On October 22, 2021, Forcepoint, a global leader in data-first security, announced the completion of its acquisition of Security Service Edge (SSE) leader Bitglass.
SSE addresses the market’s current need for security to be easier to deploy and operate by consolidating technologies for protecting people everywhere as they access and use business data in cloud applications, on the web, and in private apps in data centers and private clouds. Forcepoint will supply a best-in-class SSE platform with state-of-the-art Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) along with Data Loss Prevention (DLP) all managed from a single console as a result of this acquisition.
With the latest acquisition of Bitglass, Forcepoint will supply a best-in-class SSE platform with state-of-the-art Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) along with Data Loss Prevention (DLP) all managed from a single console.
Commenting on the development, Anurag Kahol, Chief Technology Officer at Bitglass, said “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,”
Anurag added “In today’s hybrid work environment, access is table stakes. The real game-changer 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.”
Manny Rivelo, CEO of Forcepoint, said “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 SD-WAN technology,”
“We are excited to welcome Bitglass into the Forcepoint family. With the integration of Bitglass, Forcepoint will become the only company delivering all of the strategic components of SSE and SASE. And we will continue to add new capabilities over time, from Forcepoint directly as well as our technology partner ecosystem, to deliver the most robust set of integrated security capabilities from a cloud-native platform with the elasticity to expand and contract as business needs change. Making security easier to deploy and operate is what customers are asking for, and we look forward to making this a reality in 2022.”
As part of Forcepoint’s mission to strategically build, partner, and acquire technologies that deliver the industry’s best-in-class SASE architecture, the acquisition of Bitglass will be the third technology acquisition for Forcepoint this year. Cyberinc, a pioneer in Remote Browser Isolation (RBI), and Deep Secure, a leader in Content, Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR), were among the companies acquired in 2021. Previous acquisitions of Forcepoint in 2021 also included Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) innovator Cyberinc and Content, Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR) leader Deep Secure.