Forcepoint

A data-first approach to security

Forcepoint is a cybersecurity company whose stated approach puts data at the center of protection. It describes its aim as helping people work freely, securely and with confidence, and it says its current focus is protecting information when employees and AI agents work with generative AI tools and AI platforms. The company presents its products as one platform that brings data security together with cloud and network protection.

AI data security

The AI data security offer covers monitoring of approved AI applications, discovery of tools that were never reviewed or approved, and controls over what AI agents are allowed to reach. The company says every prompt, response and upload to an AI tool can be a potential data transfer, and it describes data loss prevention built for AI apps that limits how far AI can reach into mission-critical data. For regulators, it describes audit trails of how AI tools are used. For agents, which can inherit the access of the users who run them, it describes data discovery, classification and access controls that keep their reach in line with policy.

Data loss prevention and insider threats

Data security products cover DLP, visibility of where information sits, classification of sensitive content, risk-adaptive controls and protection against insider threats. The company presents these as the means of seeing where sensitive information sits and how it moves, and of adjusting controls to the level of risk in a given situation rather than applying one rule to everything.

Cloud and network security

The cloud platform, Forcepoint ONE SSE, brings together a cloud access security broker (CASB), zero trust network access (ZTNA), a secure web gateway (SWG) and remote browser isolation. The company describes it as a cloud-native platform with one central console, offering a single view of data across environments, and as a way to secure cloud applications, including Microsoft Office 365. Network products include cross domain solutions, next-generation firewalls and SD-WAN with security controls built in. The company's use cases include protecting remote offices and enabling remote workers securely.

Zero trust, compliance and resources

The company offers help with zero trust adoption, with compliance for GDPR, with secure data transfer and with moving away from older Symantec products. Its resources include a webinar hub, analyst reports, customer stories, training and a resource library, and the company says its platform is designed to simplify security for customers who run several tools at once.

Organizations it serves

The company names energy, healthcare, finance, critical infrastructure and government among the sectors it serves, plus businesses protecting remote offices and remote workers. Its approach is organized as three steps, to know where data is, adapt the controls, and protect it, with each organization starting from its biggest priority.