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ForeScout CounterACT Wins Gold in 2014 Govies Government Security Awards
May 2014 by Marc Jacob
ForeScout Technologies, Inc., a provider of pervasive network security solutions for Fortune 2000 enterprises and government organisations, today announced its CounterACT™ platform has received gold status in the Network Security category of the 2014 Govies Government Security Awards competition. The awards recognise the outstanding solutions that address security challenges in government agencies.
ForeScout CounterACT provides government agencies with an automated solution to more efficiently control network access and enforce essential security controls. Furthermore, CounterACT helps address the advanced network security standards and directives that many agencies need to comply with, such as:
Port authentication
Protection against rogue and unauthorised devices
Mitigation of endpoint compliance violations
IAVA compliance
Continuous monitoring and mitigation
The winners were selected by a panel of information security professionals using the following criteria: features, innovation, user friendliness, interoperability, quality, design, market opportunity, impact in the security industry, technical advances and scalability.
The winners of each category were announced in the Govies Awards booth at the GovSec Conference & Expo on 13 May at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. For more information, visit: http://govsecinfo.com/events/govsec-2014/information/expo/govies.aspx.
