Frost & Sullivan Survey Reveals "Blind Spots" in Global 2000 Companies

ForeScout Technologies Inc., has announced the findings of a new “Network Visibility Survey”, conducted by research firm Frost & Sullivan. The survey covers the views of four hundred Information Technology (IT) and security professionals on network security visibility, tools, threat detection and incident response practices.
According to the press release:

The survey revealed that the majority of Global 2000 companies have areas within their networks that are not properly analyzed. These “blind spots” can lead to costly breaches due to unknown applications, traffic, devices and users operating insecurely on a corporate network. 72 percent of respondents reported that they experienced five or more network-based security incidents in the past 12 months, with managed devices experiencing the most security incidents, despite increased investment in managed security technologies.
Managed end user computers yielded the highest network-based security incidents, with nearly one-third of companies in the U.S., 19 percent of companies in the U.K. and 50 percent of German companies reporting five or more. Managed servers also served as gateways for attack in 27 percent of companies in the U.S., 19 percent of companies in the U.K. and 36 percent of German companies. The survey suggests that this is leading to low customer confidence in security agents being deployed.
“In today’s distributed enterprise, creating a truly secure network, whether managed or unmanaged, requires instant visibility into the devices that are connecting to it, paired with an ability to automate threat responses,” said Rob Greer, CMO and SVP of Products at ForeScout. “Vulnerable entry points are widespread, and the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) devices and mobile computing is only increasing the security attack surface. Automation can help security teams orchestrate their technologies to help eliminate network blind spots — giving them true visibility and actionability into their connected devices.”

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