Forescout Technologies, a leader in Enterprise of Things security, was selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to expand cybersecurity across its global enterprise as the initial phase ahead of a multi-million dollar contract that is expected to be signed by the end of 2020.
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) chose Forescout’s technology as the foundation of the DoD’s “Comply to Connect” (C2C) initiative, a security framework to provide the highest level of assurance for authentication, authorization, compliance assessment and automated remediation of devices connecting to the DoD information network (DoDIN). The multi-year C2C program will be adopted by all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces as well as agencies and other entities operating in the framework of the DoD.
“The opportunity to power this high-profile, comprehensive federal cybersecurity program is a huge validation of our team and technology. We are proud and excited to be at the core of helping the DoD to transition to complete visibility and continuous monitoring of its many large and complex networks and millions of devices,” said Michael DeCesare, CEO of Forescout. “The U.S….