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    Forescout Platform

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AForescout Technologies headquartered in San Jose actively defends the Enterprise of Things by identifying, segmenting and enforcing compliance of every connected thing. Forescout boasts a widely deployed, enterprise-class platform at scale across IT, IoT, and OT managed and unmanaged devices. Forescout arms customers with device intelligence, in order to allow organizations across every industry to classify risk, detect anomalies and quickly remediate cyberthreats without disruption of critical…N/A

    Proofpoint Web Security

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AProofpoint Web Security, based on Meta Networks which was acquired by Proofpoint in 2019, is a Software-Defined Perimeter delivered as a service, designed to provide a zero-trust alternative to VPN for secure remote access to any application, anywhere.N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Forescout Technologies
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Forescout PlatformProofpoint Web Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
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    Support Rating
    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    Forescout PlatformProofpoint Web Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Forescout Technologies
    I strongly recommend using it in networks where many machines enter, it is essential to have a capture of all ids, mac etc to prevent and detect unauthorized machines.We are in the technological era and there is a lot of technological robotization looking for weak systems to enter.Invest in greater security and that does not happen to you.
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    Proofpoint
    I think [Proofpoint Meta (formerly Meta Networks)] is a pretty robust VPN solution that would be good for most [organizations].
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    Pros
    Forescout Technologies
    • Network Access Control does a great job of identifying unmanaged devices on the network and "quarantining" them.
    • The inventory feature of CounterAct is a handy place to see what version of applications are running on which machines on our network.
    • Policies can be very intricate.
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    Proofpoint
    • Stable VPN - 99.999 uptime
    • Fast connection - have POP all around the world
    • Enhanced security - flexible user policy.
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    Cons
    Forescout Technologies
    • They should have more training for the versions of applications they update.
    • It would be great if the GUI would be more aesthetic in appearance.
    • Nothing else as the application is amazing.
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    Proofpoint
    • Faster SSL vpn would be nice.
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    Support Rating
    Forescout Technologies
    They are prompt in their response with a complete resolution once they have identified the problem. Other OEM's generally give stop-gap arrangements and then later come with new upgrade versions. This gives downtime tasks to customers often, which isn't appreciated. Given the criticality of this software, their support is prompt.
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    Proofpoint
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    Alternatives Considered
    Forescout Technologies
    Better intergration with patch management tools. Forescount Platfform (CounterAct) is easily compatible with diverse network infrastructure to offer better service and efficiently ensure seamless operations. Its automation capabilities have also enabled us to depend less on the operations teams hence saving time as it's faster and also saving the operational cost of having people around in case of threats.
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    Proofpoint
    Meta was agile and gave us the product we were looking for. the other vendors were lacking a lot of features or had a difficult deployment.
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    Return on Investment
    Forescout Technologies
    • We've managed to automate our cybersecurity to impressive extents, now the IT security team puts focus on more important things.
    • We've attained successful assets risk mitigation for our clients.
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    Proofpoint
    • Positive - it let the company WFH in a pretty decent manner so no [work] hours were lost.
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