Forward Networks

Santa Clara, CA, USA
2013
  |  By Dawn Slusher
In the world of networking, misconfigurations and inconsistencies can lead to significant issues for businesses, especially those in highly regulated industries such as financial services. One Fortune 500 financial services company experienced a nightmare scenario with their MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) settings, resulting in application and performance problems. Fortunately, the company found a solution in Forward Networks' digital twin.
  |  By Fabrizio Maccioni
NetBox Labs, is the open-source startup behind NetBox, a tool designed specifically for network engineers and operators. It combines the functionalities of IP Address Management (IPAM) and Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) into a unified solution. With this relationship, Forward Enterprise and NetBox Cloud customers: The relationship includes a joint effort to build a bi-directional integration between Forward Enterprise and NetBox.
  |  By Forward Networks
Forward introduces AI Assist to help engineers gain greater insights and reach faster resolutions to their most challenging network issues using natural language.
  |  By Dawn Slusher
Natural language prompts put the power of NQE into the hands of every networking engineer As featured in Network World, Forward Networks has raised the bar for network digital twin technology with AI Assist. This groundbreaking addition empowers NetOps, SecOps, and CloudOps professionals to harness the comprehensive insights of NQE through natural language prompts to quickly resolve complex network issues. See the feature in action.
  |  By Chiara Regale
Digital twins are often associated with manufacturing, where a virtual replica mimics the workings of a complex physical system, such as a jet engine or a machine on a production line. But increasingly, there is interest from enterprises, telecom companies, and cloud providers in applying the technology to networks.
  |  By Forward Networks
Forward Networks announces that it has been named to the Fortune Magazine 2023 Cyber 60 List. Fortune compiled this prestigious list of the 60 most successful companies in the cybersecurity space after reviewing a pool of several hundred entries.
  |  By Mike Lossmann
I hate spiders, a lot. But I really hate the idea of a Scattered Spider Attack which can jump between environments that you may have believed were segmented at an alarming rate. That is the stuff of real nightmares for networking and security professionals. Keeping up with your security posture isn’t easy. We’re all doing our best, but is it good enough? One CISO we talked to hired a consulting firm to map out their security posture.
  |  By Mike Lossmann
It's that time of year again when the security delegates from Tech Field Day descend on Silicon Valley (well, in this case, descend virtually on Silicon Valley) to hear about the cool new things vendors are doing in the security space. This year, I was fortunate to be one of the presenters at XFD10 along with my partner in crime, Matt Honea, Head of Security and Compliance at Forward Networks.
  |  By Mike Lossmann
In a recently released Cybersecurity Advisory, the National Security Agency (NSA) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) highlighted the most common cybersecurity misconfigurations in large organizations identified through blue team and red team assessments. The advisory stated that these misconfigurations illustrate systemic weakness in many large organizations, including those with mature cyber postures.
  |  By Dawn Slusher
Forward Networks was recently honored as the Top InfoSec Innovator by Cyber Defense Magazine. Commenting on the win, Yan Ross, editor of Cyber Defense Magazine said, “We scoured the globe looking for cybersecurity innovators that could make a huge difference and potentially help turn the tide against the exponential growth in cyber-crime. Forward Networks is worthy of being named a winner in these coveted awards and consideration for deployment in your environment.”
  |  By Forward Networks
AI Assist is a groundbreaking generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) feature that is now integrated into Forward Enterprise. This cutting-edge feature empowers NetOps, SecOps, and CloudOps professionals to gain comprehensive network insights and expedite solutions for their most demanding intricate network challenges through natural language prompts.
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Do you have rogue devices in your network? Worried they might ruin your chill holiday break? Special Guest Jack Shen will show Mike Lossmann how to make a 'naughty list' with Network Query Engine and gain some network peace of mind this year.
  |  By Forward Networks
How can federal agencies possibly comply with the HUNDREDS of complex specifications in the DISA STIG compliance checklists? Join Mike Lossmann and Federal Technical Solutions Engineer Sean Deveci for this week’s Demo Tuesday to learn how a network digital twin can streamline your federal network compliance and give you full confidence heading into an audit.
  |  By Forward Networks
You think you know everything about Zero Trust?? You don't know diddley about network security without a network digital twin! This Tuesday, Mike will hit viewers with the figurative folding chair of knowledge. Tune in!
  |  By Forward Networks
If you could ask your network one question, what would it be? Good news, you can ask it all the questions you want with Forward Enterprise's new AI Assist feature. Watch Mike Lossmann use natural language to perform Network Query Engine searches-- no matter your role or skill level, you can conduct sophisticated network queries with a minimal learning curve.
  |  By Forward Networks
If you could ask your network one question, what would it be? Good news, you can ask it all the questions you want with Forward Enterprise's new AI Assist feature. Watch Mike Lossmann use natural language to perform Network Query Engine searches-- no matter your role or skill level, you can conduct sophisticated network queries with a minimal learning curve.
  |  By Forward Networks
Forward Networks introduces the new AI Assist feature within Forward Enterprise to help engineers gain greater insights and reach faster resolutions to their most challenging network issues using natural language search.
  |  By Forward Networks
Forward Networks introduces the new AI Assist feature within Forward Enterprise to help engineers gain greater insights and reach faster resolutions to their most challenging network issues using natural language search.
  |  By Forward Networks
How can federal agencies possibly comply with the HUNDREDS of complex specifications in the DISA STIG compliance checklists? Join Mike Lossmann and Federal Technical Solutions Engineer Sean Deveci for this week’s Demo Tuesday to learn how a network digital twin can streamline your federal network compliance and give you full confidence heading into an audit.
  |  By Forward Networks
Do you have rogue devices in your network? Worried they might ruin your chill holiday break? Special Guest Jack Shen will show Mike Lossmann how to make a 'naughty list' with Network Query Engine and gain some network peace of mind this year.
  |  By Forward Networks
Learn how verification can be used in key IT processes and workflows, why a mathematical model is required and how it works; as well as example use cases from the Forward Enterprise platform.
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The financial return on aligning your team, simplifying troubleshooting, and avoiding outages.

See full network topology including device state and configuration, verify compliance, and prevent config drift with Forward Enterprise's network security verification.

The future of network operations is network modeling. Forward Networks' flagship platform Forward Enterprise gives users a mathematically accurate network digital twin.

Forward enables perfect network visibility, full path analysis, security policy verification, and change prediction, freeing up time and saving you money.

Mathematically-accurate network modeling trusted by the world's largest networks:

  • Forward Enterprise documents, searches, verifies, and predicts the behavior of your network by creating an always-accurate software copy of your entire network infrastructure using a unique mathematical model.
  • With available REST APIs, it easily integrates into your existing network management workflow and tools. The In-App Network Query Engine (NQE) Checks feature delivers the ability to define and perform custom verification within Forward Enterprise atop the NQE data model.
  • Forward Enterprise can be deployed on-premises or via cloud hosting for complete implementation flexibility. Read more about product features below or download our datasheet for a quick overview of devices and platforms.

The best-in-class network modeling software that customers love.