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ForeScout and OPSWAT Collaborate to Provide Advanced Endpoint Compliance Enforcement
December 2014 by Marc Jacob
ForeScout Technologies, Inc. and OPSWAT, a provider of software-based solutions to secure and manage IT infrastructure, today announced a collaboration that will result in advanced endpoint compliance enforcement. As a new ForeScout ControlFabric™ partner, OPSWAT will add its GEARS functionality to a growing list of ControlFabric integrations that provide IT security managers with better situational awareness and endpoint security.
ForeScout CounterACT™, OPSWAT GEARS Interoperability
OPSWAT GEARS is an IT security management platform that provides both cloud and client-based tools for advanced compliance assessment, remediation and threat detection on endpoints. The client-based inspection tool provides enhanced visibility for compliance measures like hard disk encryption and password protection.
Joint customers will be able to employ the interoperability between ForeScout and OPSWAT to extend CounterACT’s ability to inspect and remediate endpoints. CounterACT can be used to onboard devices by distributing the GEARS client, which then performs a deep host-level inspection of the endpoint. This inspection reveals installed applications, their configuration, system details and malware infections detected by any of 43 anti-malware engines.
CounterACT can be configured for various actions according to role, device, location, security posture and different levels of endpoint compliance. From simply checking for the presence of GEARS client, to meeting a customised security baseline policy defined in GEARS cloud, these various options, combined with CounterACT’s versatile identification, assessment and remediation options, allow administrators to gain greater endpoint security assurance while preserving the user experience.
To learn more about the joint solution, specifically for the healthcare industry, join ForeScout and OPSWAT for a webinar at 5.00pm GMT on Tuesday 16 December 2014.
