c-btn--outline has-icon icon-camera icon-position-right has-icon-animation icon-animation-fade-in\">Watch Webinar<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"c-title\">IoT Security Solution Capabilities<\/h2>\n<p>IoT security must be based on a zero trust approach that combines complete device visibility, proactive network segmentation and least-privilege access control of all digital assets \u2013 devices, users, apps and workloads.<\/p>\n<h3>Complete device visibility and classification<\/h3>\n<p>Providing complete visibility into unmanaged and managed IoT, IoMT, OT devices and IP-connected systems the instant they connect to your network.<\/p>\n<h3>Real-time continuous monitoring<\/h3>\n<p>Providing real-time insight and continuous monitoring of IoT device communications and risky behaviors.<\/p>\n<h3>Assessing devices with weak credentials<\/h3>\n<p>Assessing and identifying IoT devices with factory-default or weak credentials and automating policy actions to enforce strong passwords.<\/p>\n<h3>Dynamic network segmentation<\/h3>\n<p>Segmenting devices into trusted zones by enforcing least-privilege access by zero trust policy.<\/p>\n<h3>Automated zero trust policy orchestration<\/h3>\n<p>Automating unified zero trust policy orchestration across multi-vendor environments and multiple network domains.<\/p>\n<h3>Asset inventory and lifecycle management of all devices<\/h3>\n<p>Efficiently managing asset inventory and the lifecycle of every device.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/demo\/\" title=\"Schedule a Demo\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--white c-btn--outline has-icon icon-demo icon-position-right has-icon-animation icon-animation-fade-in\">Schedule a Demo<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"c-title\">Forescout Differentiators \u2013 IoT Cybersecurity<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #415464\">Required Capabilities for Implementing IoT Security<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color: #33598D\">Forescout<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f6f6f7\">Actionable visibility for every device on your network<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #D7E1F5\">Unified platform instantly discovers every device the instant they connect to the network &#8211; IoT, IoMT, ICS\/OT and IT devices <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f6f6f7\">Automated device classification <\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #D7E1F5\">Automatically classifies IoT (and every other device on your network) leveraging three-dimensional classification taxonomy (device function &amp; type, operating system &amp; version, vendor &amp; model)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f6f6f7\">Automated segmentation <\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #D7E1F5\">Automatically segments based on device classification leveraging passively collected data (device function &amp; type, operating system &amp; version, vendor &amp; model)    Eliminates alert fatigue by automatically taking the action that turns red alerts green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f6f6f7\">Scale to enterprise <\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #D7E1F5\">Proven to scale with multiple deployments of over 2 million devicesProven to scale over a thousand locations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"\/ebook-reducing-risks-from-iot-devices-in-an-increasingly-connected-world\/\" title=\"DOWNLOAD EBOOK\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--gray c-btn--outline has-icon icon-duotone-triangles-down icon-position-right has-icon-animation icon-animation-fade-in\">DOWNLOAD EBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">IoT Cybersecurity Customer Confidence<\/h2>\n<p><button class=\"slider-navigation\" data-corresponding-slide=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forescout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bcbs-logo-401x238-1.png\" alt=\"Blue Cross Blue Shield\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/button><button class=\"slider-navigation\" data-corresponding-slide=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forescout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/boden-logo-500x200-1.png\" alt=\"Boden\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/button><button class=\"slider-navigation\" data-corresponding-slide=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forescout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tdot-logo-500x200-1.png\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/button><\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"video-player slide-video\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe whole time-consuming process has now completely disappeared. Effectively, the user makes that change, and the Forescout 4D Platform\u2122 just deals with it, and we don\u2019t have to get involved at all. Our users are happier because they don\u2019t see any interruption to the service. It\u2019s completely transparent to them.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote><figcaption>Bernard Crane<br \/>\nInfrastructure Architect<br \/>\nBoden<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"\/resources\/boden-case-study\/\" title=\"Learn More\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--gray c-btn--outline has-icon icon-duotone-triangles-right icon-position-right has-icon-animation icon-animation-fade-in\" target=\"_blank\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cForescout gives us the critical integrity piece of the CIA triad. Without integrity, the other two are of no value. You need to be able to trust your systems when they tell you your data is confidential and available. The Forescout 4D Platform\u2122 lets us know whether their data can be trusted.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote><figcaption>Richard White<br \/>\nCybersecurity Architect<br \/>\nTennessee Department of Transportation<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"\/resources\/forescout-case-study-tdot\/\" title=\"Learn More\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--gray c-btn--outline has-icon icon-duotone-triangles-right icon-position-right has-icon-animation icon-animation-fade-in\" target=\"_blank\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previous<br \/>\nNext\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IoT Security Automate IoT Security and Eliminate Blind Spots for Every Device With the increasing reliance on Internet of Things (IoT) for business operations, efficiency, automation and digital transformation, comes additional risks of an expanding attack surface. 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