We performed a comparison between Forescout Platform and Skybox Security Suite based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Fortinet and others in Network Access Control (NAC)."This is clearly the best product for the NAC use cases in this field for Forescout."
"Vulnerability remediation is valuable. We can narrow down a system and its properties. We can go granular on the properties of each endpoint, such as which operating system you're using."
"We use the Forescout Platform for device visibility and control in our network. It's very helpful for tracking malicious or unusual activity. We use it to track which ports are open, which machines are running specific services, and to identify vulnerabilities. For example, there was a vulnerability related to SMB, and we could use the product to determine which machines inside our organization were allowing SMB traffic."
"Forescout Platform's most valuable features are that it is very granular. We are able to cull out a lot of information about our particular device or endpoint. The configuration and the visibility are very seamless. Overall the solution is very easy to handle and it's very comprehensive."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of deployment, which does not require the use of an agent."
"You can quickly filter your view of devices and zero in on the ones you want using a variety of tools, such as what subnet it is on or what it has been classified as."
"Within three or four days, we have complete visibility of your infrastructure on the network. Compared to other solutions, the deployment of the solution is easier and we can close the project quickly."
"The most valuable feature is the blocking of USB devices."
"The revalidation and policy recertifications are most valuable."
"This type of tool does a great job of reaching into those other devices producing risk recommendations, compliance recommendations, and a single plane of glass to do your queries, so you can find where these rules might exist."
"It shows me a client's or an organization's entire network. I can see everything."
"We use Network Assurance for network visualisation and troubleshooting."
"Change Manager is most important because of the impact on each other of a network change or a firewall change. We want to understand this and to know, beforehand, what the impact of a change will be. We are a large network so that is a very important tool."
"It can be integrated with a vulnerability management solution. When a client comes, apart from pitching network and firewall change management, we are recommending having vulnerability management. So, rather than just having the audit of the firewall, they can integrate it with their vulnerability management solution, which could be Rapid7, Qualys, or any other solution. This provides them the most value out of the platform. That is the way we are approaching our customer base."
"It's very supportive and very user-friendly."
"Correlates logs and threats and prioritizes; provides network maps;p provides change result context and resulting vulnerability."
"As a user, if I am using a laptop that is Wi-Fi connected, Forescout identifies my port connectivity as one user license, and if I take that same laptop with the same username to a wired network, which is also the same network that is used for the Wi-Fi connection, Forescout detects it as a separate license."
"Two things can be improved in the Forescout Platform. First of all, the support for some certain proprietary protocols from other vendors, but they are very widely used. If the TechEx from Cisco, was added to Forescout, then it will be a full solution for me."
"The system controls could be better."
"Forescout Platform sometimes returns false positives, so there's some fine-tuning to be done there."
"Regarding pricing, there is room for improvement to enhance competitiveness with other vendors and solutions."
"Definitely, having more third-party integration would be an improvement."
"Other solutions have TACACS+, but Forescout does not. In the next release, I would like to see Forescout have accounting."
"I should be able to integrate my Forescout with any other third party security technology, to build that connected security strategy."
"There is room for improvement in the technical support."
"Skybox should improve their UX features by making them easier to use."
"During implementation, we realised approximately 30 devices were not supported by the Skybox platform."
"Modifications and the deletion of existing policies are currently unavailable."
"There are multiple dashboards but no custom dashboard. It would be good to include a custom dashboard so that we can actually choose which field and what kinds of things we want to look at."
"The solution was quite technical. It would be easier to manage if the solution was more specific about aspects of the solution and provided more advisory around how to use it effectively. It would help users a lot if they were more clear about everything."
"There is room for improvement in pricing. It would be better, especially if a customer bought all four modules."
"The vendor's support is terrible."
Forescout Platform is ranked 4th in Network Access Control (NAC) with 69 reviews while Skybox Security Suite is ranked 18th in Vulnerability Management with 34 reviews. Forescout Platform is rated 8.4, while Skybox Security Suite is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Forescout Platform writes "We can go granular on each endpoint, quarantine non-compliant machines, and target vulnerabilities through scripting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Skybox Security Suite writes "Efficient in vulnerability management, stable and easy to use ". Forescout Platform is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Nozomi Networks and Armis, whereas Skybox Security Suite is most compared with AlgoSec, Tufin Orchestration Suite, FireMon Security Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama and RedSeal.
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