Forcepoint has received Authorized designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for expanded services of its cloud-native Security Service Edge platform. The company said Tuesday the expanded FedRAMP certification covers Forcepoint ONE’s security services, including Cloud Access Security Broker, Secure Web Gateway, Zero Trust Network Access and Data Loss Prevention. Forcepoint ONE is […] More

Eric Trexler, vice president of sales for global governments at Forcepoint, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the company culture as well as how its workforce is built for long-term success in such a competitive market and how recent acquisitions such as Deep Secure drive value for its customers during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the […] More

Sean Berg, president of global government and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the challenges of implementing zero-trust architectures and driving value for the company’s customers through contract awards and recent acquisitions during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. “The deep partnership and trust we have with our customers is incredibly important to the team here at […] More

Forcepoint’s federal business has won a potential four-year, $89 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to develop a user activity monitoring technology. The contract, which comes via meritorious election by the General Services Administration, tasks Forcepoint Federal with equipping the Department of Defense Combatant Commands and Fourth Estate entities with the user activity […] More

Eric Trexler, vice president of Global Governments and Critical Infrastructure Sales – Theatre Lead Company for Forcepoint, recently took part in an Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz to discuss the impact that ransomware and malware are having on the future of warfare and our military systems heading into the new year.  In addition, Trexler also spoke with ExecutiveBiz […] More

George Kamis, chief technology officer of global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, said there are five steps federal agencies can implement to protect mission-critical data in the cloud against ransomware and other cybersecurity attacks and the first is adopting zero trust. “Zero trust replaces implicit assumptions about who is trusted with explicit decisions made […] More

Eric Trexler, vice president of global governments and critical infrastructure team at Forcepoint, said federal agencies should provide cybersecurity training to employees, particularly information technology professionals responsible for dealing with cyber breaches, in accordance with the current administration’s executive order on cybersecurity. Trexler wrote in an article posted Monday on Federal Times that agencies should […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 30, 2021 — Forcepoint aims to expand its cybersecurity portfolio with its planned acquisition of U.K.-based platform security vendor Deep Secure, which is expected to close in August, pending regulatory review and other customary closing conditions, GovCon Wire reported June 16. The content, disarm and reconstruction capabilities of Deep Secure will […] More

Forcepoint announced on Tuesday that the company has appointed Peter Brant as senior vice president of North America Sales and Myles Bray as SVP of EMEA Sales. Brant and Bray will bring their extensive experience in enabling enterprises to adopt cloud-delivered security alongside hybrid technology investments. The new senior VPs will lead the company’s customer-first […] More

Michael Crouse, director of enterprise data and user protection at Forcepoint, wrote in a GCN article published Monday that government agencies should invest in next-generation cybersecurity platforms, automate manual processes and understand user behaviors to address visibility gap in cloud environments and better manage privileged users. “Robust automated tools can help agencies not only understand […] More

Forcepoint announced on Thursday the appointment of BeyondTrust CEO Matt Dircks, Teleo Capital Operating Partner John McCormack, and Redhorse Corporation President Dr. John Zangardi, to the company’s board of directors, effective April 28th, 2021. “We are pleased to welcome these three transformational business leaders as new independent directors to the Forcepoint board,” said Manny Rivelo, Forcepoint CEO and board member. 

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Petko Stoyanov, chief technology officer for the global government business at Forcepoint, has said federal information technology leaders should consider adopting a future-focused cloud computing approach that would give them visibility into an IT environment, protect data and analyze user behavior.

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