Forescout taps NVIDIA accelerated computing to improve critical infrastructure security
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Forescout Technologies, Inc., a global cybersecurity contributor, has announced that it will integrate the Forescout 4D Platform on-premises sensor technology with the NVIDIA BlueField networking platform. The joint solution will help critical infrastructure organisations scale their network monitoring and security management across diverse operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) environments.
While the convergence of IT, OT and IoT increases risk and complexity, critical infrastructure organisations require more powerful computing solutions to better scale across heterogeneous networks, identify emerging threats, and assess the risk of every connected asset — all while maintaining up-time and operational continuity.
By running Forescout’s on-premises sensor directly on the NVIDIA BlueField, part of NVIDIA Cybersecurity artificial intelligence (AI) platform, customers can offload intensive computing tasks, such as deep packet inspections. This speeds up data processing, enhances asset intelligence, and improves real-time monitoring, providing security teams with the insights needed to stay ahead of emerging threats.
“Cybersecurity today is a race against time, data complexity and increasingly sophisticated threats,” said Christina Hoefer, the vice president of OT/ IoT vertical and strategy at Forescout. “By integrating Forescout’s sensor technology with NVIDIA BlueField, our customers can monitor more areas of their networks and process data, faster without the added cost and complexity of additional hardware appliances.”
The integration is especially impactful for organisations in highly regulated industries — such as utilities, manufacturing, healthcare, financial services and government — that require on-premises deployments. By harnessing NVIDIA BlueField, customers can gain visibility into critical infrastructure environments, achieving robust and adaptive security while delivering operational continuity.
“Critical infrastructure runs in some of the most complex environments, where the convergence of IT and OT — accelerated by digital transformation — significantly expands the threat landscape,” said Ofir Arkin, the senior Distinguished Architect for Cybersecurity at NVIDIA. “With the Forescout platform running on NVIDIA BlueField, organisations are able to address the unique challenges of securing heterogeneous networks, distributed environments — enabling improved asset discovery and enforcement of security controls at scale.”
This integration is the first step in an ongoing journey of innovation. It builds on Forescout’s leadership in OT security and expands on its generative AI capabilities, which provide context augmentation for assets and risk detections, identify potential causes of incidents and provide recommended remediation steps — strengthening cyber resilience and governance.
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