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ForeScout Appoints Pedro Abreu as Chief Strategy Officer
May 2015 by Marc Jacob
ForeScout Technologies, Inc. has named veteran industry executive Pedro Abreu, a former senior vice president at Intel Security Group, as ForeScout’s new chief strategy officer. Announced by new ForeScout CEO Michael DeCesare, Abreu’s appointment strengthens the company’s world-class leadership team and is designed to drive next-stage growth.
Abreu will advance the ForeScout corporate strategy in a cross-functional manner covering product development, sales and marketing. He brings strong operational expertise honed in from senior positions at McKinsey, EMC and Intel Security, and he is tasked with building more and deeper strategic technology partnerships with top vendors.
ForeScout CounterACT™ exemplifies ForeScout’s leadership in continuous monitoring and mitigation. Leveraging next-generation NAC technology, the CounterACT platform provides real-time visibility to users, devices, including BYOD devices, systems and applications and allows IT organisations to centrally apply granular policies to understand their true security posture and to automatically respond to a wide variety of security issues. Powered by ControlFabric™ technology, the platform also enables network, security and management solutions to dynamically exchange information, which, in turn, allows enterprises to respond to issues more effectively and better leverage their existing security investments.
