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Mathematically accurate network modeling-- full path analysis, security compliance verification, and change prediction.

The future of network operations is network modeling. Forward Networks' flagship platform Forward Enterprise gives users a mathematically accurate network digital twin. Foward enables perfect network visibility, full path analysis, security policy verification, and change prediction, freeing up time and saving you money. Get a demo of Foward Enterprise: http://www.forwardnetworks.com/

11/02/2026

Great people make great teams, and great teams deserve a day out. 🙌

We had a blast at Great Big Game Show in San Jose for our offsite. Cheering each other on (and occasionally against each other) was the perfect reminder of why we love what we do.

Thanks for hosting us, Great Big Game Show!

Want to join the action? See our open roles: https://bit.ly/48ze0cA

10/30/2026

Meet the Frankenstein network: two acquisitions, three firewall vendors, and one cloud migration nobody finished.

All stitched together, and somehow, it’s alive.

The scary part is changing it.

Forward Predict lets you see the impact of a proposed change before it reaches production, using a mathematically accurate digital twin of your entire network, every stitched-on piece included. The surprises show up in the model, not at 2 a.m.

Most enterprise networks are a little bit Frankenstein. The question is who’s holding the switch.

Happy Halloween from Forward. 🎃

10/30/2026

No outage. No alert. Just a path through your network that nobody approved.

That’s the change Forward Predict is built to catch, and it just won the 2026 Top InfoSec Innovator Award for Publisher’s Choice in AI Security and Compliance from Cyber Defense Magazine. CDM also named Forward one of the Top 25 Most Innovative Cybersecurity Companies in the World for 2026.

The riskiest network changes are often the ones that work. Forward Predict tests a proposed change against a mathematically accurate digital twin of your network and helps you confirm the intended connection works and security boundaries still hold. NetOps and SecOps see the same evidence before anything reaches production.

“As AI agents begin to act on the network, security posture can’t be something you learn about after the fact. It has to be something you prove before you commit.” — Nikhil Handigol, Chief AI Officer and co-founder, Forward

Thank you, Cyber Defense Magazine.

👉 Read about the awards here: https://hubs.li/Q04CVBvz0

10/29/2026

Which attack paths lead to your critical assets?

Today at Security Field Day 16, we previewed Forward Threat Exposure, which reveals how an attacker could reach your critical assets, and where to close those paths.

Severity tells you how bad a vulnerability is, not whether an attacker can reach it or use the affected system as a stepping stone toward a critical asset. Forward Threat Exposure computes the attack paths to your critical assets, weighs reachability alongside severity and business importance, and shows you which exposures to address first.

When you cannot patch everything, start with the exposures that put your critical assets most at risk.

Read more about the preview → https://hubs.li/Q04CPV_r0

10/29/2026

Today, Forward goes live at Security Field Day 16 at 2:30pm PDT.

During this 90-minute session, Forward CTO and co-founder Brandon Heller and Renata Budko, Sr. Director of Product Management, Security and Cloud, will show how Forward’s network digital twin proves whether any attack path, direct or lateral, reaches your critical assets. Built from collected device configurations and state, the twin models how traffic can move across your entire network.

The result is a prioritized remediation queue based on attacker reachability, vulnerability severity, and asset criticality.

You’ll also get a first look at what’s next from Forward, with live demos and unscripted questions from Security Field Day delegates.

📅 Today | Thursday, Oct. 29 | 2:30–4:00pm PDT

Join the live stream: https://hubs.li/Q04CQYn80

10/28/2026

Tomorrow, live: We’ll show you which exposures an attacker can actually reach and where firewall rule changes can block those paths.

📅 Security Field Day 16 | Thursday, Oct. 29 | 2:30–4:00pm PDT

Forward CTO and co-founder Brandon Heller and Renata Budko, Sr. Director of Product Management, Security and Cloud, will show how Forward’s mathematically accurate network digital twin maps the lateral paths an attacker could take to your critical assets.

You’ll see how to:

• Rank exposures by reachability, vulnerability severity, and asset criticality

• Trace every lateral path to a critical asset, hop-by-hop

• Identify firewall rule changes that block attack paths

The session also includes a first look at what’s next from Forward. Expect live demos and unscripted questions from independent Security Field Day delegates.

🔗 Register: https://hubs.li/Q04Cpmc10

Can’t attend? Register and we’ll send you the recording.

10/27/2026

On Wednesday, Nov. 4, Forward and Carahsoft will host an in-person executive summit for federal network, security, and compliance leaders.

Zero Trust, continuous ATO, and post-quantum readiness require evidence of what your network is actually doing. A mathematically accurate network digital twin provides that foundation.

On the agenda:

• Hardening mission infrastructure as adversaries adopt AI

• Proving Zero Trust segmentation holds and knowing your blast radius (how far a compromise could spread) before an attacker does

• Turning live network state into continuous ATO evidence

• Identifying cryptographic exposure early as agencies prepare a post-quantum future

Afterward, stay for one-on-one digital twin walkthroughs and conversations with peers working on the same mandates.

📅 Wed., Nov. 4 | 11:00am–4:00pm EST

🔗 Reserve your seat: https://hubs.li/Q04CpgJV0

10/26/2026

Your firewall policy says a zone is isolated. Does the network agree? Watch this 45-minute webinar to learn how to validate segmentation against actual network behavior.

Renata Budko, Sr. Director of Product Management, Security and Cloud, and Joshua Williams, Sr. Technical Product Engineer, show how Forward Enterprise’s mathematically accurate digital twin computes every path traffic can take across your network, revealing gaps between intended policy and actual exposure.

You’ll see how to:

• Clean up firewall rules with one normalized view across vendors and hybrid infrastructure

• Prioritize CVEs by actual exposure, based on whether a vulnerable devices are reachable

• Verify segmentation across zones, sites, and cloud with a security posture matrix that identifies policy violations

• Accelerate investigations with Forward AI, grounded in the same mathematical model

▶️ Watch on demand: https://hubs.li/Q04CmmzL0

10/22/2026

Join Forward and Carahsoft on Wednesday, November 4 for an in-person executive summit built for federal network, security, and compliance leaders.

We’ll show how a network digital twin, a mathematically accurate model of how your network actually behaves, turns network complexity into evidence your agency can stand behind.

Sessions will cover:

- Hardening mission infrastructure as adversaries adopt AI tooling

- Proving Zero Trust segmentation holds and knowing your blast radius (how far a compromise could spread) before an attacker does

- Turning live network state into continuous ATO evidence

- Finding cryptographic exposure early as agencies plan for post-quantum readiness

Stay afterward for one-on-one digital twin walkthroughs and networking with peers working through the same mandates.

📅 Wed, Nov. 4 | 11:00am–4:00pm EDT

Reserve your seat: https://hubs.li/Q04BY6zX0

10/22/2026

Live today at 11am PT: See how to test any network change before it reaches production.

Whether an engineer wrote the change or an AI agent proposed it, you’ll see exactly what it will break before you push it.

🔗 Register: https://hubs.ly/Q04BXKNK0
📅 Today | 11:00am–12:00pm PDT

The Forward product team will demo:

- Forward Predict: Test changes against your network’s digital twin

- Forward AI: Connect your own agents through the new MCP server, with answers you can check

- Network Maps: A new way to see and navigate your network

Bring your hardest “what if” question. We’ll answer it live.

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