Forcepoint Acquires Bitglass

Forcepoint will be delivering a best-in-class SSE platform featuring state-of-the-art Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) combined with Data Loss Prevention (DLP) all managed seamlessly from a single console.

Bitglass and Forcepoint share the same vision for disrupting and transforming the security industry with the first modern distributed edge architecture which continuously optimizes to deliver the best performance and experience for the hybrid worker. We have to reduce the complexity of security. It should be a business enabler, leveraging integrated and automated technologies that are easy to manage and swiftly adapt to changing business needs.

The real game changer in today hybrid environment is in delivering a full set of integrated security technologies that enable employees, trusted partners and contractors to safely get to and use applications, data, and other corporate resources while maintaining visibility and control through a common control plane.

Today Forcepoint is the only Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) company to incorporate advanced capabilities such as enterprise class DLP, true Zero Trust Content, Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR), advanced Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) and pioneering SDWAN technology.

With the integration of Bitglass, Forcepoint will become the only company delivering all of the strategic components of SSE and SASE.

The acquisition of Bitglass will be the third technology acquisition for Forcepoint this year as the company executes its mission to strategically build, partner and acquire technologies that deliver the industry’s best-in-class SASE architecture. Previous acquisitions in 2021 included Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) innovator Cyberinc and Content, Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR) leader Deep Secure.