Forescout has launched a new Rapid Insight Assessment designed to help organisations uncover hidden assets, network blind spots, and security exposures as artificial intelligence accelerates vulnerability discovery.
The new assessment combines external analysis with passive network monitoring to give security teams a clearer picture of their attack surface. Forescout says the service can deliver actionable findings within days, helping organisations identify and prioritise risks before attackers exploit them.
The launch comes as security teams face the challenge of managing increasingly complex environments. Unmanaged devices, shadow assets, exposed services, and gaps in network visibility can all create opportunities for attackers.
At the same time, advances in AI are making it possible to discover and exploit vulnerabilities faster.
Finding security exposures before attackers do
The Rapid Insight Assessment uses open-source intelligence to examine an organisation’s external exposure. For internal assessments, Forescout can also deploy its portable Flyaway Kit to passively observe network activity without disrupting operations.
The Flyaway Kit provides visibility across IT, OT, IoT, cyber-physical systems, and unmanaged devices, including assets within remote and air-gapped environments.
The assessment can identify internet-facing remote access services, exposed administrative interfaces, previously unknown network devices, risky communications, and unmanaged OT and IoT assets.
It can also provide more detailed asset intelligence and identify devices associated with Known Exploited Vulnerabilities.
AI is shrinking the window for defenders
Craig Weimer, Vice President and General Manager of Americas at Forescout, said the increasing ability of AI systems to carry out cyber tasks is changing how quickly organisations need to identify security weaknesses.
“When an AI system can discover, connect, and exploit vulnerabilities on its own, the idea of an autonomous attacker is no longer just a future concern,” Weimer said.
He pointed to recent public disclosures from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta showing that frontier AI models can perform complex, multi-step cyber tasks against real environments with limited human involvement.
“The message for defenders is clear: the window between exposure and exploitation is getting smaller, and organisations need a complete understanding of their attack surface before adversaries find it first,” he added.
Tackling network blind spots
One of the challenges facing security teams is that they cannot protect assets they do not know exist. This becomes particularly difficult across large or distributed environments where new devices and services can appear without being captured by existing security processes.
Forescout says its Rapid Insight Assessment is intended to provide organisations with a faster way to uncover these gaps without lengthy assessment cycles.
“Organisations can’t afford assessment cycles that take months when hidden exposures, network blind spots, and unknown assets can quickly become opportunities for attackers,” Weimer said.
“The Rapid Insight Assessment gives organisations a fast, efficient way to see their most critical security risks and exposure gaps, delivering clear, actionable findings in days so they can address exposures before they become security incidents.”
As AI gives attackers greater speed and automation, gaining an accurate view of the attack surface could become increasingly important. For defenders, finding hidden exposures before an adversary does may prove critical to reducing the opportunity for an attack in the first place.
Learn more and request your free Forescout Rapid Insight Assessment.
