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The UK Government continues to improve and ratify requirements for public sector organisations to take advantage of the Public Services Network (PSN) - an initiative to unify the network infrastructure across the UK public sector into an interconnected “network of networks” and to realise greater ICT service economies. More recently, the Cabinet Office increased its PSN connection security measures, requiring organisations to demonstrate full compliance, or else face potential disconnection and other penalties for non-compliance. This new ForeScout UK PSN Compliance Package offers a special solution and promotional pricing for UK Government agencies to support compliance with the PSN Code of Connection (CoCo) in a cost-effective approach that optimises resource and supports government austerity efforts.

To comply with the PSN security directive, public sector organisations must demonstrate that unmanaged devices, including personal devices, cannot gain access to the PSN or PSN-connected systems and services, and organisations are advised to establish endpoint security specifications to be enforced within their published Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). ForeScout CounterACT addresses these challenges by leveraging CounterACT’s built-in ability to see, monitor and control what is happening on your network – across users, devices, and applications. ForeScout’s solution enables central agencies and local councils to meet and remain compliant to PSN security provisions, to support other security guidelines such as those found in ISO-27001 and PCI-DSS, and to generally reduce cyber attack risks.

The new package offers UK local government agencies an integrated solution providing:

· Visibility across the network to identify and classify managed and unmanaged devices in real-time.

· Powerful enforcement with a flexible policy engine that automates an extensive range of actions to protect network access:

o Monitor network users, devices and applications.

o Ensure only managed devices get access to the PSN.

o Enforce non-PSN zones that allows a secure use of unmanaged devices and personal owned devices in your organisation.

o Isolate non-compliant and rogue devices.

· Detailed coverage report to facilitate auditing and PSN CoCo compliance documentation.

· Speedy deployment with no required software, agents, or hardware upgrades and network reconfigurations. Everything is contained within a single appliance.

· Professional services to ensure timely and effective implementation and knowledge transfer.

The ForeScout UK PSN Compliance Package is available now.