Forescout / CyberMDX
Device Security PlatformsHTMwire assessment
NAC-based healthcare security combining Forescout device visibility with CyberMDX IoMT specialization, covering IT, IoT, OT, and medical devices.
Key Features
- ✓ 4D Platform combining multiple discovery techniques with cloud-powered intelligence
- ✓ Device Cloud database with 15M+ device fingerprints for out-of-box classification
- ✓ Risk assessment factoring exposures, attack potential, and operational criticality
- ✓ NAC-based network segmentation and enforcement
- ✓ Healthcare-specific IoMT visibility and threat detection
What It Helps You Do
What Sets Them Apart
Largest device fingerprint database (15M+) — provides out-of-the-box classification for the broadest set of device types across IT, IoT, OT, and IoMT from a single platform.
How Forescout / CyberMDX Uses AI
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Device Cloud uses ML across 15M+ device fingerprints for automated device classification. Behavioral analysis models detect anomalies and threats across IT, IoT, OT, and IoMT devices.
- Cloud-based device classification. Device Cloud applies ML across a large library of device fingerprints for out-of-box classification of IT, IoT, OT, and IoMT devices.
- Behavioral threat detection. Behavioral analysis models detect anomalies and threats across connected device types.
Key Numbers
- ▪ CyberMDX acquired Feb 2022 (estimated ~$80M)
- ▪ Forescout taken private by Advent International for ~$1.9B (2020)
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Frequently Asked Questions
When did Forescout acquire CyberMDX and why?
Forescout announced its acquisition of healthcare IoT security firm CyberMDX on February 1, 2022, to deepen its medical-device (IoMT) visibility and threat detection. Terms were not officially disclosed; Israeli outlet Calcalist estimated the deal at about $80M.
Who owns Forescout?
Forescout is owned by private equity firm Advent International, which took the company private in 2020 in a transaction valued at approximately $1.9 billion.
Does Forescout integrate with our existing tools and enforce segmentation?
Yes. Forescout is built around network access control (NAC) enforcement and integrates broadly with tools such as ServiceNow, Splunk, Cisco, and Palo Alto Networks for inventory enrichment, alerting, and network segmentation.
Was CyberMDX recognized as a healthcare security leader?
Yes. CyberMDX was named a Leader in the Forrester New Wave for Connected Medical Device Security in 2020, before being acquired by Forescout.
Sources
- Forescout press release: acquires CyberMDX (Feb 1, 2022, terms undisclosed)
- Calcalist/CTech: CyberMDX deal ~$80M, founders
- CyberScoop: Advent International acquires Forescout (~$1.9B)
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