ForeScout Technologies, Inc.

Forescout Technologies, Inc. is a cybersecurity company headquartered in San Jose, California, founded in 2000. The company operates as a private entity, having been acquired by private equity firms Advent International and Crosspoint Capital Partners for $1.9 billion in a transaction that closed in August 2020. Prior to the acquisition, Forescout was publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange. The company employs over 1,000 people worldwide. While recent specific revenue figures are not publicly available, its annual revenue as of December 2019 was approximately $337 million.

Forescout provides network security and visibility solutions for large enterprises and government agencies. Its core products center on identifying, monitoring, and controlling the vast number of devices connected to a network, including IT, Internet of Things (IoT), and operational technology (OT) assets. The company's flagship product is the Forescout Platform, which offers capabilities such as agentless device visibility, network access control (NAC), security automation, and risk and exposure management. The platform is designed to provide comprehensive asset intelligence and help organizations implement Zero Trust security architectures.

Based on its litigation history, Forescout Technologies is an operating company that defends against patent infringement suits. The provided data shows the company as a defendant in two cases and as a plaintiff in none. This defensive posture is typical of technology companies that are targets of patent assertions from other entities. The cases were filed in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas and the District of Delaware, which are frequent venues for patent litigation.

The two tracked cases against Forescout were brought by different entities. The 2021 suit was filed by K. Mizra LLC, which identifies itself as a patent licensing company that acquires and asserts patent portfolios from various technology companies like IBM and Intel. The earlier 2017 case was filed by Network Security Technologies, LLC, a cybersecurity consulting firm. These cases reflect the patent litigation risks faced by companies operating in the network security sector.