# ForeScout acquires OT security firm SecurityMatters for $113M

ForeScout Technologies acquired OT security company SecurityMatters for $113 million to boost its ability to deliver security in enterprise and industrial environments, particularly for operational technology and industrial control systems.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-11-09
- Where: United States
- Value: $113.0M
- Status: completed
- Products: OT security, industrial control system security
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [ForeScout Technologies](https://endata.com/companies/19206.md) (acquirer)
- [SecurityMatters](https://endata.com/companies/19207.md) (target)

## Sources

- [cyberscoop.com](https://cyberscoop.com/forescout-securitymatters-113m-acquisition/), 2018-11-09: "ForeScout’s acquisition of SecurityMatters is a natural fit as it takes us deeper into a market where we have an established foothold and are seeing explosive customer demand."

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