Forward continuously and automatically verifies security policies, network segmentation, and zero-trust architectures like NIST 800-207 to flag policy violations or bypasses.
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“Forward continuously and automatically verifies that security policies, network segmentation, and zero-trust architectures (like the referenced NIST 800-207) are functioning exactly as intended, immediately flagging any policy violations or bypasses.”
— Gregory Gustin|Forward team
Company
Forward
Move Fast. Break Nothing.
- Industry
- Computer Networking Products
- Location
- Santa Clara, US
- Company size
- 275 employees
Forward makes safe autonomous networking possible. The company's mathematically accurate network digital twin delivers deterministic proof of how any change will affect the production network before it is made, giving organizations the behavioral insight they need to move fast, operate securely, and scale with confidence across multi-vendor environments and every major cloud, including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and IBM. Global leaders, including Goldman Sachs, PayPal, S&P Global, IBM, and Dell, alongside other Fortune 500 enterprises, fast-growing companies, and government agencies, rely on Forward to ensure network behavior matches intent. According to a recent IDC report, the average Forward customer experiences $14.2M in annual benefits through improved efficiency and security. Backed by A. Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs, MSD Partners, Omega Venture Partners, Section 32, and Threshold Ventures, Forward is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.