Networks run wild

Company networks aren't the well ordered places they used to be. The manicured walled garden where every plant there had permission to grow and the weeding was meticulous has seen its walls tumble down.

These days a thousand flowers bloom.  Weird and wonderful network connected devices are everywhere. Smart phones, wearables, thermostats, sensors, cameras, desk phones, TVs, air conditioning... you name it.

How do you see everything on today's network when you have no software of your own installed on most of the devices on it?  How do you control it all without drowning in alerts?  How do you orchestrate the wide array of security tools which you have?

The solution which many companies, as well as governments, rely on nowadays comes from ForeScout, a company where I've been a board member and my firm Amadeus has been a lead investor since 2005.

Today ForeScout announces a financing valuing the company at $1bn. It has been a privilege to support ForeScout as it's grown from an Israeli start-up to become a truly global player.  Warm congratulations to the team.