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Information Security Manager at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
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The most valuable feature for us is the real-time alerting of newly connected devices. The reporting could be a bit more intuitive and user friendly.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature for us is the real-time alerting of newly connected devices, whether they are approved or unapproved devices on our network.

How has it helped my organization?

Since our implementation of CounterACT, it has kept us aware of unapproved devices attempting to connect to our network which pose security threats.

What needs improvement?

The reporting could be a bit more intuitive and user friendly.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used CounterACT for two years.

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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

There were many issues with deployment, but these were largely due to our own network architecture issues.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There were many issues with stability, but these were largely due to our own network architecture issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

There were many issues with scalability, but these were largely due to our own network architecture issues.

How are customer service and support?

I'd rate ForeScout's technical support as fair-to-good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did not have a previous NAC solution in place prior to CounterACT.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was complex.

What about the implementation team?

We used a vendor team for the implementation.

What other advice do I have?

Do your homework ahead of time. Ensure that you have up-to-date network maps and that understand your network's architecture.

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it_user381450 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Vendor
The most valuable features for us include antivirus compliance monitoring and guest management.

Valuable Features

  • Guest management
  • Antivirus compliance monitoring
  • USB connection management

Improvements to My Organization

The bank has been able to manage host connection on the network, manage antivirus, and restrict the use of USB on the bank’s systems.

Room for Improvement

The patch management ability of the solution needs to be re-examined.

Use of Solution

We've used it for five years.

Deployment Issues

There have been no issues with the deployment.

Stability Issues

There have been no issues with the stability.

Scalability Issues

There have been no issues with scaling it.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Customer Service:

Customer service is above average.

Technical Support:

Technical support is above average.

Initial Setup

It's straightforward to set up.

Implementation Team

We used a vendor team alongside an in-house one.

ROI

The ROI is commensurate with the price.

Pricing, Setup Cost and Licensing

The product is expensive.

Other Advice

To get the best out of the solution, the organization’s networks team must be willing to take ownership and provide assistance where required. Use tools like Gigamon during deployment and avoid spanning directly from Cisco switches.

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it_user342609 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Vendor
It provides us with real-time visibility and control of devices accessing our network, although false positives should be reduced.

Valuable Features

  • Rogue detection and blocking
  • Guest registration
  • Full visibility of network hosts
  • Threat protection

Improvements to My Organization

We are provided with real-time visibility and control of devices accessing our network.

Room for Improvement

  • Reduce false positives
  • Reduce bugs
  • Improve on host classification
  • Increase the Nigerian partner base

Use of Solution

We've been using it for over two years.

Deployment Issues

No major issues.

Stability Issues

No major issues.

Scalability Issues

No major issues.

Customer Service and Technical Support

It's good, but certainly it needs improvement especially on the side of the partners.

Initial Setup

Initial setup was straightforward. All it required was to integrate traffic sniffing/monitoring and management ports into our core switch, and instruct the core switch to mirror every traffic to the device through the sniffing port. The rest was simply to define all our network segments on the device and integrate all access switches via SNMP.

Implementation Team

We implemented it through ForeScout's only Nigerian partner, and this is what I would advise everyone interested in the solution to do.

Pricing, Setup Cost and Licensing

It is quite expensive, but there are specs for small companies as well.

Other Solutions Considered

Cisco ISE was also evaluated, but the CT10000 was easier to implement and integrate into our environment.

Other Advice

You can go ahead, but you will need good network skills to get the maximum benefits from it.

I would also advise that you don't activate all the add-on features, but use it solely for its primary function - visibility and rogue detection/blocking.

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it_user371547CEO at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Consultant

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