Kudo Communication announced that it has signed a domestic distribution agreement with Forescout, a global leader in the IoT security field.

ForeScout is a leading company in network-based IoT security with its headquarters in the United States and an R&D center in Israel. It currently has over 2,000 clients in more than 60 countries worldwide (including over 200 clients in Korea), including financial services, federal government and defense, healthcare, manufacturing, education, retail, legal, entertainment, and service providers.

Forescout's network-based IoT security solution, 'CounterACT,' can be rapidly deployed in environments without affecting existing networks because it is installed using an agentless out-of-band method. It requires almost no infrastructure changes, upgrades, or terminal reconfiguration, and places minimal burden on the client's system.

Unlike competing domestic products consisting of management servers, sensors, and agents, this system supports all policy management, detection, and blocking functions within a single device, minimizing management points to enable response from an administrator's perspective while placing no burden on user PCs.

"In the era of IoT, there is a need for a shift toward applying security policies tailored to client environments through integration with various security products," said Kook Sung-ho, Head of the Information Security Business Division at Kudo Communication. "With the integration modules supported by Palo Alto Networks, i-Jex, AlgoSec, and Forescout—solutions partnered with Kudo Communication—clients can integrate with various devices currently in operation to expect more effective security policy application and enhanced network and endpoint security."