Forescout Technologies has announced it will integrate the Forescout 4D Platform on-premises sensor technology with the NVIDIA BlueField networking platform.
The company states that the joint solution will help critical infrastructure organizations scale their network monitoring and security management across diverse operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) environments.
While the convergence of IT, OT and IoT increases risk and complexity, critical infrastructure organizations require more powerful computing solutions to better scale across heterogeneous networks, identify emerging threats and assess the risk of every connected asset — all while maintaining up-time and operational continuity.
By running Forescout’s on-premises sensor directly on the NVIDIA BlueField, part of NVIDIA Cybersecurity AI platform, the company claims that customers can offload intensive computing tasks, such as deep packet inspections.
Features like this speeds up data processing, whilst enhancing asset intelligence and improving real-time monitoring.
This provides security teams with the insights needed to stay ahead of emerging threats.
Christina Hoefer, Vice President of OT/ IoT Vertical and Strategy, Forescout commented: “Cybersecurity today is a race against time, data complexity and increasingly sophisticated threats.
“By integrating Forescout’s sensor technology with NVIDIA BlueField, our customers can monitor more areas of their networks and process data, faster without the added cost and complexity of additional hardware appliances,” Hoefer concluded.
The integration is especially impactful for organizations in highly regulated industries that require on-premises deployments, such as:
The company highlights that by harnessing NVIDIA BlueField, customers can gain visibility into critical infrastructure environments, achieving adaptive security while delivering operational continuity.
Ofir Arkin, Senior Distinguished Architect for Cybersecurity, NVIDIA stated: “Critical infrastructure runs in some of the most complex environments, where the convergence of IT and OT — accelerated by digital transformation — significantly expands the threat landscape.”
Arkin continued: “With the Forescout platform running on NVIDIA BlueField, organizations are able to address the unique challenges of securing heterogeneous networks, distributed environments — enabling improved asset discovery and enforcement of security controls at scale.”
According to the company, this integration is the first step in an ongoing journey of innovation as it builds on Forescout’s leadership in OT security and expands on its generative AI capabilities.
The company says that this provides context augmentation for assets and risk detections, identifying potential causes of incidents and provide recommended remediation steps that strengthen cyber-resilience and governance.