Forescout and Netskope partner for zero-trust security

Forescout Netskope Zero Trust integration marks a new step in cybersecurity for modern enterprises.

Forescout Technologies Inc. , a global leader in cybersecurity, and Netscope (NASDAQ: NTSK), a leader in modern security and networking for the cloud and AI era, today announced an integration that delivers Zero Trust security for all devices, managed and unmanaged. IT, OT, IoT and IoMT devices. By combining Forescout's real-time device intelligence with Netskope's intelligent AI and cloud security, the joint solution continuously and dynamically adapts access decisions based on device location and risk, ensuring Zero Trust is enforced no matter where an asset is connected.

Integration overview

The integration between Forescout and Netskope provides joint customers with the equipment needed to apply Zero Trust policies universally, regardless of device type or location. While stand-alone ZTNA solutions often focus exclusively on north-south cloud traffic, this partnership uniquely secures east-west communications at the local network level. By combining Forescout’s real-time discovery and assessment of connected assets behind routers and firewalls with Netskope’s adaptive private access controls, the joint solution continuously assesses context and risk to automate action and limit lateral movement across the enterprise.

Built with a Fortune 500 financial services client

One of the world’s largest financial services companies actively uses this integration to discover hundreds of thousands of devices and bridge coverage gaps across remote management, on-premises operations, and the diverse landscape of device types. The integration between Forescout and Netskope delivered significant improvements in visibility, bridged coverage gaps, and has become a key tool to support compliance and risk control.

”As digital environments expand and become more complex, we help organizations reduce their attack surface,” says Barry Mainz, CEO of Forescout. ”The volume and variety of device types is exploding, along with the number of applications, users and access points. By joining forces with Netskope, we are bringing together two of the best solutions, giving customers complete visibility and control over their environments, with policies that automatically adjust as conditions change, and enabling the enforcement of security policies in a north-south and east-west direction. This is a gold standard for how ‘Universal’ Zero Trust Network Access is used in practice, not just as a model.”

”Modern security and performance for the cloud and AI era must include a zero-trust strategy to secure data and keep the business resilient,” says Sanjay Beri, CEO of Netskope. ”Our integrated solution with Forescout is designed for the scale, speed and diversity of today’s modern enterprise, providing the cohesive, centralized secure access that organizations need.”

Market needs and pain points

Today, many organizations use disparate point solutions that are out of sync, don’t communicate, and are often managed by separate, isolated teams, creating gaps in visibility and resulting in limited control. Modern enterprises require a solution that offers universal secure access in a consistent and seamless manner, and can deliver policy enforcement both in the cloud and closer to the user or device.

Key benefits

The Forescout-Netskope integration combines the market-leading offerings and benefits of both companies, providing:

• Universal Zero Trust Policy: Apply consistent, granular security policies to all assets, including traditional computers, mobile devices, OT, IoT, and medical (IoMT) devices.
• Visibility and risk assessment: Eliminate blind spots by identifying local endpoints and unmanaged IoT devices that are invisible to traditional agents or that exist behind network barriers.
• Containment of lateral movements: Differentiate your defenses by controlling local network traffic in an east-west direction, reducing the blast radius of new threats before they can spread.
• Streamlined compliance: Streamline compliance with frameworks like HIPAA, NIST, and CIS by ensuring that even unmanaged devices meet corporate security standards through continuous evaluation.
• Adaptive security monitoring : Access decisions and security policies are automatically adjusted in real-time based on device location, user behavior, application sensitivity, and observed risk, reducing reliance on static rules and manual updates.

Forescout & Netskope at HIMSS 2026

Forescout and Netskope will together demonstrate how the solution, through integration, remediates risks and speeds up workflows for the future of healthcare safety. Visit the Cybersecurity Command Center at Venetian Level 1 to see Forescout in booth #10001-14 to explore the Forescout 4D Platform™ and Netskope in booth #10107 to experience Netskope One, the unified platform designed to address healthcare’s most complex security barriers.

About Forescout

For over 25 years, organizations and governments around the world have trusted Forescout to secure their networks. From pioneering the Network Access Control (NAC) to deliver Universal Zero Trust Network Access ( UZTNA ) Forescout leads the development of network security for enterprises in IT, OT, IoT and IoMT environments. Forescout 4D Platform™ proprietary threat intelligence research delivers comprehensive asset intelligence, continuous risk assessment and dynamic control over all managed and unmanaged assets, powered by Vedere Labs . By leveraging agentic AI workflows with Human-in-the-loop actions, Forescout continuously analyzes threats, orchestrates responses, and seamlessly integrates with more than 180 security and IT products.

About Netskope

Netskope (NASDAQ: NTSK), a leader in modern security and networking for the cloud and AI era, meets the needs of both security and networking teams by providing optimized access and real-time, context-based security for people, devices, and data wherever they are. Thousands of customers, including more than 30 of the Fortune 100 companies, trust Netscope The One platform, its Zero Trust Engine and its powerful NewEdge network to reduce risk and gain full visibility and control over cloud, AI, SaaS, web and private applications – providing security and accelerating performance without compromise.